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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.088281
Energy at 298.15K-324.093012
Nuclear repulsion energy297.707396
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 PBEPBE/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 3155 3112 2.46      
2 A1 3143 3100 10.65      
3 A1 3124 3082 0.02      
4 A1 2260 2229 20.45      
5 A1 1611 1589 0.88      
6 A1 1485 1465 6.85      
7 A1 1199 1183 0.71      
8 A1 1171 1155 0.91      
9 A1 1029 1015 2.67      
10 A1 987 973 0.55      
11 A1 755 745 1.73      
12 A1 452 446 0.00      
13 A2 938 926 0.00      
14 A2 826 815 0.00      
15 A2 393 388 0.00      
16 B1 967 954 0.03      
17 B1 902 889 2.31      
18 B1 748 737 32.39      
19 B1 680 671 24.83      
20 B1 552 544 14.04      
21 B1 376 371 0.82      
22 B1 141 139 1.86      
23 B2 3152 3109 8.37      
24 B2 3134 3091 4.57      
25 B2 1585 1563 0.88      
26 B2 1440 1421 6.41      
27 B2 1358 1339 0.92      
28 B2 1299 1282 0.00      
29 B2 1158 1142 0.02      
30 B2 1081 1066 3.70      
31 B2 617 608 0.10      
32 B2 541 534 0.04      
33 B2 158 156 3.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21207.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20917.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.18668 0.05096 0.04003

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.225
C2 0.000 0.000 2.048
C3 0.000 0.000 0.614
C4 0.000 1.224 -0.092
C5 0.000 -1.224 -0.092
C6 0.000 1.216 -1.490
C7 0.000 -1.216 -1.490
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.190
H9 0.000 2.165 0.464
H10 0.000 -2.165 0.464
H11 0.000 2.164 -2.036
H12 0.000 -2.164 -2.036
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.284

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.17662.61033.53493.53494.86894.86895.41473.50863.50865.68805.68806.5086
C21.17661.43372.46492.46493.74123.74124.23812.68282.68284.62154.62155.3320
C32.61031.43371.41281.41282.43042.43042.80442.17012.17013.42113.42113.8983
C43.53492.46491.41282.44731.39832.81192.42911.09273.43372.15933.90553.4187
C53.53492.46491.41282.44732.81191.39832.42913.43371.09273.90552.15933.4187
C64.86893.74122.43041.39832.81192.43191.40312.17183.90461.09363.42332.1672
C74.86893.74122.43042.81191.39832.43191.40313.90462.17183.42331.09362.1672
C85.41474.23812.80442.42912.42911.40311.40313.42463.42462.16912.16911.0938
H93.50862.68282.17011.09273.43372.17183.90463.42464.32972.49934.99824.3278
H103.50862.68282.17013.43371.09273.90462.17183.42464.32974.99822.49934.3278
H115.68804.62153.42112.15933.90551.09363.42332.16912.49934.99824.32722.4978
H125.68804.62153.42113.90552.15933.42331.09362.16914.99822.49934.32722.4978
H136.50865.33203.89833.41873.41872.16722.16721.09384.32784.32782.49782.4978

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 119.985
C2 C3 C5 119.985 C3 C4 C6 119.669
C3 C4 H9 119.476 C3 C5 C7 119.669
C3 C5 H10 119.476 C4 C3 C5 120.029
C4 C6 C8 120.248 C4 C6 H11 119.621
C5 C7 C8 120.248 C5 C7 H12 119.621
C6 C4 H9 120.854 C6 C8 C7 120.136
C6 C8 H13 119.932 C7 C5 H10 120.854
C7 C8 H13 119.932 C8 C6 H11 120.131
C8 C7 H12 120.131
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.473      
2 C 0.249      
3 C 0.077      
4 C -0.080      
5 C -0.080      
6 C -0.102      
7 C -0.102      
8 C -0.083      
9 H 0.125      
10 H 0.125      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.115      
13 H 0.113      


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 -4.456 4.456
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.739 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.727 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.612
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.070 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.449 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.379
Polar
3z2-r2-22.758
x2-y2-9.013
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.063 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.273


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