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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.552387
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.970297
Nuclear repulsion energy101.974607
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
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' 3209 3050 13.10 73.47 0.72 0.84
2 A' 3114 2960 7.03 114.49 0.07 0.14
3 A' 3104 2951 15.74 114.28 0.01 0.02
4 A' 2199 2090 0.59 37.21 0.26 0.41
5 A' 1506 1431 4.85 7.95 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1474 1400 4.20 14.05 0.73 0.85
7 A' 1416 1345 0.76 1.60 0.40 0.57
8 A' 1354 1287 3.84 2.51 0.51 0.68
9 A' 1105 1050 2.61 5.10 0.17 0.28
10 A' 1049 997 0.79 3.75 0.60 0.75
11 A' 858 815 0.10 5.27 0.12 0.22
12 A' 533 506 0.68 1.27 0.34 0.51
13 A' 206 196 3.09 2.32 0.73 0.84
14 A" 3213 3054 11.93 30.16 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3170 3013 1.11 93.44 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1498 1424 6.92 14.01 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1294 1230 0.00 4.91 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1114 1059 0.61 0.15 0.75 0.86
19 A" 790 751 2.89 0.30 0.75 0.86
20 A" 381 362 0.07 2.08 0.75 0.86
21 A" 233 221 0.72 0.58 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16408.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15594.8 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.91466 0.15452 0.13914

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.513 0.573 0.000
C2 0.000 0.826 0.000
C3 -0.769 -0.429 0.000
N4 -1.365 -1.453 0.000
H5 2.054 1.531 0.000
H6 1.813 0.002 0.892
H7 1.813 0.002 -0.892
H8 -0.297 1.410 0.886
H9 -0.297 1.410 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53442.49233.51931.10021.10011.10012.18272.1827
C21.53441.47172.65582.17182.18182.18181.10211.1021
C32.49231.47171.18433.43662.76522.76522.09522.0952
N43.51932.65581.18434.53763.60693.60693.18103.1810
H51.10022.17183.43664.53761.78611.78612.51562.5156
H61.10012.18182.76523.60691.78611.78312.53693.0976
H71.10012.18182.76523.60691.78611.78313.09762.5369
H82.18271.10212.09523.18102.51562.53693.09761.7716
H92.18271.10212.09523.18102.51563.09762.53691.7716

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 111.998 C1 C2 H8 110.702
C1 C2 H9 110.702 C2 C1 H5 109.950
C2 C1 H6 110.746 C2 C1 H7 110.746
C2 C3 N4 178.736 C3 C2 H8 108.134
C3 C2 H9 108.134 H5 C1 H6 108.531
H5 C1 H7 108.531 H6 C1 H7 108.268
H8 C2 H9 106.986
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability