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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CN (phenyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.444384
Energy at 298.15K-324.449142
Nuclear repulsion energy297.724360
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 BLYP/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3120 3112 3.56      
2 A1 3107 3099 23.66      
3 A1 3087 3080 0.05      
4 A1 2233 2227 20.69      
5 A1 1584 1580 0.88      
6 A1 1483 1479 8.07      
7 A1 1185 1182 0.10      
8 A1 1174 1171 1.14      
9 A1 1020 1017 3.37      
10 A1 988 985 0.10      
11 A1 752 750 2.04      
12 A1 455 454 0.00      
13 A2 927 925 0.00      
14 A2 820 818 0.00      
15 A2 395 394 0.00      
16 B1 959 956 0.10      
17 B1 898 896 2.93      
18 B1 749 747 37.62      
19 B1 680 679 37.61      
20 B1 555 554 17.47      
21 B1 379 378 0.45      
22 B1 141 140 1.48      
23 B2 3117 3109 21.42      
24 B2 3098 3090 8.41      
25 B2 1557 1553 1.45      
26 B2 1437 1433 6.35      
27 B2 1327 1324 0.74      
28 B2 1290 1287 0.73      
29 B2 1165 1162 0.04      
30 B2 1075 1072 3.96      
31 B2 624 622 0.11      
32 B2 553 551 0.09      
33 B2 164 164 3.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21047.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20994.7 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.18667 0.05094 0.04002

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.221
C2 0.000 0.000 2.053
C3 0.000 0.000 0.618
C4 0.000 1.223 -0.092
C5 0.000 -1.223 -0.092
C6 0.000 1.216 -1.491
C7 0.000 -1.216 -1.491
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.192
H9 0.000 2.165 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.165 0.459
H11 0.000 2.163 -2.035
H12 0.000 -2.163 -2.035
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.284

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16802.60323.53153.53154.86664.86665.41343.50923.50925.68415.68416.5053
C21.16801.43532.46932.46933.74713.74714.24552.68832.68834.62534.62535.3374
C32.60321.43531.41431.41432.43462.43462.81022.17052.17053.42303.42303.9021
C43.53152.46931.41432.44681.39932.81262.43091.09073.43262.15873.90433.4188
C53.53152.46931.41432.44682.81261.39932.43093.43261.09073.90432.15873.4188
C64.86663.74712.43461.39932.81262.43281.40412.16863.90331.09173.42262.1668
C74.86663.74712.43462.81261.39932.43281.40413.90332.16863.42261.09172.1668
C85.41344.24552.81022.43092.43091.40411.40413.42293.42292.16832.16831.0919
H93.50922.68832.17051.09073.43262.16863.90333.42294.32952.49464.99494.3242
H103.50922.68832.17053.43261.09073.90332.16863.42294.32954.99492.49464.3242
H115.68414.62533.42302.15873.90431.09173.42262.16832.49464.99494.32532.4973
H125.68414.62533.42303.90432.15873.42261.09172.16834.99492.49464.32532.4973
H136.50535.33743.90213.41883.41882.16682.16681.09194.32424.32422.49732.4973

picture of phenyl cyanide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
N1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C3 C4 120.116
C2 C3 C5 120.116 C3 C4 C6 119.829
C3 C4 H9 119.545 C3 C5 C7 119.829
C3 C5 H10 119.545 C4 C3 C5 119.769
C4 C6 C8 120.251 C4 C6 H11 119.627
C5 C7 C8 120.251 C5 C7 H12 119.627
C6 C4 H9 120.626 C6 C8 C7 120.072
C6 C8 H13 119.964 C7 C5 H10 120.626
C7 C8 H13 119.964 C8 C6 H11 120.122
C8 C7 H12 120.122
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.182      
2 C -0.010      
3 C 0.032      
4 C -0.150      
5 C -0.150      
6 C -0.181      
7 C -0.181      
8 C -0.158      
9 H 0.203      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.191      
12 H 0.191      
13 H 0.190      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -4.511 4.511
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.056 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.696 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.938
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.239 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.800 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.561
Polar
3z2-r2-23.123
x2-y2-9.360
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.920 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.909 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.690


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000