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All results from a given calculation for C2H5CN (ethyl cyanide)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.082891
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.082891
Nuclear repulsion energy102.475584
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 TPSSh/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 A' 3144 3014 21.75 79.12 0.72 0.84
2 A' 3064 2938 22.02 92.02 0.02 0.03
3 A' 3059 2933 7.34 140.25 0.07 0.12
4 A' 2343 2246 7.65 60.24 0.29 0.45
5 A' 1532 1469 4.05 11.24 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1493 1432 3.82 18.05 0.70 0.82
7 A' 1434 1375 0.56 2.50 0.70 0.82
8 A' 1352 1296 3.32 6.41 0.60 0.75
9 A' 1096 1051 4.21 3.10 0.15 0.26
10 A' 1017 975 0.29 5.73 0.46 0.63
11 A' 841 807 0.13 5.18 0.17 0.30
12 A' 542 520 1.04 1.94 0.39 0.56
13 A' 208 200 3.88 2.95 0.73 0.84
14 A" 3152 3022 21.32 32.78 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3099 2971 2.65 97.91 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1525 1462 5.70 19.04 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1294 1241 0.00 8.25 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1117 1071 0.32 0.15 0.75 0.86
19 A" 787 754 3.61 0.37 0.75 0.86
20 A" 392 375 0.21 3.48 0.75 0.86
21 A" 224 214 0.97 0.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16356.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9587) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15681.3 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 TPSSh/6-31G**
ABC
0.93042 0.15503 0.13983

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.520 0.569 0.000
C2 0.000 0.815 0.000
C3 -0.771 -0.434 0.000
N4 -1.371 -1.432 0.000
H5 2.047 1.527 0.000
H6 1.823 0.006 0.886
H7 1.823 0.006 -0.886
H8 -0.296 1.396 0.881
H9 -0.296 1.396 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53972.50033.51581.09341.09261.09262.18072.1807
C21.53971.46732.63212.16692.18212.18211.09571.0957
C32.50031.46731.16493.43242.77542.77542.08552.0855
N43.51582.63211.16494.52063.61273.61273.15113.1511
H51.09342.16693.43244.52061.77471.77472.50562.5056
H61.09262.18212.77543.61271.77471.77232.53353.0888
H71.09262.18212.77543.61271.77471.77233.08882.5335
H82.18071.09572.08553.15112.50562.53353.08881.7615
H92.18071.09572.08553.15112.50563.08882.53351.7615

picture of ethyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 112.484 C1 C2 H8 110.546
C1 C2 H9 110.546 C2 C1 H5 109.597
C2 C1 H6 110.841 C2 C1 H7 110.841
C2 C3 N4 179.344 C3 C2 H8 108.035
C3 C2 H9 108.035 H5 C1 H6 108.550
H5 C1 H7 108.550 H6 C1 H7 108.396
H8 C2 H9 106.991
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.368      
2 C -0.293      
3 C 0.355      
4 N -0.488      
5 H 0.138      
6 H 0.150      
7 H 0.150      
8 H 0.177      
9 H 0.177      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.242 3.234 0.000 3.935
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.365 1.276 0.000
y 1.276 5.910 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.044


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.452
(<r2>)1/2 9.405