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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.373377
Energy at 298.15K-324.378119
Nuclear repulsion energy297.015163
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 BLYP/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 3138 3114 2.67      
2 A1 3125 3101 17.57      
3 A1 3106 3082 0.03      
4 A1 2240 2223 19.96      
5 A1 1592 1579 0.84      
6 A1 1486 1474 5.84      
7 A1 1188 1179 0.07      
8 A1 1174 1165 1.02      
9 A1 1022 1014 2.16      
10 A1 986 978 0.29      
11 A1 752 746 1.86      
12 A1 453 450 0.00      
13 A2 939 932 0.00      
14 A2 830 823 0.00      
15 A2 397 394 0.00      
16 B1 969 962 0.04      
17 B1 905 898 2.02      
18 B1 751 746 29.20      
19 B1 682 677 18.82      
20 B1 551 547 11.14      
21 B1 378 376 1.07      
22 B1 142 141 2.13      
23 B2 3135 3111 14.56      
24 B2 3116 3092 6.91      
25 B2 1566 1554 0.98      
26 B2 1440 1429 4.84      
27 B2 1329 1319 1.11      
28 B2 1301 1291 0.19      
29 B2 1164 1155 0.02      
30 B2 1077 1069 2.64      
31 B2 620 616 0.07      
32 B2 539 535 0.04      
33 B2 160 159 4.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21126.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20963.6 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.18586 0.05068 0.03982

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.233
C2 0.000 0.000 2.056
C3 0.000 0.000 0.617
C4 0.000 1.227 -0.092
C5 0.000 -1.227 -0.092
C6 0.000 1.219 -1.494
C7 0.000 -1.219 -1.494
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.197
H9 0.000 2.168 0.461
H10 0.000 -2.168 0.461
H11 0.000 2.166 -2.039
H12 0.000 -2.166 -2.039
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.289

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.17662.61543.54393.54394.88154.88155.42913.51863.51865.69955.69956.5219
C21.17661.43882.47382.47383.75363.75364.25242.69122.69124.63284.63285.3452
C32.61541.43881.41701.41702.43802.43802.81372.17322.17323.42763.42763.9065
C43.54392.47381.41702.45321.40202.81902.43561.09153.43902.16183.91163.4242
C53.54392.47381.41702.45322.81901.40202.43563.43901.09153.91162.16183.4242
C64.88153.75362.43801.40202.81902.43811.40692.17313.91051.09263.42852.1699
C74.88153.75362.43802.81901.40202.43811.40693.91052.17313.42851.09262.1699
C85.42914.25242.81372.43562.43561.40691.40693.42933.42932.17162.17161.0928
H93.51862.69122.17321.09153.43902.17313.91053.42934.33522.50035.00304.3316
H103.51862.69122.17323.43901.09153.91052.17313.42934.33525.00302.50034.3316
H115.69954.63283.42762.16183.91161.09263.42852.17162.50035.00304.33182.5007
H125.69954.63283.42763.91162.16183.42851.09262.17165.00302.50034.33182.5007
H136.52195.34523.90653.42423.42422.16992.16991.09284.33164.33162.50072.5007

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 120.044
C2 C3 C5 120.044 C3 C4 C6 119.734
C3 C4 H9 119.504 C3 C5 C7 119.734
C3 C5 H10 119.504 C4 C3 C5 119.912
C4 C6 C8 120.255 C4 C6 H11 119.621
C5 C7 C8 120.255 C5 C7 H12 119.621
C6 C4 H9 120.762 C6 C8 C7 120.109
C6 C8 H13 119.946 C7 C5 H10 120.762
C7 C8 H13 119.946 C8 C6 H11 120.124
C8 C7 H12 120.124
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.477      
2 C 0.236      
3 C 0.128      
4 C -0.059      
5 C -0.059      
6 C -0.060      
7 C -0.060      
8 C -0.046      
9 H 0.086      
10 H 0.086      
11 H 0.076      
12 H 0.076      
13 H 0.074      


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 -4.448 4.448
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.537 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.310
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.230 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.888
Polar
3z2-r2-23.776
x2-y2-8.231
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.029 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.328


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