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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.622258
Energy at 298.15K-322.627462
Nuclear repulsion energy299.938946
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
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 3257 3109 3.10      
2 A1 3243 3095 4.96      
3 A1 3225 3079 0.00      
4 A1 2363 2256 15.11      
5 A1 1658 1582 0.81      
6 A1 1555 1485 15.20      
7 A1 1253 1196 0.00      
8 A1 1242 1185 1.85      
9 A1 1071 1022 3.78      
10 A1 1043 996 0.00      
11 A1 792 756 2.20      
12 A1 482 460 0.03      
13 A2 1027 981 0.00      
14 A2 885 845 0.00      
15 A2 419 400 0.00      
16 B1 1058 1010 0.07      
17 B1 980 935 4.62      
18 B1 821 784 29.46      
19 B1 733 699 64.08      
20 B1 641 612 29.23      
21 B1 414 396 0.04      
22 B1 154 147 0.70      
23 B2 3251 3103 4.80      
24 B2 3234 3087 2.06      
25 B2 1628 1554 2.07      
26 B2 1509 1440 10.63      
27 B2 1399 1336 0.64      
28 B2 1338 1277 2.12      
29 B2 1241 1184 0.11      
30 B2 1127 1076 4.15      
31 B2 665 635 0.10      
32 B2 611 583 0.00      
33 B2 185 176 3.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22252.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21241.7 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.18952 0.05172 0.04063

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.199
C2 0.000 0.000 2.034
C3 0.000 0.000 0.611
C4 0.000 1.214 -0.089
C5 0.000 -1.214 -0.089
C6 0.000 1.208 -1.480
C7 0.000 -1.208 -1.480
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.176
H9 0.000 2.146 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.146 0.460
H11 0.000 2.146 -2.020
H12 0.000 -2.146 -2.020
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16452.58773.50523.50524.83214.83215.37473.48003.48005.64335.64336.4578
C21.16451.42322.44622.44623.71593.71594.21012.66212.66214.58764.58765.2932
C32.58771.42321.40151.40152.41482.41482.78692.15182.15183.39573.39573.8700
C43.50522.44621.40152.42751.39032.79242.41371.08233.40482.14423.87533.3939
C53.50522.44621.40152.42752.79241.39032.41373.40481.08233.87532.14423.3939
C64.83213.71592.41481.39032.79242.41591.39412.15463.87471.08283.39742.1505
C74.83213.71592.41482.79241.39032.41591.39413.87472.15463.39741.08282.1505
C85.37474.21012.78692.41372.41371.39411.39413.39903.39902.15182.15181.0831
H93.48002.66212.15181.08233.40482.15463.87473.39904.29292.48004.95764.2936
H103.48002.66212.15183.40481.08233.87472.15463.39904.29294.95762.48004.2936
H115.64334.58763.39572.14423.87531.08283.39742.15182.48004.95764.29242.4779
H125.64334.58763.39573.87532.14423.39741.08282.15184.95762.48004.29242.4779
H136.45785.29323.87003.39393.39392.15052.15051.08314.29364.29362.47792.4779

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 119.994
C2 C3 C5 119.994 C3 C4 C6 119.754
C3 C4 H9 119.517 C3 C5 C7 119.754
C3 C5 H10 119.517 C4 C3 C5 120.013
C4 C6 C8 120.190 C4 C6 H11 119.709
C5 C7 C8 120.190 C5 C7 H12 119.709
C6 C4 H9 120.729 C6 C8 C7 120.099
C6 C8 H13 119.950 C7 C5 H10 120.729
C7 C8 H13 119.950 C8 C6 H11 120.101
C8 C7 H12 120.101
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.497      
2 C 0.326      
3 C -0.034      
4 C -0.179      
5 C -0.179      
6 C -0.215      
7 C -0.215      
8 C -0.212      
9 H 0.246      
10 H 0.246      
11 H 0.238      
12 H 0.238      
13 H 0.237      


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 -4.309 4.309
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.500 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.266 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.028
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.353 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.498 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.145
Polar
3z2-r2-20.290
x2-y2-11.234
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.956 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.321 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.288


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