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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.100996
Energy at 298.15K-324.105714
Nuclear repulsion energy297.472390
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 PBEPBE/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 3153 3117 2.58      
2 A1 3141 3105 9.82      
3 A1 3123 3087 0.02      
4 A1 2248 2222 30.00      
5 A1 1603 1585 0.76      
6 A1 1478 1461 6.51      
7 A1 1194 1180 0.77      
8 A1 1169 1155 0.95      
9 A1 1025 1013 4.29      
10 A1 985 973 0.50      
11 A1 753 744 1.72      
12 A1 451 446 0.00      
13 A2 946 935 0.00      
14 A2 824 815 0.00      
15 A2 391 387 0.00      
16 B1 968 957 0.02      
17 B1 902 892 2.62      
18 B1 741 733 48.01      
19 B1 675 668 33.12      
20 B1 547 541 17.00      
21 B1 374 369 0.27      
22 B1 140 138 1.49      
23 B2 3150 3114 7.96      
24 B2 3133 3097 4.26      
25 B2 1577 1559 0.82      
26 B2 1434 1417 5.91      
27 B2 1354 1339 1.32      
28 B2 1297 1282 0.01      
29 B2 1155 1142 0.05      
30 B2 1077 1065 5.28      
31 B2 615 608 0.10      
32 B2 538 532 0.04      
33 B2 157 156 3.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21157.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20916.5 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.18634 0.05089 0.03997

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.227
C2 0.000 0.000 2.050
C3 0.000 0.000 0.615
C4 0.000 1.225 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.225 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.217 -1.491
C7 0.000 -1.217 -1.491
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.192
H9 0.000 2.167 0.464
H10 0.000 -2.167 0.464
H11 0.000 2.165 -2.037
H12 0.000 -2.165 -2.037
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.286

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.17702.61183.53673.53674.87224.87225.41883.51133.51135.69135.69136.5129
C21.17701.43482.46652.46653.74413.74414.24182.68522.68524.62464.62465.3359
C32.61181.43481.41381.41382.43242.43242.80702.17192.17193.42333.42333.9011
C43.53672.46651.41382.44961.39992.81472.43181.09313.43652.16093.90863.4217
C53.53672.46651.41382.44962.81471.39992.43183.43651.09313.90862.16093.4217
C64.87223.74412.43241.39992.81472.43421.40462.17303.90771.09393.42602.1688
C74.87223.74412.43242.81471.39992.43421.40463.90772.17303.42601.09392.1688
C85.41884.24182.80702.43182.43181.40461.40463.42743.42742.17082.17081.0941
H93.51132.68522.17191.09313.43652.17303.90773.42744.33332.50025.00164.3307
H103.51132.68522.17193.43651.09313.90772.17303.42744.33335.00162.50024.3307
H115.69134.62463.42332.16093.90861.09393.42602.17082.50025.00164.33042.4999
H125.69134.62463.42333.90862.16093.42601.09392.17085.00162.50024.33042.4999
H136.51295.33593.90113.42173.42172.16882.16881.09414.33074.33072.49992.4999

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 119.965
C2 C3 C5 119.965 C3 C4 C6 119.651
C3 C4 H9 119.538 C3 C5 C7 119.651
C3 C5 H10 119.538 C4 C3 C5 120.070
C4 C6 C8 120.254 C4 C6 H11 119.607
C5 C7 C8 120.254 C5 C7 H12 119.607
C6 C4 H9 120.811 C6 C8 C7 120.118
C6 C8 H13 119.941 C7 C5 H10 120.811
C7 C8 H13 119.941 C8 C6 H11 120.139
C8 C7 H12 120.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.477      
2 C -0.664      
3 C 0.965      
4 C -0.237      
5 C -0.237      
6 C -0.005      
7 C -0.005      
8 C -0.127      
9 H 0.163      
10 H 0.163      
11 H 0.154      
12 H 0.154      
13 H 0.152      


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 -4.683 4.683
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.472 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.698
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.281 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.400 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.119
Polar
3z2-r2-24.238
x2-y2-9.787
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.875 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 19.048


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