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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.369446
Energy at 298.15K-324.374367
Nuclear repulsion energy299.565615
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3232 3097 2.62      
2 A1 3219 3085 10.60      
3 A1 3201 3067 0.06      
4 A1 2358 2260 27.61      
5 A1 1668 1599 1.00      
6 A1 1534 1471 9.22      
7 A1 1231 1180 0.65      
8 A1 1205 1155 1.14      
9 A1 1058 1014 3.01      
10 A1 1016 974 0.56      
11 A1 775 743 2.07      
12 A1 464 445 0.00      
13 A2 983 942 0.00      
14 A2 860 824 0.00      
15 A2 407 390 0.00      
16 B1 1011 969 0.03      
17 B1 941 902 2.65      
18 B1 775 743 37.21      
19 B1 703 674 27.47      
20 B1 571 547 15.87      
21 B1 390 374 0.93      
22 B1 146 140 2.05      
23 B2 3229 3094 8.07      
24 B2 3211 3078 4.43      
25 B2 1642 1574 0.91      
26 B2 1486 1425 7.68      
27 B2 1376 1319 1.86      
28 B2 1340 1284 0.08      
29 B2 1191 1141 0.09      
30 B2 1112 1066 3.69      
31 B2 635 608 0.14      
32 B2 561 537 0.14      
33 B2 164 157 4.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21846.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20937.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.18897 0.05157 0.04052

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.204
C2 0.000 0.000 2.041
C3 0.000 0.000 0.608
C4 0.000 1.216 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.216 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.209 -1.481
C7 0.000 -1.209 -1.481
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.177
H9 0.000 2.151 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.151 0.460
H11 0.000 2.150 -2.024
H12 0.000 -2.150 -2.024
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.263

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16332.59593.51203.51204.83874.83875.38053.48673.48675.65235.65236.4668
C21.16331.43262.45382.45383.72363.72364.21722.66942.66944.59774.59775.3034
C32.59591.43261.40241.40242.41392.41392.78462.15612.15613.39803.39803.8708
C43.51202.45381.40242.43191.39052.79532.41431.08513.41172.14653.88123.3971
C53.51202.45381.40242.43192.79531.39052.41433.41171.08513.88122.14653.3971
C64.83873.72362.41391.39052.79532.41801.39472.15763.88041.08593.40232.1530
C74.83873.72362.41392.79531.39052.41801.39473.88042.15763.40231.08592.1530
C85.38054.21722.78462.41432.41431.39471.39473.40253.40252.15522.15521.0862
H93.48672.66942.15611.08513.41172.15763.88043.40254.30202.48334.96634.2994
H103.48672.66942.15613.41171.08513.88042.15763.40254.30204.96632.48334.2994
H115.65234.59773.39802.14653.88121.08593.40232.15522.48334.96634.29962.4814
H125.65234.59773.39803.88122.14653.40231.08592.15524.96632.48334.29962.4814
H136.46685.30343.87083.39713.39712.15302.15301.08624.29944.29942.48142.4814

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 119.886
C2 C3 C5 119.886 C3 C4 C6 119.600
C3 C4 H9 119.625 C3 C5 C7 119.600
C3 C5 H10 119.625 C4 C3 C5 120.229
C4 C6 C8 120.189 C4 C6 H11 119.672
C5 C7 C8 120.189 C5 C7 H12 119.672
C6 C4 H9 120.775 C6 C8 C7 120.193
C6 C8 H13 119.903 C7 C5 H10 120.775
C7 C8 H13 119.903 C8 C6 H11 120.139
C8 C7 H12 120.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.491      
2 C 0.269      
3 C 0.058      
4 C -0.098      
5 C -0.098      
6 C -0.127      
7 C -0.127      
8 C -0.106      
9 H 0.152      
10 H 0.152      
11 H 0.139      
12 H 0.139      
13 H 0.137      


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 -4.576 4.576
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.782 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.370 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.745
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.225 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.894 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.670
Polar
3z2-r2-23.339
x2-y2-9.412
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.026 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.125 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.530


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