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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+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 B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.370086
Energy at 298.15K-324.374981
Nuclear repulsion energy299.993268
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 B1B95/6-31+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 3239 3099 2.70      
2 A1 3227 3087 9.29      
3 A1 3209 3070 0.05      
4 A1 2362 2260 35.34      
5 A1 1668 1596 0.72      
6 A1 1529 1463 8.28      
7 A1 1228 1175 0.56      
8 A1 1201 1149 1.03      
9 A1 1055 1009 4.06      
10 A1 1013 969 0.75      
11 A1 770 737 2.04      
12 A1 459 439 0.00      
13 A2 992 949 0.00      
14 A2 860 823 0.00      
15 A2 404 386 0.00      
16 B1 1014 970 0.01      
17 B1 943 902 2.76      
18 B1 771 738 50.25      
19 B1 698 668 32.71      
20 B1 567 542 17.68      
21 B1 387 370 0.35      
22 B1 146 139 1.65      
23 B2 3236 3096 7.37      
24 B2 3219 3080 3.95      
25 B2 1645 1574 0.70      
26 B2 1483 1418 6.49      
27 B2 1376 1317 2.52      
28 B2 1337 1279 0.11      
29 B2 1186 1134 0.19      
30 B2 1110 1061 4.73      
31 B2 627 600 0.14      
32 B2 556 532 0.14      
33 B2 158 151 4.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21837.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20889.8 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18954 0.05171 0.04063

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+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 2.038
C3 0.000 0.000 0.606
C4 0.000 1.214 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.214 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.207 -1.479
C7 0.000 -1.207 -1.479
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.174
H9 0.000 2.148 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.148 0.459
H11 0.000 2.147 -2.021
H12 0.000 -2.147 -2.021
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.258

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16162.59363.50693.50694.83214.83215.37323.48173.48175.64445.64446.4578
C21.16161.43202.45042.45043.71873.71874.21162.66562.66564.59144.59145.2962
C32.59361.43201.39961.39962.40952.40952.77962.15292.15293.39233.39233.8642
C43.50692.45041.39962.42811.38892.79132.41111.08373.40662.14373.87563.3925
C53.50692.45041.39962.42812.79131.38892.41113.40661.08373.87562.14373.3925
C64.83213.71872.40951.38892.79132.41441.39262.15493.87491.08433.39732.1499
C74.83213.71872.40952.79131.38892.41441.39263.87492.15493.39731.08432.1499
C85.37324.21162.77962.41112.41111.39261.39263.39793.39792.15222.15221.0847
H93.48172.66562.15291.08373.40662.15493.87493.39794.29572.48004.95924.2935
H103.48172.66562.15293.40661.08373.87492.15493.39794.29574.95922.48004.2935
H115.64444.59143.39232.14373.87561.08433.39732.15222.48004.95924.29352.4779
H125.64444.59143.39233.87562.14373.39731.08432.15224.95922.48004.29352.4779
H136.45785.29623.86423.39253.39252.14992.14991.08474.29354.29352.47792.4779

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 119.840
C2 C3 C5 119.840 C3 C4 C6 119.557
C3 C4 H9 119.669 C3 C5 C7 119.557
C3 C5 H10 119.669 C4 C3 C5 120.319
C4 C6 C8 120.187 C4 C6 H11 119.664
C5 C7 C8 120.187 C5 C7 H12 119.664
C6 C4 H9 120.774 C6 C8 C7 120.194
C6 C8 H13 119.903 C7 C5 H10 120.774
C7 C8 H13 119.903 C8 C6 H11 120.149
C8 C7 H12 120.149
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.462      
2 C -0.585      
3 C 0.800      
4 C -0.200      
5 C -0.200      
6 C -0.023      
7 C -0.023      
8 C -0.119      
9 H 0.169      
10 H 0.169      
11 H 0.158      
12 H 0.158      
13 H 0.156      


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 -4.705 4.705
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.076 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.243 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.338
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.285 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.179
Polar
3z2-r2-24.357
x2-y2-9.833
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.582 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.171 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.833


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