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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.426647
Energy at 298.15K-324.431600
Nuclear repulsion energy299.819518
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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
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 3250 3094 2.70      
2 A1 3239 3083 8.10      
3 A1 3221 3065 0.04      
4 A1 2370 2256 38.33      
5 A1 1676 1595 0.79      
6 A1 1539 1465 9.15      
7 A1 1235 1175 0.70      
8 A1 1210 1151 1.16      
9 A1 1061 1010 4.57      
10 A1 1021 972 0.52      
11 A1 778 740 2.11      
12 A1 465 443 0.00      
13 A2 998 950 0.00      
14 A2 865 824 0.00      
15 A2 408 388 0.00      
16 B1 1020 971 0.02      
17 B1 950 904 3.10      
18 B1 776 739 53.47      
19 B1 703 670 35.21      
20 B1 572 544 18.40      
21 B1 391 373 0.32      
22 B1 147 139 1.62      
23 B2 3247 3091 6.28      
24 B2 3231 3075 3.58      
25 B2 1650 1571 0.77      
26 B2 1491 1419 7.20      
27 B2 1381 1314 2.53      
28 B2 1345 1281 0.25      
29 B2 1193 1136 0.20      
30 B2 1116 1062 5.13      
31 B2 637 606 0.15      
32 B2 563 536 0.16      
33 B2 165 157 4.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21955.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9518) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20897.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18923 0.05167 0.04058

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.200
C2 0.000 0.000 2.039
C3 0.000 0.000 0.607
C4 0.000 1.215 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.215 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.208 -1.480
C7 0.000 -1.208 -1.480
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.175
H9 0.000 2.149 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.149 0.460
H11 0.000 2.148 -2.022
H12 0.000 -2.148 -2.022
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.260

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16112.59353.50783.50784.83404.83405.37553.48303.48305.64645.64646.4602
C21.16111.43252.45182.45183.72123.72124.21442.66732.66734.59394.59395.2992
C32.59351.43251.40081.40082.41162.41162.78202.15412.15413.39443.39443.8667
C43.50782.45181.40082.43011.39002.79372.41311.08383.40882.14483.87813.3945
C53.50782.45181.40082.43012.79371.39002.41313.40881.08383.87812.14483.3945
C64.83403.72122.41161.39002.79372.41671.39392.15583.87751.08443.39972.1511
C74.83403.72122.41162.79371.39002.41671.39393.87752.15583.39971.08442.1511
C85.37554.21442.78202.41312.41311.39391.39393.40003.40002.15342.15341.0847
H93.48302.66732.15411.08383.40882.15583.87753.40004.29822.48104.96194.2956
H103.48302.66732.15413.40881.08383.87752.15583.40004.29824.96192.48104.2956
H115.64644.59393.39442.14483.87811.08443.39972.15342.48104.96194.29592.4793
H125.64644.59393.39443.87812.14483.39971.08442.15344.96192.48104.29592.4793
H136.46025.29923.86673.39453.39452.15112.15111.08474.29564.29562.47932.4793

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 119.843
C2 C3 C5 119.843 C3 C4 C6 119.566
C3 C4 H9 119.677 C3 C5 C7 119.566
C3 C5 H10 119.677 C4 C3 C5 120.313
C4 C6 C8 120.182 C4 C6 H11 119.671
C5 C7 C8 120.182 C5 C7 H12 119.671
C6 C4 H9 120.757 C6 C8 C7 120.191
C6 C8 H13 119.904 C7 C5 H10 120.757
C7 C8 H13 119.904 C8 C6 H11 120.148
C8 C7 H12 120.148
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.447      
2 C -0.769      
3 C 0.937      
4 C -0.213      
5 C -0.213      
6 C -0.015      
7 C -0.015      
8 C -0.148      
9 H 0.184      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.173      
12 H 0.173      
13 H 0.171      


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 -4.754 4.754
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.242 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.343
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.518 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.688 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.170
Polar
3z2-r2-24.340
x2-y2-10.138
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.601 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.144 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.783


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