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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.914122
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.914122
Nuclear repulsion energy103.185923
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 HSEh1PBE/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 A' 3149 3024 16.59 77.87 0.70 0.83
2 A' 3067 2946 17.91 13.86 0.33 0.49
3 A' 3065 2944 5.00 235.02 0.02 0.04
4 A' 2387 2292 10.25 68.06 0.26 0.41
5 A' 1503 1443 7.34 6.86 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1468 1410 6.69 12.36 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1413 1357 2.51 1.80 0.33 0.49
8 A' 1350 1296 2.76 3.27 0.56 0.72
9 A' 1097 1053 4.24 3.48 0.16 0.28
10 A' 1039 997 0.65 4.41 0.48 0.65
11 A' 857 823 0.06 4.67 0.13 0.24
12 A' 559 537 0.99 2.00 0.36 0.53
13 A' 215 206 3.94 2.87 0.73 0.85
14 A" 3152 3027 16.01 29.65 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3104 2981 0.84 95.88 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1494 1435 9.23 11.29 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1289 1238 0.05 4.83 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1111 1067 0.47 0.07 0.75 0.86
19 A" 789 758 4.51 0.42 0.75 0.86
20 A" 402 387 0.17 3.06 0.75 0.86
21 A" 223 214 0.83 0.56 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16365.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9604) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15717.7 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G**
ABC
0.94069 0.15747 0.14200

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.509 0.562 0.000
C2 0.000 0.807 0.000
C3 -0.767 -0.430 0.000
N4 -1.361 -1.418 0.000
H5 2.040 1.517 0.000
H6 1.814 -0.001 0.884
H7 1.814 -0.001 -0.884
H8 -0.298 1.388 0.878
H9 -0.298 1.388 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52912.48383.48691.09181.09151.09152.17222.1722
C21.52911.45572.60752.16002.17342.17341.09451.0945
C32.48381.45571.15183.41642.76192.76192.07362.0736
N43.48692.60751.15184.49163.58693.58693.12663.1266
H51.09182.16003.41644.49161.77071.77072.50032.5003
H61.09152.17342.76193.58691.77071.76782.52753.0810
H71.09152.17342.76193.58691.77071.76783.08102.5275
H82.17221.09452.07363.12662.50032.52753.08101.7561
H92.17221.09452.07363.12662.50033.08102.52751.7561

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 112.617 C1 C2 H8 110.686
C1 C2 H9 110.686 C2 C1 H5 109.886
C2 C1 H6 110.962 C2 C1 H7 110.962
C2 C3 N4 179.203 C3 C2 H8 107.965
C3 C2 H9 107.965 H5 C1 H6 108.395
H5 C1 H7 108.395 H6 C1 H7 108.157
H8 C2 H9 106.687
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.340      
2 C -0.248      
3 C 0.080      
4 N -0.272      
5 H 0.137      
6 H 0.147      
7 H 0.147      
8 H 0.175      
9 H 0.175      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.270 3.297 0.000 4.003
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.091 -3.711 0.000
y -3.711 -27.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.804
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.454 -3.711 0.000
y -3.711 -2.023 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.476
Polar
3z2-r26.953
x2-y20.379
xy-3.711
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.653 1.195 0.000
y 1.195 6.065 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.260


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.639
(<r2>)1/2 9.362