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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-323.533403
Energy at 298.15K-323.538202
Nuclear repulsion energy299.252845
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 CCD/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3289 3084 5.59      
2 A1 3276 3072 11.17      
3 A1 3260 3056 0.00      
4 A1 2377 2228 4.10      
5 A1 1713 1606 0.03      
6 A1 1576 1478 10.41      
7 A1 1249 1171 0.03      
8 A1 1235 1158 0.30      
9 A1 1076 1009 2.34      
10 A1 1035 971 0.43      
11 A1 783 734 1.46      
12 A1 469 440 0.00      
13 A2 951 891 0.00      
14 A2 859 806 0.00      
15 A2 398 373 0.00      
16 B1 949 890 0.15      
17 B1 911 854 1.25      
18 B1 751 704 66.99      
19 B1 588 552 4.98      
20 B1 530 497 8.57      
21 B1 375 351 1.36      
22 B1 145 136 2.14      
23 B2 3284 3079 14.03      
24 B2 3269 3065 2.78      
25 B2 1686 1581 2.08      
26 B2 1525 1430 5.98      
27 B2 1387 1300 0.29      
28 B2 1326 1244 2.59      
29 B2 1209 1134 0.42      
30 B2 1133 1062 2.00      
31 B2 645 605 0.14      
32 B2 555 520 0.18      
33 B2 165 155 4.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21988.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20616.7 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
0.18899 0.05133 0.04037

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.213
C2 0.000 0.000 2.048
C3 0.000 0.000 0.602
C4 0.000 1.216 -0.092
C5 0.000 -1.216 -0.092
C6 0.000 1.209 -1.484
C7 0.000 -1.209 -1.484
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.180
H9 0.000 2.148 0.458
H10 0.000 -2.148 0.458
H11 0.000 2.146 -2.024
H12 0.000 -2.146 -2.024
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16572.61163.52183.52184.85084.85085.39383.49383.49385.66065.66066.4756
C21.16571.44592.46102.46103.73333.73334.22812.67232.67234.60324.60325.3100
C32.61161.44591.40011.40012.41132.41132.78222.15252.15253.39183.39183.8640
C43.52182.46101.40012.43261.39262.79712.41711.08133.40862.14493.87873.3959
C53.52182.46101.40012.43262.79711.39262.41713.40861.08133.87872.14493.3959
C64.85083.73332.41131.39262.79712.41901.39552.15673.87841.08163.39922.1504
C74.85083.73332.41132.79711.39262.41901.39553.87842.15673.39921.08162.1504
C85.39384.22812.78222.41712.41711.39551.39553.40183.40182.15222.15221.0818
H93.49382.67232.15251.08133.40862.15673.87843.40184.29542.48214.95994.2954
H103.49382.67232.15253.40861.08133.87842.15673.40184.29544.95992.48214.2954
H115.66064.60323.39182.14493.87871.08163.39922.15222.48214.95994.29302.4778
H125.66064.60323.39183.87872.14493.39921.08162.15224.95992.48214.29302.4778
H136.47565.31003.86403.39593.39592.15042.15041.08184.29544.29542.47782.4778

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 119.689
C2 C3 C5 119.689 C3 C4 C6 119.408
C3 C4 H9 119.779 C3 C5 C7 119.408
C3 C5 H10 119.779 C4 C3 C5 120.621
C4 C6 C8 120.206 C4 C6 H11 119.682
C5 C7 C8 120.206 C5 C7 H12 119.682
C6 C4 H9 120.813 C6 C8 C7 120.150
C6 C8 H13 119.925 C7 C5 H10 120.813
C7 C8 H13 119.925 C8 C6 H11 120.112
C8 C7 H12 120.112
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability