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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.507482
Energy at 298.15K-322.512887
Nuclear repulsion energy301.946751
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/6-311G**
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 3364 3056 4.04      
2 A1 3350 3043 15.86      
3 A1 3329 3024 0.08      
4 A1 2587 2350 47.77      
5 A1 1791 1627 1.15      
6 A1 1649 1498 17.95      
7 A1 1294 1176 0.07      
8 A1 1284 1167 1.41      
9 A1 1118 1016 2.90      
10 A1 1084 985 0.06      
11 A1 817 742 3.63      
12 A1 493 448 0.07      
13 A2 1106 1005 0.00      
14 A2 953 866 0.00      
15 A2 447 406 0.00      
16 B1 1126 1023 0.00      
17 B1 1055 958 3.20      
18 B1 855 777 48.46      
19 B1 761 692 41.11      
20 B1 629 571 21.77      
21 B1 432 393 0.59      
22 B1 162 147 1.93      
23 B2 3360 3053 13.67      
24 B2 3341 3035 4.99      
25 B2 1764 1602 0.59      
26 B2 1595 1449 11.43      
27 B2 1458 1324 0.58      
28 B2 1325 1204 2.73      
29 B2 1205 1095 8.49      
30 B2 1169 1062 0.05      
31 B2 685 622 0.30      
32 B2 620 563 0.65      
33 B2 187 170 5.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23196.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21073.8 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.19181 0.05229 0.04109

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.173
C2 0.000 0.000 2.043
C3 0.000 0.000 0.600
C4 0.000 1.206 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.206 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.202 -1.472
C7 0.000 -1.202 -1.472
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.162
H9 0.000 2.132 0.454
H10 0.000 -2.132 0.454
H11 0.000 2.133 -2.009
H12 0.000 -2.133 -2.009
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.237

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13052.57363.47893.47894.79834.79835.33513.45493.45495.60385.60386.4102
C21.13051.44312.45002.45003.71463.71464.20462.65842.65844.57864.57865.2797
C32.57361.44311.38921.38922.39512.39512.76152.13682.13683.36933.36933.8366
C43.47892.45001.38922.41191.38222.77622.39731.07413.38192.13103.85083.3702
C53.47892.45001.38922.41192.77621.38222.39733.38191.07413.85082.13103.3702
C64.79833.71462.39511.38222.77622.40331.38552.13953.85021.07463.37722.1351
C74.79833.71462.39512.77621.38222.40331.38553.85022.13953.37721.07462.1351
C85.33514.20462.76152.39732.39731.38551.38553.37493.37492.13812.13811.0751
H93.45492.65842.13681.07413.38192.13953.85023.37494.26372.46344.92484.2628
H103.45492.65842.13683.38191.07413.85022.13953.37494.26374.92482.46344.2628
H115.60384.57863.36932.13103.85081.07463.37722.13812.46344.92484.26532.4610
H125.60384.57863.36933.85082.13103.37721.07462.13814.92482.46344.26532.4610
H136.41025.27973.83663.37023.37022.13512.13511.07514.26284.26282.46102.4610

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 119.583
C3 C4 H9 119.781 C3 C5 C7 119.583
C3 C5 H10 119.781 C4 C3 C5 120.477
C4 C6 C8 120.031 C4 C6 H11 119.785
C5 C7 C8 120.031 C5 C7 H12 119.785
C6 C4 H9 120.635 C6 C8 C7 120.295
C6 C8 H13 119.853 C7 C5 H10 120.635
C7 C8 H13 119.853 C8 C6 H11 120.184
C8 C7 H12 120.184
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.330      
2 C 0.139      
3 C -0.022      
4 C -0.050      
5 C -0.050      
6 C -0.088      
7 C -0.088      
8 C -0.080      
9 H 0.117      
10 H 0.117      
11 H 0.112      
12 H 0.112      
13 H 0.112      


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 -4.835 4.835
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.747 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.285 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.852
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.678 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.014 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.336
Polar
3z2-r2-24.672
x2-y2-10.462
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.932 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.073 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.490


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