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All results from a given calculation for C2H5CN (ethyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.999976
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.999976
Nuclear repulsion energy102.700409
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3160 3023 16.75      
2 A' 3078 2944 18.91      
3 A' 3071 2938 5.36      
4 A' 2378 2275 8.98      
5 A' 1529 1463 6.34      
6 A' 1494 1430 5.27      
7 A' 1437 1375 1.78      
8 A' 1363 1304 2.97      
9 A' 1103 1055 5.24      
10 A' 1035 990 0.49      
11 A' 854 817 0.06      
12 A' 551 528 1.09      
13 A' 213 204 4.05      
14 A" 3166 3029 15.80      
15 A" 3112 2977 1.72      
16 A" 1522 1456 8.02      
17 A" 1299 1243 0.06      
18 A" 1123 1074 0.27      
19 A" 796 762 5.15      
20 A" 399 381 0.28      
21 A" 226 216 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16453.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15741.2 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.93519 0.15580 0.14055

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.515 0.568 0.000
C2 0.000 0.811 0.000
C3 -0.768 -0.434 0.000
N4 -1.367 -1.429 0.000
H5 2.043 1.527 0.000
H6 1.821 0.005 0.886
H7 1.821 0.005 -0.886
H8 -0.296 1.395 0.880
H9 -0.296 1.395 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53412.49353.50611.09451.09381.09382.17672.1767
C21.53411.46312.62392.16482.17982.17981.09681.0968
C32.49351.46311.16093.42772.77222.77222.08372.0837
N43.50612.62391.16094.51273.60663.60663.14523.1452
H51.09452.16483.42774.51271.77471.77472.50302.5030
H61.09382.17982.77223.60661.77471.77242.53293.0879
H71.09382.17982.77223.60661.77471.77243.08792.5329
H82.17671.09682.08373.14522.50302.53293.08791.7600
H92.17671.09682.08373.14522.50303.08792.53291.7600

picture of ethyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 112.578 C1 C2 H8 110.553
C1 C2 H9 110.553 C2 C1 H5 109.759
C2 C1 H6 110.989 C2 C1 H7 110.989
C2 C3 N4 179.366 C3 C2 H8 108.116
C3 C2 H9 108.116 H5 C1 H6 108.395
H5 C1 H7 108.395 H6 C1 H7 108.232
H8 C2 H9 106.704
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.512      
2 C -0.401      
3 C 0.369      
4 N -0.481      
5 H 0.186      
6 H 0.197      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.223      
9 H 0.223      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.242 3.256 0.000 3.953
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.671 -3.705 0.000
y -3.705 -27.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.443
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.392 -3.705 0.000
y -3.705 -2.059 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.451
Polar
3z2-r26.901
x2-y20.445
xy-3.705
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.233 1.239 0.000
y 1.239 5.799 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.973


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.099
(<r2>)1/2 9.386