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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.083165
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.083165
Nuclear repulsion energy102.504267
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 B3LYP/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' 3133 3021 19.13 83.42 0.70 0.83
2 A' 3057 2947 22.62 53.91 0.04 0.08
3 A' 3054 2945 5.58 212.92 0.04 0.07
4 A' 2354 2270 11.65 89.17 0.20 0.33
5 A' 1510 1456 6.86 5.66 0.72 0.84
6 A' 1478 1425 5.60 12.34 0.74 0.85
7 A' 1423 1372 1.53 1.99 0.33 0.49
8 A' 1349 1301 3.71 4.46 0.59 0.74
9 A' 1093 1054 4.19 3.85 0.12 0.21
10 A' 1014 978 0.38 6.85 0.42 0.60
11 A' 839 809 0.20 5.14 0.13 0.24
12 A' 544 525 1.07 2.39 0.29 0.45
13 A' 211 204 4.09 3.47 0.74 0.85
14 A" 3139 3027 17.89 30.23 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3092 2981 1.17 95.34 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1504 1450 8.91 10.63 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1287 1241 0.00 5.23 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1114 1075 0.45 0.08 0.75 0.86
19 A" 792 764 3.33 0.40 0.75 0.86
20 A" 389 375 0.18 3.28 0.75 0.86
21 A" 224 216 0.92 0.82 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16300.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15716.9 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.93364 0.15487 0.13976

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.521 0.571 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
C3 -0.772 -0.436 0.000
N4 -1.372 -1.431 0.000
H5 2.046 1.530 0.000
H6 1.828 0.009 0.886
H7 1.828 0.009 -0.886
H8 -0.298 1.393 0.880
H9 -0.298 1.393 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53982.50393.51741.09391.09331.09332.18142.1814
C21.53981.46752.62912.16842.18462.18461.09611.0961
C32.50391.46751.16163.43612.78242.78242.08472.0847
N43.51742.62911.16164.52203.61883.61883.14693.1469
H51.09392.16843.43614.52201.77421.77422.50742.5074
H61.09332.18462.78243.61881.77421.77202.53703.0913
H71.09332.18462.78243.61881.77421.77203.09132.5370
H82.18141.09612.08473.14692.50742.53703.09131.7606
H92.18141.09612.08473.14692.50743.09132.53701.7606

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 112.709 C1 C2 H8 110.576
C1 C2 H9 110.576 C2 C1 H5 109.674
C2 C1 H6 110.989 C2 C1 H7 110.989
C2 C3 N4 179.372 C3 C2 H8 107.945
C3 C2 H9 107.945 H5 C1 H6 108.422
H5 C1 H7 108.422 H6 C1 H7 108.267
H8 C2 H9 106.864
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.464      
2 C -0.190      
3 C 0.285      
4 N -0.502      
5 H 0.159      
6 H 0.168      
7 H 0.168      
8 H 0.188      
9 H 0.188      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.369 3.450 0.000 4.185
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.728 -3.964 0.000
y -3.964 -28.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.237
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.503 -3.964 0.000
y -3.964 -2.230 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.733
Polar
3z2-r27.466
x2-y20.484
xy-3.964
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.046 1.322 0.000
y 1.322 6.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.576


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 89.087
(<r2>)1/2 9.439