return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.012017
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.012017
Nuclear repulsion energy102.700230
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 B3PW91/6-31+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 A' 3154 3028 15.85      
2 A' 3069 2946 19.58      
3 A' 3067 2945 5.95      
4 A' 2365 2271 12.61      
5 A' 1505 1445 7.41      
6 A' 1471 1412 6.67      
7 A' 1418 1362 2.50      
8 A' 1345 1292 3.01      
9 A' 1093 1050 4.72      
10 A' 1028 987 0.54      
11 A' 849 815 0.04      
12 A' 548 526 1.17      
13 A' 211 203 3.90      
14 A" 3160 3034 14.34      
15 A" 3111 2987 0.70      
16 A" 1499 1439 9.64      
17 A" 1284 1233 0.01      
18 A" 1109 1065 0.52      
19 A" 789 758 4.07      
20 A" 393 377 0.10      
21 A" 224 215 0.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16345.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15693.6 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.93726 0.15564 0.14046

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.515 0.571 0.000
C2 0.000 0.810 0.000
C3 -0.768 -0.435 0.000
N4 -1.367 -1.429 0.000
H5 2.041 1.530 0.000
H6 1.823 0.009 0.886
H7 1.823 0.009 -0.886
H8 -0.300 1.391 0.880
H9 -0.300 1.391 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53422.49483.50861.09371.09301.09302.17762.1776
C21.53421.46282.62422.16392.17962.17961.09611.0961
C32.49481.46281.16143.42752.77402.77402.07982.0798
N43.50862.62421.16144.51363.61023.61023.14123.1412
H51.09372.16393.42754.51361.77331.77332.50452.5045
H61.09302.17962.77403.61021.77331.77132.53313.0878
H71.09302.17962.77403.61021.77331.77133.08782.5331
H82.17761.09612.07983.14122.50452.53313.08781.7603
H92.17761.09612.07983.14122.50453.08782.53311.7603

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 112.678 C1 C2 H8 110.669
C1 C2 H9 110.669 C2 C1 H5 109.727
C2 C1 H6 111.009 C2 C1 H7 111.009
C2 C3 N4 179.410 C3 C2 H8 107.879
C3 C2 H9 107.879 H5 C1 H6 108.384
H5 C1 H7 108.384 H6 C1 H7 108.246
H8 C2 H9 106.835
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.507      
2 C -0.213      
3 C 0.234      
4 N -0.474      
5 H 0.177      
6 H 0.185      
7 H 0.185      
8 H 0.208      
9 H 0.208      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.368 3.445 0.000 4.180
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.379 -3.902 0.000
y -3.902 -27.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.968
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.475 -3.902 0.000
y -3.902 -2.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.641
Polar
3z2-r27.283
x2-y20.461
xy-3.902
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.954 1.317 0.000
y 1.317 6.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.514


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.539
(<r2>)1/2 9.410