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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.416671
Energy at 298.15K-324.421629
Nuclear repulsion energy300.023258
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3252 3094 2.68      
2 A1 3240 3082 9.32      
3 A1 3221 3065 0.04      
4 A1 2381 2266 28.85      
5 A1 1683 1601 1.00      
6 A1 1545 1470 9.86      
7 A1 1240 1179 0.69      
8 A1 1212 1153 1.16      
9 A1 1065 1013 3.09      
10 A1 1023 973 0.60      
11 A1 780 742 2.13      
12 A1 466 444 0.00      
13 A2 992 944 0.00      
14 A2 867 825 0.00      
15 A2 410 390 0.00      
16 B1 1019 970 0.03      
17 B1 949 903 2.76      
18 B1 781 743 37.85      
19 B1 708 674 28.51      
20 B1 575 547 16.44      
21 B1 393 374 0.93      
22 B1 147 140 2.03      
23 B2 3249 3091 7.06      
24 B2 3232 3075 3.95      
25 B2 1657 1577 0.88      
26 B2 1497 1424 8.11      
27 B2 1383 1316 2.05      
28 B2 1348 1282 0.11      
29 B2 1196 1138 0.12      
30 B2 1119 1065 3.78      
31 B2 638 607 0.15      
32 B2 565 538 0.16      
33 B2 165 157 4.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21996.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20930.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.18953 0.05173 0.04064

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.199
C2 0.000 0.000 2.038
C3 0.000 0.000 0.606
C4 0.000 1.214 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.214 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.207 -1.479
C7 0.000 -1.207 -1.479
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.173
H9 0.000 2.148 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.148 0.459
H11 0.000 2.147 -2.021
H12 0.000 -2.147 -2.021
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.258

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16072.59243.50633.50634.83124.83125.37203.48083.48085.64365.64366.4566
C21.16071.43172.45062.45063.71863.71864.21132.66532.66534.59144.59145.2959
C32.59241.43171.40001.40002.40982.40982.77962.15262.15263.39253.39253.8642
C43.50632.45061.40002.42821.38852.79132.41071.08353.40642.14353.87553.3919
C53.50632.45061.40002.42822.79131.38852.41073.40641.08353.87552.14353.3919
C64.83123.71862.40981.38852.79132.41461.39262.15473.87481.08423.39742.1497
C74.83123.71862.40982.79131.38852.41461.39263.87482.15473.39741.08422.1497
C85.37204.21132.77962.41072.41071.39261.39263.39763.39762.15202.15201.0846
H93.48082.66532.15261.08353.40642.15473.87483.39764.29522.48024.95904.2931
H103.48082.66532.15263.40641.08353.87482.15473.39764.29524.95902.48024.2931
H115.64364.59143.39252.14353.87551.08423.39742.15202.48024.95904.29322.4776
H125.64364.59143.39253.87552.14353.39741.08422.15204.95902.48024.29322.4776
H136.45665.29593.86423.39193.39192.14972.14971.08464.29314.29312.47762.4776

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 119.860
C2 C3 C5 119.860 C3 C4 C6 119.579
C3 C4 H9 119.628 C3 C5 C7 119.579
C3 C5 H10 119.628 C4 C3 C5 120.280
C4 C6 C8 120.176 C4 C6 H11 119.684
C5 C7 C8 120.176 C5 C7 H12 119.684
C6 C4 H9 120.793 C6 C8 C7 120.210
C6 C8 H13 119.895 C7 C5 H10 120.793
C7 C8 H13 119.895 C8 C6 H11 120.141
C8 C7 H12 120.141
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.491      
2 C 0.272      
3 C 0.046      
4 C -0.099      
5 C -0.099      
6 C -0.133      
7 C -0.133      
8 C -0.112      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.158      
11 H 0.145      
12 H 0.145      
13 H 0.143      


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 -4.589 4.589
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.843 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.305 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.701
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.340 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.627
Polar
3z2-r2-23.254
x2-y2-9.538
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.021 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.046 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.362


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