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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-170.983447
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.983447
Nuclear repulsion energy103.224421
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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3263 2971 31.18 67.52 0.67 0.80
2 A' 3212 2925 7.51 138.90 0.06 0.11
3 A' 3186 2901 23.28 145.14 0.01 0.02
4 A' 2580 2349 18.82 79.67 0.14 0.24
5 A' 1598 1455 4.57 1.91 0.71 0.83
6 A' 1577 1436 4.03 7.89 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1525 1389 0.79 0.85 0.23 0.38
8 A' 1456 1326 6.90 1.98 0.37 0.54
9 A' 1177 1072 3.75 5.41 0.12 0.22
10 A' 1077 981 1.50 5.97 0.43 0.61
11 A' 882 803 2.96 7.44 0.08 0.15
12 A' 593 540 1.06 1.75 0.20 0.34
13 A' 233 212 6.13 2.12 0.71 0.83
14 A" 3273 2981 30.47 4.98 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3249 2959 0.38 99.34 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1590 1448 6.71 5.15 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1383 1259 0.01 2.00 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1203 1095 0.29 0.02 0.75 0.86
19 A" 841 766 2.52 0.39 0.75 0.86
20 A" 430 392 1.38 1.92 0.75 0.86
21 A" 241 219 1.44 0.36 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17283.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9106) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15738.7 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 HF/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.94102 0.15686 0.14151

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.568 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
C3 -0.772 -0.444 0.000
N4 -1.358 -1.418 0.000
H5 2.034 1.524 0.000
H6 1.815 0.008 0.883
H7 1.815 0.008 -0.883
H8 -0.299 1.383 0.878
H9 -0.299 1.383 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53162.49813.49001.08921.08871.08872.17132.1713
C21.53161.47512.61202.15482.17302.17301.08871.0887
C32.49811.47511.13693.42732.77072.77072.08152.0815
N43.49002.61201.13694.49013.58883.58883.12103.1210
H51.08922.15483.42734.49011.76791.76792.49692.4969
H61.08872.17302.77073.58881.76791.76622.52183.0759
H71.08872.17302.77073.58881.76791.76623.07592.5218
H82.17131.08872.08153.12102.49692.52183.07591.7561
H92.17131.08872.08153.12102.49693.07592.52181.7561

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 112.354 C1 C2 H8 110.783
C1 C2 H9 110.783 C2 C1 H5 109.449
C2 C1 H6 110.919 C2 C1 H7 110.919
C2 C3 N4 179.435 C3 C2 H8 107.605
C3 C2 H9 107.605 H5 C1 H6 108.533
H5 C1 H7 108.533 H6 C1 H7 108.419
H8 C2 H9 107.507
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.377      
2 C 0.257      
3 C -0.179      
4 N -0.321      
5 H -0.062      
6 H -0.052      
7 H -0.052      
8 H 0.015      
9 H 0.015      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.466 3.594 0.000 4.358
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.798 -4.049 0.000
y -4.049 -28.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.181
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.569 -4.049 0.000
y -4.049 -2.287 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.856
Polar
3z2-r27.712
x2-y20.479
xy-4.049
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.187 1.058 0.000
y 1.058 6.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.857


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.224
(<r2>)1/2 9.393