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

using model chemistry: QCISD/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.644846
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.016448
Nuclear repulsion energy102.838764
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 QCISD/TZVP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3160 3019 22.64      
2 A' 3096 2958 8.25      
3 A' 3079 2941 17.91      
4 A' 2347 2242 1.44      
5 A' 1529 1460 4.71      
6 A' 1506 1439 4.03      
7 A' 1454 1389 0.91      
8 A' 1388 1326 3.53      
9 A' 1117 1067 2.94      
10 A' 1036 990 0.76      
11 A' 848 811 0.82      
12 A' 541 517 0.56      
13 A' 209 199 4.06      
14 A" 3165 3023 23.31      
15 A" 3136 2996 0.33      
16 A" 1524 1456 6.20      
17 A" 1309 1251 0.14      
18 A" 1138 1088 0.55      
19 A" 804 768 1.28      
20 A" 381 364 0.28      
21 A" 227 217 0.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16496.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15758.7 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 QCISD/TZVP
ABC
0.92651 0.15672 0.14108

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.511 0.563 0.000
C2 0.000 0.820 0.000
C3 -0.772 -0.431 0.000
N4 -1.358 -1.429 0.000
H5 2.047 1.513 0.000
H6 1.806 -0.003 0.884
H7 1.806 -0.003 -0.884
H8 -0.293 1.395 0.880
H9 -0.293 1.395 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53272.48983.49291.09081.09051.09052.17332.1733
C21.53271.46992.62722.16132.17302.17301.09161.0916
C32.48981.46991.15753.42422.75892.75892.08292.0829
N43.49292.62721.15754.50013.58173.58173.14393.1439
H51.09082.16133.42424.50011.77131.77132.50342.5034
H61.09052.17302.75893.58171.77131.76802.52283.0784
H71.09052.17302.75893.58171.77131.76803.07842.5228
H82.17331.09162.08293.14392.50342.52283.07841.7602
H92.17331.09162.08293.14392.50343.07842.52281.7602

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 112.018 C1 C2 H8 110.694
C1 C2 H9 110.694 C2 C1 H5 109.791
C2 C1 H6 110.735 C2 C1 H7 110.735
C2 C3 N4 178.769 C3 C2 H8 107.902
C3 C2 H9 107.902 H5 C1 H6 108.598
H5 C1 H7 108.598 H6 C1 H7 108.321
H8 C2 H9 107.458
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability