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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.539215
Energy at 298.15K-171.544290
HF Energy-170.960881
Nuclear repulsion energy102.769354
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3204 3007 16.11      
2 A' 3125 2932 7.58      
3 A' 3121 2928 12.45      
4 A' 2453 2302 3.43      
5 A' 1564 1467 6.71      
6 A' 1541 1446 4.63      
7 A' 1480 1389 2.36      
8 A' 1407 1320 2.70      
9 A' 1134 1064 4.83      
10 A' 1063 998 1.25      
11 A' 869 816 0.56      
12 A' 553 519 0.83      
13 A' 214 200 4.44      
14 A" 3209 3011 15.45      
15 A" 3167 2971 1.42      
16 A" 1557 1461 7.60      
17 A" 1331 1249 0.00      
18 A" 1156 1085 0.34      
19 A" 815 765 3.63      
20 A" 395 370 0.43      
21 A" 231 216 1.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16794.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15758.1 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.92963 0.15633 0.14085

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.514 0.567 0.000
C2 0.000 0.814 0.000
C3 -0.779 -0.429 0.000
N4 -1.358 -1.433 0.000
H5 2.052 1.517 0.000
H6 1.821 0.003 0.883
H7 1.821 0.003 -0.883
H8 -0.296 1.399 0.876
H9 -0.296 1.399 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53372.50023.49951.09211.09161.09162.17592.1759
C21.53371.46712.62492.16932.17982.17981.09411.0941
C32.50021.46711.15833.43592.77972.77972.08392.0839
N43.49952.62491.15834.50903.59813.59813.14843.1484
H51.09212.16933.43594.50901.76791.76792.50882.5088
H61.09162.17982.77973.59811.76791.76542.53573.0857
H71.09162.17982.77973.59811.76791.76543.08572.5357
H82.17591.09412.08393.14842.50882.53573.08571.7513
H92.17591.09412.08393.14842.50883.08572.53571.7513

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 112.837 C1 C2 H8 110.679
C1 C2 H9 110.679 C2 C1 H5 110.276
C2 C1 H6 111.143 C2 C1 H7 111.143
C2 C3 N4 177.891 C3 C2 H8 108.027
C3 C2 H9 108.027 H5 C1 H6 108.117
H5 C1 H7 108.117 H6 C1 H7 107.928
H8 C2 H9 106.326
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability