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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.447722
Energy at 298.15K-322.453099
Nuclear repulsion energy301.570850
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/6-31G**
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 3388 3058 5.01      
2 A1 3375 3046 16.71      
3 A1 3354 3027 0.06      
4 A1 2604 2351 48.46      
5 A1 1804 1629 1.33      
6 A1 1661 1499 17.75      
7 A1 1302 1175 0.08      
8 A1 1291 1165 1.61      
9 A1 1125 1016 2.49      
10 A1 1090 984 0.14      
11 A1 821 741 3.64      
12 A1 494 446 0.07      
13 A2 1108 1000 0.00      
14 A2 957 864 0.00      
15 A2 449 405 0.00      
16 B1 1134 1024 0.00      
17 B1 1058 955 3.32      
18 B1 857 773 44.14      
19 B1 764 690 33.21      
20 B1 625 564 19.33      
21 B1 431 389 1.35      
22 B1 162 146 2.61      
23 B2 3384 3055 15.48      
24 B2 3366 3038 4.85      
25 B2 1777 1604 0.56      
26 B2 1606 1450 11.42      
27 B2 1466 1323 0.60      
28 B2 1336 1206 2.88      
29 B2 1218 1099 7.14      
30 B2 1179 1064 0.15      
31 B2 686 619 0.24      
32 B2 616 556 0.65      
33 B2 184 166 6.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23335.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21062.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.19151 0.05212 0.04097

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.181
C2 0.000 0.000 2.044
C3 0.000 0.000 0.599
C4 0.000 1.207 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.207 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.203 -1.474
C7 0.000 -1.203 -1.474
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.164
H9 0.000 2.133 0.453
H10 0.000 -2.133 0.453
H11 0.000 2.133 -2.011
H12 0.000 -2.133 -2.011
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.239

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13642.58173.48753.48754.80784.80785.34493.46283.46285.61315.61316.4199
C21.13641.44522.45302.45303.71843.71844.20852.66132.66134.58244.58245.2835
C32.58171.44521.39051.39052.39692.39692.76322.13812.13813.37123.37123.8382
C43.48752.45301.39052.41411.38312.77842.39881.07413.38422.13173.85293.3714
C53.48752.45301.39052.41412.77841.38312.39883.38421.07413.85292.13173.3714
C64.80783.71842.39691.38312.77842.40531.38652.14003.85241.07453.37902.1357
C74.80783.71842.39692.77841.38312.40531.38653.85242.14003.37901.07452.1357
C85.34494.20852.76322.39882.39881.38651.38653.37633.37632.13892.13891.0750
H93.46282.66132.13811.07413.38422.14003.85243.37634.26622.46404.92694.2640
H103.46282.66132.13813.38421.07413.85242.14003.37634.26624.92692.46404.2640
H115.61314.58243.37122.13173.85291.07453.37902.13892.46404.92694.26692.4616
H125.61314.58243.37123.85292.13173.37901.07452.13894.92692.46404.26692.4616
H136.41995.28353.83823.37143.37142.13572.13571.07504.26404.26402.46162.4616

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 119.764
C2 C3 C5 119.764 C3 C4 C6 119.581
C3 C4 H9 119.799 C3 C5 C7 119.581
C3 C5 H10 119.799 C4 C3 C5 120.473
C4 C6 C8 120.024 C4 C6 H11 119.793
C5 C7 C8 120.024 C5 C7 H12 119.793
C6 C4 H9 120.621 C6 C8 C7 120.318
C6 C8 H13 119.841 C7 C5 H10 120.621
C7 C8 H13 119.841 C8 C6 H11 120.183
C8 C7 H12 120.183
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.452      
2 C 0.269      
3 C -0.035      
4 C -0.106      
5 C -0.106      
6 C -0.156      
7 C -0.156      
8 C -0.131      
9 H 0.186      
10 H 0.186      
11 H 0.167      
12 H 0.167      
13 H 0.166      


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 -4.852 4.852
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.980 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.931 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.576
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.227 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.621
Polar
3z2-r2-25.241
x2-y2-10.049
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.952 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.145


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