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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.019821
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.019821
Nuclear repulsion energy102.670665
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 B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3146 3146 16.10 69.65 0.70 0.82
2 A' 3060 3060 13.28 22.89 0.30 0.46
3 A' 3056 3056 10.15 284.18 0.01 0.01
4 A' 2354 2354 11.61 94.74 0.16 0.27
5 A' 1475 1475 5.66 3.01 0.73 0.85
6 A' 1439 1439 5.98 8.10 0.67 0.80
7 A' 1390 1390 1.69 0.73 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1325 1325 3.46 2.80 0.42 0.59
9 A' 1084 1084 3.41 6.23 0.12 0.22
10 A' 1031 1031 0.63 2.92 0.51 0.67
11 A' 849 849 0.06 5.97 0.06 0.12
12 A' 545 545 0.86 1.42 0.15 0.25
13 A' 210 210 4.21 1.98 0.70 0.83
14 A" 3149 3149 15.11 26.23 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3102 3102 0.67 82.01 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1468 1468 7.79 5.29 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1268 1268 0.00 1.98 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1093 1093 0.48 0.12 0.75 0.86
19 A" 776 776 3.70 0.38 0.75 0.86
20 A" 386 386 0.29 1.21 0.75 0.86
21 A" 217 217 1.03 0.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16209.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16209.2 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 B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.93626 0.15568 0.14052

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.514 0.572 0.000
C2 0.000 0.810 0.000
C3 -0.768 -0.435 0.000
N4 -1.365 -1.431 0.000
H5 2.038 1.536 0.000
H6 1.823 0.009 0.888
H7 1.823 0.009 -0.888
H8 -0.302 1.391 0.883
H9 -0.302 1.391 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53252.49463.50721.09691.09641.09642.17882.1788
C21.53251.46262.62362.16382.18042.18041.09921.0992
C32.49461.46261.16113.42942.77522.77522.08112.0811
N43.50722.62361.16114.51473.60903.60903.14233.1423
H51.09692.16383.42944.51471.77951.77952.50532.5053
H61.09642.18042.77523.60901.77951.77692.53493.0923
H71.09642.18042.77523.60901.77951.77693.09232.5349
H82.17881.09922.08113.14232.50532.53493.09231.7652
H92.17881.09922.08113.14232.50533.09232.53491.7652

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 112.779 C1 C2 H8 110.688
C1 C2 H9 110.688 C2 C1 H5 109.641
C2 C1 H6 110.982 C2 C1 H7 110.982
C2 C3 N4 179.214 C3 C2 H8 107.809
C3 C2 H9 107.809 H5 C1 H6 108.452
H5 C1 H7 108.452 H6 C1 H7 108.254
H8 C2 H9 106.826
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/daug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 1.006      
2 C -0.476      
3 C 0.936      
4 N -0.579      
5 H -0.299      
6 H -0.119      
7 H -0.119      
8 H -0.175      
9 H -0.175      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.364 3.427 0.000 4.164
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.352 -3.853 0.000
y -3.853 -27.827 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.959
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.459 -3.853 0.000
y -3.853 -2.172 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.631
Polar
3z2-r27.262
x2-y20.475
xy-3.853
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.715 1.197 0.000
y 1.197 6.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.178


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.528
(<r2>)1/2 9.409