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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CN (phenyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-52.419883
Energy at 298.15K-52.424695
Nuclear repulsion energy145.062072
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 B3LYP/CEP-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 3208 3098 3.99      
2 A1 3193 3084 15.24      
3 A1 3166 3057 0.17      
4 A1 2328 2248 42.89      
5 A1 1647 1590 0.64      
6 A1 1509 1457 9.66      
7 A1 1207 1166 0.43      
8 A1 1183 1143 0.80      
9 A1 1038 1003 4.64      
10 A1 996 961 0.71      
11 A1 757 731 3.01      
12 A1 450 435 0.01      
13 A2 1011 977 0.00      
14 A2 885 855 0.00      
15 A2 401 387 0.00      
16 B1 1024 989 0.16      
17 B1 972 938 8.39      
18 B1 797 769 94.25      
19 B1 686 662 25.78      
20 B1 557 538 14.28      
21 B1 382 369 0.08      
22 B1 145 140 1.19      
23 B2 3204 3094 10.59      
24 B2 3181 3072 6.03      
25 B2 1625 1569 0.86      
26 B2 1464 1413 7.41      
27 B2 1374 1326 2.27      
28 B2 1321 1276 0.11      
29 B2 1164 1124 0.18      
30 B2 1093 1056 5.75      
31 B2 615 594 0.10      
32 B2 540 521 0.01      
33 B2 157 151 3.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21638.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20896.2 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.18266 0.05005 0.03929

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.252
C2 0.000 0.000 2.071
C3 0.000 0.000 0.614
C4 0.000 1.239 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.239 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.231 -1.504
C7 0.000 -1.231 -1.504
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.211
H9 0.000 2.179 0.466
H10 0.000 -2.179 0.466
H11 0.000 2.178 -2.051
H12 0.000 -2.178 -2.051
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.305

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.18142.63833.56483.56484.91354.91355.46303.53743.53745.73305.73306.5571
C21.18141.45692.49102.49103.78133.78134.28162.70632.70634.66184.66185.3757
C32.63831.45691.42491.42492.45012.45012.82482.18382.18383.44163.44163.9189
C43.56482.49101.42492.47711.41422.84542.45551.09233.46232.17393.93893.4448
C53.56482.49101.42492.47712.84541.41422.45553.46231.09233.93892.17393.4448
C64.91353.78132.45011.41422.84542.46121.41882.18643.93771.09353.45192.1807
C74.91353.78132.45012.84541.41422.46121.41883.93772.18643.45191.09352.1807
C85.46304.28162.82482.45552.45551.41881.41883.45103.45102.18362.18361.0941
H93.53742.70632.18381.09233.46232.18643.93773.45104.35762.51655.03114.3546
H103.53742.70632.18383.46231.09233.93772.18643.45104.35765.03112.51654.3546
H115.73304.66183.44162.17393.93891.09353.45192.18362.51655.03114.35552.5129
H125.73304.66183.44163.93892.17393.45191.09352.18365.03112.51654.35552.5129
H136.55715.37573.91893.44483.44482.18072.18071.09414.35464.35462.51292.5129

picture of phenyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 119.631
C2 C3 C5 119.631 C3 C4 C6 119.309
C3 C4 H9 119.773 C3 C5 C7 119.309
C3 C5 H10 119.773 C4 C3 C5 120.738
C4 C6 C8 120.171 C4 C6 H11 119.658
C5 C7 C8 120.171 C5 C7 H12 119.658
C6 C4 H9 120.918 C6 C8 C7 120.302
C6 C8 H13 119.849 C7 C5 H10 120.918
C7 C8 H13 119.849 C8 C6 H11 120.172
C8 C7 H12 120.172
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N 0.384      
2 C -0.881      
3 C 0.081      
4 C -0.123      
5 C -0.123      
6 C -0.339      
7 C -0.339      
8 C -0.269      
9 H 0.344      
10 H 0.344      
11 H 0.311      
12 H 0.311      
13 H 0.300      


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 -4.796 4.796
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.832 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.239
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.058 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.668
Polar
3z2-r2-23.336
x2-y2-10.523
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.941 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.716 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.444


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000