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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-172.051636
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-172.051636
Nuclear repulsion energy103.370467
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 M06-2X/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' 3163 3021 11.12 67.10 0.69 0.82
2 A' 3090 2951 6.31 56.04 0.13 0.22
3 A' 3083 2945 9.90 201.22 0.01 0.01
4 A' 2421 2312 10.61 67.72 0.22 0.36
5 A' 1510 1443 5.67 4.10 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1479 1413 5.28 9.81 0.71 0.83
7 A' 1420 1356 1.52 0.88 0.27 0.43
8 A' 1353 1292 3.09 2.47 0.46 0.63
9 A' 1101 1052 3.82 4.35 0.12 0.21
10 A' 1033 987 0.68 4.87 0.44 0.61
11 A' 855 816 0.22 5.73 0.09 0.17
12 A' 558 533 0.73 1.58 0.25 0.40
13 A' 211 202 4.33 2.35 0.73 0.84
14 A" 3165 3022 10.32 20.67 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3127 2987 0.08 84.45 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1502 1435 7.55 7.63 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1293 1235 0.00 3.10 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1119 1069 0.37 0.06 0.75 0.86
19 A" 792 756 3.52 0.34 0.75 0.86
20 A" 398 380 0.38 2.01 0.75 0.86
21 A" 220 210 1.01 0.42 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16446.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15708.2 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 M06-2X/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.92920 0.15877 0.14276

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.506 0.551 0.000
C2 0.000 0.816 0.000
C3 -0.770 -0.427 0.000
N4 -1.353 -1.413 0.000
H5 2.048 1.495 0.000
H6 1.797 -0.016 0.882
H7 1.797 -0.016 -0.882
H8 -0.293 1.393 0.877
H9 -0.293 1.393 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52962.47753.46971.08791.08781.08782.17172.1717
C21.52961.46192.60822.15722.16752.16751.08991.0899
C32.47751.46191.14643.41042.74472.74472.07512.0751
N43.46972.60821.14644.47503.55723.55723.12523.1252
H51.08792.15723.41044.47501.76741.76742.50182.5018
H61.08782.16752.74473.55721.76741.76322.52033.0734
H71.08782.16752.74473.55721.76741.76323.07342.5203
H82.17171.08992.07513.12522.50182.52033.07341.7547
H92.17171.08992.07513.12522.50183.07342.52031.7547

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 111.807 C1 C2 H8 110.886
C1 C2 H9 110.886 C2 C1 H5 109.852
C2 C1 H6 110.679 C2 C1 H7 110.679
C2 C3 N4 178.818 C3 C2 H8 107.930
C3 C2 H9 107.930 H5 C1 H6 108.647
H5 C1 H7 108.647 H6 C1 H7 108.276
H8 C2 H9 107.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.317      
2 C -0.245      
3 C -0.052      
4 N -0.068      
5 H 0.118      
6 H 0.127      
7 H 0.127      
8 H 0.154      
9 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.318 3.357 0.000 4.079
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.258 -3.686 0.000
y -3.686 -27.647 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.995
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.438 -3.686 0.000
y -3.686 -2.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.458
Polar
3z2-r26.917
x2-y20.389
xy-3.686
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.034 1.126 0.000
y 1.126 6.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.602


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.347
(<r2>)1/2 9.346