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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.770835
Energy at 298.15K-171.775918
HF Energy-171.019543
Nuclear repulsion energy103.282678
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-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' 3190 3029 11.75      
2 A' 3117 2959 6.85      
3 A' 3110 2953 10.79      
4 A' 2228 2115 0.02      
5 A' 1534 1456 5.28      
6 A' 1500 1424 5.27      
7 A' 1432 1359 1.83      
8 A' 1366 1297 2.66      
9 A' 1112 1056 3.06      
10 A' 1051 997 0.50      
11 A' 862 818 0.03      
12 A' 543 516 0.56      
13 A' 209 199 3.69      
14 A" 3192 3030 10.36      
15 A" 3150 2990 0.27      
16 A" 1528 1451 7.48      
17 A" 1312 1245 0.00      
18 A" 1128 1071 0.47      
19 A" 797 757 2.83      
20 A" 393 373 0.16      
21 A" 240 228 0.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16495.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15661.1 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.93493 0.15851 0.14262

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.500 0.559 0.000
C2 0.000 0.813 0.000
C3 -0.768 -0.418 0.000
N4 -1.350 -1.429 0.000
H5 2.040 1.499 0.000
H6 1.798 -0.004 0.877
H7 1.798 -0.004 -0.877
H8 -0.291 1.392 0.871
H9 -0.291 1.392 -0.871

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52152.47023.47491.08401.08381.08382.15902.1590
C21.52151.45092.61652.15282.16092.16091.08621.0862
C32.47021.45091.16603.40072.74372.74372.06522.0652
N43.47492.61651.16604.47953.56503.56503.13683.1368
H51.08402.15283.40074.47951.75691.75692.49112.4911
H61.08382.16092.74373.56501.75691.75332.51293.0611
H71.08382.16092.74373.56501.75691.75333.06112.5129
H82.15901.08622.06523.13682.49112.51293.06111.7426
H92.15901.08622.06523.13682.49113.06112.51291.7426

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 112.391 C1 C2 H8 110.667
C1 C2 H9 110.667 C2 C1 H5 110.300
C2 C1 H6 110.962 C2 C1 H7 110.962
C2 C3 N4 177.926 C3 C2 H8 108.112
C3 C2 H9 108.112 H5 C1 H6 108.275
H5 C1 H7 108.275 H6 C1 H7 107.963
H8 C2 H9 106.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability