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

using model chemistry: CCSD/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.734347
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.021460
Nuclear repulsion energy102.970952
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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
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' 3152 2967 17.40      
2 A' 3089 2908 6.12      
3 A' 3073 2892 14.88      
4 A' 2357 2219 1.93      
5 A' 1526 1437 4.74      
6 A' 1500 1411 4.11      
7 A' 1438 1353 1.16      
8 A' 1375 1294 3.62      
9 A' 1112 1046 3.05      
10 A' 1039 978 0.75      
11 A' 849 799 0.46      
12 A' 545 513 0.56      
13 A' 212 199 4.19      
14 A" 3157 2971 16.99      
15 A" 3127 2943 0.17      
16 A" 1520 1430 6.43      
17 A" 1311 1234 0.01      
18 A" 1132 1066 0.48      
19 A" 797 750 2.29      
20 A" 388 365 0.41      
21 A" 226 213 1.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16461.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9412) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15493.6 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 CCSD/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.93239 0.15687 0.14131

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.510 0.564 0.000
C2 0.000 0.818 0.000
C3 -0.768 -0.434 0.000
N4 -1.359 -1.426 0.000
H5 2.044 1.513 0.000
H6 1.807 -0.000 0.882
H7 1.807 -0.000 -0.882
H8 -0.296 1.393 0.877
H9 -0.296 1.393 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53082.48703.49201.08891.08861.08862.17142.1714
C21.53081.46902.62392.15922.17052.17051.08981.0898
C32.48701.46901.15503.42062.75592.75592.08112.0811
N43.49202.62391.15504.49713.58263.58263.13833.1383
H51.08892.15923.42064.49711.76761.76762.50182.5018
H61.08862.17052.75593.58261.76761.76432.52173.0750
H71.08862.17052.75593.58261.76761.76433.07502.5217
H82.17141.08982.08113.13832.50182.52173.07501.7550
H92.17141.08982.08113.13832.50183.07502.52171.7550

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 111.986 C1 C2 H8 110.783
C1 C2 H9 110.783 C2 C1 H5 109.869
C2 C1 H6 110.785 C2 C1 H7 110.785
C2 C3 N4 179.274 C3 C2 H8 107.923
C3 C2 H9 107.923 H5 C1 H6 108.539
H5 C1 H7 108.539 H6 C1 H7 108.256
H8 C2 H9 107.258
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability