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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.468543
Energy at 298.15K-322.473934
Nuclear repulsion energy302.165241
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3367 3049 4.33      
2 A1 3353 3036 16.02      
3 A1 3332 3017 0.10      
4 A1 2593 2348 48.27      
5 A1 1788 1619 1.38      
6 A1 1649 1493 17.45      
7 A1 1294 1172 0.22      
8 A1 1283 1162 1.24      
9 A1 1119 1013 1.80      
10 A1 1084 981 0.18      
11 A1 815 738 3.42      
12 A1 492 445 0.02      
13 A2 1091 988 0.00      
14 A2 958 868 0.00      
15 A2 448 406 0.00      
16 B1 1122 1016 0.02      
17 B1 1057 957 2.64      
18 B1 862 780 35.79      
19 B1 767 695 29.14      
20 B1 630 570 18.07      
21 B1 434 393 1.53      
22 B1 163 148 2.81      
23 B2 3363 3045 14.37      
24 B2 3344 3028 4.83      
25 B2 1762 1595 0.55      
26 B2 1596 1445 12.00      
27 B2 1457 1319 0.87      
28 B2 1319 1195 1.97      
29 B2 1204 1090 6.64      
30 B2 1169 1059 0.00      
31 B2 684 619 0.34      
32 B2 619 561 0.97      
33 B2 185 167 6.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23200.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21008.0 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.19218 0.05234 0.04114

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.172
C2 0.000 0.000 2.041
C3 0.000 0.000 0.598
C4 0.000 1.205 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.205 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.200 -1.471
C7 0.000 -1.200 -1.471
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.160
H9 0.000 2.130 0.454
H10 0.000 -2.130 0.454
H11 0.000 2.131 -2.008
H12 0.000 -2.131 -2.008
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.235

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13112.57443.47853.47854.79634.79635.33223.45343.45345.60195.60196.4073
C21.13111.44342.44902.44903.71213.71214.20112.65642.65644.57614.57615.2762
C32.57441.44341.38771.38772.39222.39222.75772.13502.13503.36673.36673.8329
C43.47852.44901.38772.40931.38042.77312.39411.07413.37912.12953.84773.3669
C53.47852.44901.38772.40932.77311.38042.39413.37911.07413.84772.12953.3669
C64.79633.71212.39221.38042.77312.40091.38392.13823.84711.07463.37472.1334
C74.79633.71212.39222.77311.38042.40091.38393.84712.13823.37471.07462.1334
C85.33224.20112.75772.39412.39411.38391.38393.37203.37202.13662.13661.0752
H93.45342.65642.13501.07413.37912.13823.84713.37204.26032.46254.92174.2600
H103.45342.65642.13503.37911.07413.84712.13823.37204.26034.92172.46254.2600
H115.60194.57613.36672.12953.84771.07463.37472.13662.46254.92174.26252.4591
H125.60194.57613.36673.84772.12953.37471.07462.13664.92172.46254.26252.4591
H136.40735.27623.83293.36693.36692.13342.13341.07524.26004.26002.45912.4591

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 119.761
C2 C3 C5 119.761 C3 C4 C6 119.587
C3 C4 H9 119.742 C3 C5 C7 119.587
C3 C5 H10 119.742 C4 C3 C5 120.477
C4 C6 C8 120.010 C4 C6 H11 119.805
C5 C7 C8 120.010 C5 C7 H12 119.805
C6 C4 H9 120.672 C6 C8 C7 120.329
C6 C8 H13 119.835 C7 C5 H10 120.672
C7 C8 H13 119.835 C8 C6 H11 120.185
C8 C7 H12 120.185
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.238      
2 C 0.171      
3 C 0.016      
4 C -0.180      
5 C -0.180      
6 C -0.149      
7 C -0.149      
8 C -0.139      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.180      
11 H 0.162      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.163      


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 -4.850 4.850
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.459 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.893 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.349
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.838 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.673
Polar
3z2-r2-25.345
x2-y2-9.565
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.827 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.973 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.332


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