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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-318.954677
Energy at 298.15K-318.959176
Nuclear repulsion energy292.785039
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 MP2/STO-3G
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 3532 3080 1.84      
2 A1 3521 3070 5.36      
3 A1 3510 3060 0.54      
4 A1 2096 1827 52.65      
5 A1 1736 1513 0.19      
6 A1 1624 1416 8.58      
7 A1 1272 1109 0.02      
8 A1 1257 1096 0.01      
9 A1 1104 962 0.05      
10 A1 1065 928 1.60      
11 A1 789 688 0.03      
12 A1 470 410 0.14      
13 A2 1059 923 0.00      
14 A2 926 808 0.00      
15 A2 434 378 0.00      
16 B1 1077 939 0.02      
17 B1 997 869 0.94      
18 B1 813 709 13.94      
19 B1 754 658 6.57      
20 B1 568 495 4.46      
21 B1 382 333 1.04      
22 B1 145 126 1.43      
23 B2 3526 3074 11.72      
24 B2 3514 3064 0.21      
25 B2 1713 1494 1.77      
26 B2 1572 1371 8.86      
27 B2 1431 1248 0.68      
28 B2 1292 1127 0.53      
29 B2 1213 1057 0.30      
30 B2 1159 1010 0.44      
31 B2 661 576 0.05      
32 B2 548 478 0.07      
33 B2 158 138 2.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22957.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20016.3 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 MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.18349 0.04865 0.03846

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.321
C2 0.000 0.000 2.092
C3 0.000 0.000 0.608
C4 0.000 1.233 -0.105
C5 0.000 -1.233 -0.105
C6 0.000 1.227 -1.520
C7 0.000 -1.227 -1.520
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.229
H9 0.000 2.185 0.449
H10 0.000 -2.185 0.449
H11 0.000 2.182 -2.069
H12 0.000 -2.182 -2.069
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.330

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.22922.71303.64133.64134.99414.99415.54953.60903.60905.81515.81516.6505
C21.22921.48382.51942.51943.81453.81454.32032.73392.73394.69834.69835.4213
C32.71301.48381.42471.42472.45652.45652.83652.19102.19103.45363.45363.9375
C43.64132.51941.42472.46691.41502.83842.45571.10123.46322.18123.93973.4523
C53.64132.51941.42472.46692.83841.41502.45573.46321.10123.93972.18123.4523
C64.99413.81452.45651.41502.83842.45441.41702.18953.93961.10123.45282.1864
C74.99413.81452.45652.83841.41502.45441.41703.93962.18953.45281.10122.1864
C85.54954.32032.83652.45572.45571.41701.41703.45593.45592.18742.18741.1010
H93.60902.73392.19101.10123.46322.18953.93963.45594.37042.51825.04084.3647
H103.60902.73392.19103.46321.10123.93962.18953.45594.37045.04082.51824.3647
H115.81514.69833.45362.18123.93971.10123.45282.18742.51825.04084.36312.5194
H125.81514.69833.45363.93972.18123.45281.10122.18745.04082.51824.36312.5194
H136.65055.42133.93753.45233.45232.18642.18641.10104.36474.36472.51942.5194

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 120.031
C2 C3 C5 120.031 C3 C4 C6 119.779
C3 C4 H9 119.774 C3 C5 C7 119.779
C3 C5 H10 119.774 C4 C3 C5 119.937
C4 C6 C8 120.253 C4 C6 H11 119.675
C5 C7 C8 120.253 C5 C7 H12 119.675
C6 C4 H9 120.448 C6 C8 C7 120.000
C6 C8 H13 120.000 C7 C5 H10 120.448
C7 C8 H13 120.000 C8 C6 H11 120.073
C8 C7 H12 120.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability