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All results from a given calculation for C5H5N (Pyridine)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-248.221279
Energy at 298.15K-248.227406
Nuclear repulsion energy206.485828
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3248 3080 6.28      
2 A1 3223 3056 7.73      
3 A1 3202 3037 9.72      
4 A1 1671 1585 24.06      
5 A1 1543 1464 4.06      
6 A1 1265 1199 3.09      
7 A1 1112 1055 4.91      
8 A1 1062 1007 2.54      
9 A1 1021 968 8.45      
10 A1 613 581 4.09      
11 A2 1007 955 0.00      
12 A2 906 859 0.00      
13 A2 386 366 0.00      
14 B1 1021 968 0.00      
15 B1 967 917 0.01      
16 B1 770 730 8.65      
17 B1 723 686 54.03      
18 B1 421 399 3.39      
19 B2 3240 3072 27.60      
20 B2 3200 3035 30.89      
21 B2 1668 1581 10.04      
22 B2 1500 1422 27.72      
23 B2 1402 1329 0.01      
24 B2 1342 1273 0.01      
25 B2 1187 1126 1.79      
26 B2 1099 1042 0.05      
27 B2 672 637 0.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19733.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18713.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.20269 0.19479 0.09933

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 1.416
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.381
C3 0.000 1.137 0.720
C4 0.000 -1.137 0.720
C5 0.000 1.195 -0.671
C6 0.000 -1.195 -0.671
H7 0.000 0.000 -2.467
H8 0.000 2.054 1.307
H9 0.000 -2.054 1.307
H10 0.000 2.153 -1.180
H11 0.000 -2.153 -1.180

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
N12.79741.33331.33332.40492.40493.88302.05652.05653.37253.3725
C22.79742.38962.38961.39031.39031.08563.38273.38272.16262.1626
C31.33332.38962.27471.39232.71583.38401.08793.24442.15443.7996
C41.33332.38962.27472.71581.39233.38403.24441.08793.79962.1544
C52.40491.39031.39232.71582.39022.15742.15593.80331.08483.3867
C62.40491.39032.71581.39232.39022.15743.80332.15593.38671.0848
H73.88301.08563.38403.38402.15742.15744.29634.29632.50872.5087
H82.05653.38271.08793.24442.15593.80334.29634.10722.48834.8866
H92.05653.38273.24441.08793.80332.15594.29634.10724.88662.4883
H103.37252.16262.15443.79961.08483.38672.50872.48834.88664.3064
H113.37252.16263.79962.15443.38671.08482.50874.88662.48834.3064

picture of Pyridine state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C3 C5 123.834 N1 C3 H8 115.919
N1 C4 C6 123.834 N1 C4 H9 115.919
C2 C5 C3 118.355 C2 C5 H10 121.300
C2 C6 C4 118.355 C2 C6 H11 121.300
C3 N1 C4 117.085 C3 C5 H10 120.345
C4 C6 H11 120.345 C5 C2 C6 118.537
C5 C2 H7 120.731 C5 C3 H8 120.248
C6 C2 H7 120.731 C6 C4 H9 120.248
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.426      
2 C -0.136      
3 C 0.022      
4 C 0.022      
5 C -0.187      
6 C -0.187      
7 H 0.183      
8 H 0.177      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.178      
11 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.224 2.224
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.989 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -35.331
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.587 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.550
Polar
3z2-r2-5.100
x2-y2-8.416
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 120.769
(<r2>)1/2 10.989