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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.897970
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.897970
Nuclear repulsion energy102.584279
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 PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3059 3034 13.83 73.84 0.70 0.82
2 A' 2984 2959 16.81 125.20 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2971 2947 4.40 173.79 0.04 0.07
4 A' 2268 2249 10.10 101.63 0.18 0.30
5 A' 1455 1443 6.13 3.11 0.73 0.84
6 A' 1418 1406 6.70 8.38 0.66 0.79
7 A' 1364 1353 1.65 0.60 0.51 0.67
8 A' 1294 1283 2.46 3.62 0.45 0.62
9 A' 1054 1046 3.44 5.27 0.11 0.21
10 A' 1000 992 0.19 3.78 0.42 0.59
11 A' 828 821 0.11 5.55 0.07 0.13
12 A' 534 530 0.82 1.54 0.15 0.26
13 A' 205 203 3.75 2.18 0.72 0.83
14 A" 3063 3038 12.59 29.74 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3004 2979 0.65 83.39 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1447 1435 8.24 5.22 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1242 1231 0.01 2.08 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1069 1060 0.46 0.16 0.75 0.86
19 A" 761 755 3.61 0.44 0.75 0.86
20 A" 379 376 0.15 1.31 0.75 0.86
21 A" 212 210 0.92 0.37 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15804.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9918) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15674.8 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 PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.93172 0.15564 0.14038

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.518 0.566 0.000
C2 0.000 0.809 0.000
C3 -0.770 -0.430 0.000
N4 -1.370 -1.427 0.000
H5 2.049 1.526 0.000
H6 1.825 0.000 0.888
H7 1.825 0.000 -0.888
H8 -0.299 1.396 0.882
H9 -0.299 1.396 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53752.49593.50881.09731.09691.09692.18362.1836
C21.53751.45932.62232.17112.18502.18501.10101.1010
C32.49591.45931.16313.43192.77682.77682.08242.0824
N43.50882.62231.16314.51783.61023.61023.14573.1457
H51.09732.17113.43194.51781.77971.77972.51162.5116
H61.09692.18502.77683.61021.77971.77642.54143.0973
H71.09692.18502.77683.61021.77971.77643.09732.5414
H82.18361.10102.08243.14572.51162.54143.09731.7647
H92.18361.10102.08243.14572.51163.09732.54141.7647

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 112.758 C1 C2 H8 110.618
C1 C2 H9 110.618 C2 C1 H5 109.847
C2 C1 H6 110.974 C2 C1 H7 110.974
C2 C3 N4 179.164 C3 C2 H8 108.032
C3 C2 H9 108.032 H5 C1 H6 108.409
H5 C1 H7 108.409 H6 C1 H7 108.145
H8 C2 H9 106.536
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.440      
2 C -0.089      
3 C 0.773      
4 N -0.961      
5 H 0.123      
6 H 0.144      
7 H 0.144      
8 H 0.153      
9 H 0.153      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.348 3.386 0.000 4.120
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.516 -3.828 0.000
y -3.828 -27.970 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.197
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.432 -3.828 0.000
y -3.828 -2.114 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.546
Polar
3z2-r27.092
x2-y20.455
xy-3.828
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.888 1.295 0.000
y 1.295 7.091 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.211


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.729
(<r2>)1/2 9.420