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

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.714117
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.016818
Nuclear repulsion energy102.956690
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 CCSD=FULL/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' 3163 2997 21.85      
2 A' 3098 2936 7.95      
3 A' 3081 2919 17.48      
4 A' 2366 2242 1.17      
5 A' 1530 1450 4.87      
6 A' 1507 1428 4.19      
7 A' 1456 1380 0.99      
8 A' 1390 1317 3.40      
9 A' 1120 1061 3.01      
10 A' 1039 984 0.77      
11 A' 851 807 0.78      
12 A' 544 515 0.56      
13 A' 210 199 4.05      
14 A" 3168 3001 22.36      
15 A" 3139 2974 0.30      
16 A" 1525 1445 6.38      
17 A" 1312 1243 0.13      
18 A" 1140 1081 0.55      
19 A" 806 763 1.36      
20 A" 384 364 0.28      
21 A" 228 216 0.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16527.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9475) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15659.7 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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
ABC
0.92843 0.15708 0.14140

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.561 0.000
C2 0.000 0.819 0.000
C3 -0.771 -0.431 0.000
N4 -1.357 -1.426 0.000
H5 2.046 1.510 0.000
H6 1.805 -0.004 0.883
H7 1.805 -0.004 -0.883
H8 -0.293 1.394 0.879
H9 -0.293 1.394 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53162.48763.48891.08991.08951.08952.17162.1716
C21.53161.46832.62342.15992.17132.17131.09071.0907
C32.48761.46831.15533.42142.75652.75652.08102.0810
N43.48892.62341.15534.49523.57793.57793.13993.1399
H51.08992.15993.42144.49521.76981.76982.50162.5016
H61.08952.17132.75653.57791.76981.76632.52103.0759
H71.08952.17132.75653.57791.76981.76633.07592.5210
H82.17161.09072.08103.13992.50162.52103.07591.7585
H92.17161.09072.08103.13992.50163.07592.52101.7585

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 112.025 C1 C2 H8 110.689
C1 C2 H9 110.689 C2 C1 H5 109.812
C2 C1 H6 110.739 C2 C1 H7 110.739
C2 C3 N4 178.787 C3 C2 H8 107.914
C3 C2 H9 107.914 H5 C1 H6 108.593
H5 C1 H7 108.593 H6 C1 H7 108.303
H8 C2 H9 107.436
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability