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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-169.117647
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-168.836849
Nuclear repulsion energy99.732252
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=FULL/STO-3G
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' 3563 3167 0.76      
2 A' 3404 3026 0.30      
3 A' 3383 3007 1.14      
4 A' 2122 1886 37.50      
5 A' 1729 1537 1.43      
6 A' 1685 1498 1.00      
7 A' 1614 1435 0.31      
8 A' 1507 1340 7.60      
9 A' 1213 1078 2.27      
10 A' 1116 992 0.47      
11 A' 876 779 0.05      
12 A' 536 477 0.60      
13 A' 210 187 2.10      
14 A" 3566 3170 0.77      
15 A" 3513 3122 0.00      
16 A" 1723 1532 1.98      
17 A" 1422 1264 0.02      
18 A" 1236 1099 0.39      
19 A" 870 774 2.79      
20 A" 363 323 0.31      
21 A" 216 192 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17933.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15941.1 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=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
0.89161 0.14629 0.13203

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.544 0.605 0.000
C2 0.000 0.850 0.000
C3 -0.778 -0.450 0.000
N4 -1.397 -1.507 0.000
H5 2.073 1.573 0.000
H6 1.848 0.038 0.896
H7 1.848 0.038 -0.896
H8 -0.292 1.435 0.895
H9 -0.292 1.435 -0.895

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.56332.55013.62111.10331.10301.10302.20492.2049
C21.56331.51432.73982.19542.20842.20841.10841.1084
C32.55011.51431.22553.49542.81692.81692.14222.1422
N43.62112.73981.22554.64013.70423.70423.26793.2679
H51.10332.19543.49544.64011.79201.79202.53212.5321
H61.10302.20842.81693.70421.79201.79172.55613.1208
H71.10302.20842.81693.70421.79201.79173.12082.5561
H82.20491.10842.14223.26792.53212.55613.12081.7891
H92.20491.10842.14223.26792.53213.12082.55611.7891

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 111.903 C1 C2 H8 110.061
C1 C2 H9 110.061 C2 C1 H5 109.623
C2 C1 H6 110.649 C2 C1 H7 110.649
C2 C3 N4 179.460 C3 C2 H8 108.540
C3 C2 H9 108.540 H5 C1 H6 108.625
H5 C1 H7 108.625 H6 C1 H7 108.614
H8 C2 H9 107.620
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability