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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.707798
Energy at 298.15K-322.712968
Nuclear repulsion energy299.241743
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/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 3230 3117 3.60      
2 A1 3216 3103 8.02      
3 A1 3198 3086 0.00      
4 A1 2337 2255 13.10      
5 A1 1633 1576 0.74      
6 A1 1547 1492 13.07      
7 A1 1245 1201 0.25      
8 A1 1228 1185 1.11      
9 A1 1062 1025 3.08      
10 A1 1034 997 0.03      
11 A1 786 758 2.15      
12 A1 479 463 0.04      
13 A2 1015 979 0.00      
14 A2 876 845 0.00      
15 A2 420 405 0.00      
16 B1 1046 1009 0.07      
17 B1 969 935 4.02      
18 B1 814 786 24.85      
19 B1 728 702 53.37      
20 B1 635 612 24.46      
21 B1 413 399 0.00      
22 B1 154 148 0.82      
23 B2 3224 3111 8.15      
24 B2 3207 3095 2.84      
25 B2 1606 1549 2.28      
26 B2 1501 1448 8.39      
27 B2 1396 1347 0.63      
28 B2 1308 1262 1.98      
29 B2 1235 1192 0.14      
30 B2 1117 1078 3.43      
31 B2 663 640 0.08      
32 B2 606 585 0.01      
33 B2 185 178 2.96      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22055.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21281.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.18873 0.05144 0.04042

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.207
C2 0.000 0.000 2.041
C3 0.000 0.000 0.614
C4 0.000 1.216 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.216 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.211 -1.484
C7 0.000 -1.211 -1.484
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.182
H9 0.000 2.150 0.458
H10 0.000 -2.150 0.458
H11 0.000 2.149 -2.025
H12 0.000 -2.149 -2.025
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16612.59303.51453.51454.84454.84455.38883.49013.49015.65595.65596.4724
C21.16611.42692.45392.45393.72683.72684.22272.67002.67004.59874.59875.3063
C32.59301.42691.40561.40562.42202.42202.79582.15582.15583.40323.40323.8794
C43.51452.45391.40562.43281.39352.79872.41951.08283.41092.14753.88213.4002
C53.51452.45391.40562.43282.79871.39352.41953.41091.08283.88212.14753.4002
C64.84453.72682.42201.39352.79872.42131.39752.15703.88141.08343.40342.1541
C74.84453.72682.42202.79871.39352.42131.39753.88142.15703.40341.08342.1541
C85.38884.22272.79582.41952.41951.39751.39753.40463.40462.15522.15521.0836
H93.49012.67002.15581.08283.41092.15703.88143.40464.30042.48244.96484.2996
H103.49012.67002.15583.41091.08283.88142.15703.40464.30044.96482.48244.2996
H115.65594.59873.40322.14753.88211.08343.40342.15522.48244.96484.29892.4819
H125.65594.59873.40323.88212.14753.40341.08342.15524.96482.48244.29892.4819
H136.47245.30633.87943.40023.40022.15412.15411.08364.29964.29962.48192.4819

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 120.068
C2 C3 C5 120.068 C3 C4 C6 119.832
C3 C4 H9 119.516 C3 C5 C7 119.832
C3 C5 H10 119.516 C4 C3 C5 119.864
C4 C6 C8 120.202 C4 C6 H11 119.706
C5 C7 C8 120.202 C5 C7 H12 119.706
C6 C4 H9 120.652 C6 C8 C7 120.067
C6 C8 H13 119.966 C7 C5 H10 120.652
C7 C8 H13 119.966 C8 C6 H11 120.091
C8 C7 H12 120.091
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.477      
2 C 0.294      
3 C 0.002      
4 C -0.155      
5 C -0.155      
6 C -0.179      
7 C -0.179      
8 C -0.177      
9 H 0.210      
10 H 0.210      
11 H 0.202      
12 H 0.202      
13 H 0.201      


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 -4.223 4.223
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.166 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.800 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.348
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.592 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.957 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.365
Polar
3z2-r2-20.730
x2-y2-10.366
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.942 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.429


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