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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.427375
Energy at 298.15K-324.432317
Nuclear repulsion energy300.243951
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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 3215 3095 3.06      
2 A1 3202 3082 15.62      
3 A1 3182 3063 0.07      
4 A1 2348 2261 27.85      
5 A1 1662 1600 0.94      
6 A1 1533 1476 10.44      
7 A1 1229 1183 0.75      
8 A1 1206 1161 1.10      
9 A1 1055 1016 4.04      
10 A1 1018 980 0.38      
11 A1 775 746 2.20      
12 A1 465 448 0.00      
13 A2 976 940 0.00      
14 A2 854 822 0.00      
15 A2 406 391 0.00      
16 B1 1005 967 0.05      
17 B1 938 903 3.08      
18 B1 776 747 42.80      
19 B1 703 677 42.29      
20 B1 575 553 20.94      
21 B1 391 376 0.43      
22 B1 146 140 1.49      
23 B2 3212 3092 13.03      
24 B2 3193 3074 5.81      
25 B2 1635 1574 1.09      
26 B2 1484 1429 8.42      
27 B2 1367 1316 1.66      
28 B2 1339 1289 0.52      
29 B2 1190 1146 0.15      
30 B2 1110 1068 4.70      
31 B2 638 614 0.19      
32 B2 571 550 0.20      
33 B2 167 161 4.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21781.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20969.5 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.18973 0.05183 0.04071

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.193
C2 0.000 0.000 2.037
C3 0.000 0.000 0.609
C4 0.000 1.213 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.213 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.207 -1.478
C7 0.000 -1.207 -1.478
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.172
H9 0.000 2.148 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.148 0.459
H11 0.000 2.147 -2.020
H12 0.000 -2.147 -2.020
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.258

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.15572.58453.49993.49994.82444.82445.36543.47703.47705.63785.63786.4512
C21.15571.42882.44882.44883.71673.71674.20972.66582.66584.59034.59035.2955
C32.58451.42881.39981.39982.41032.41032.78092.15362.15363.39393.39393.8667
C43.49992.44881.39982.42611.38812.78952.41001.08463.40602.14413.87503.3925
C53.49992.44881.39982.42612.78951.38812.41003.40601.08463.87502.14413.3925
C64.82443.71672.41031.38812.78952.41321.39212.15403.87411.08543.39722.1505
C74.82443.71672.41032.78951.38812.41321.39213.87412.15403.39721.08542.1505
C85.36544.20972.78092.41002.41001.39211.39213.39723.39722.15252.15251.0858
H93.47702.66582.15361.08463.40602.15403.87413.39724.29682.47904.95964.2935
H103.47702.66582.15363.40601.08463.87412.15403.39724.29684.95962.47904.2935
H115.63784.59033.39392.14413.87501.08543.39722.15252.47904.95964.29422.4786
H125.63784.59033.39393.87502.14413.39721.08542.15254.95962.47904.29422.4786
H136.45125.29553.86673.39253.39252.15052.15051.08584.29354.29352.47862.4786

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 119.934
C2 C3 C5 119.934 C3 C4 C6 119.668
C3 C4 H9 119.651 C3 C5 C7 119.668
C3 C5 H10 119.651 C4 C3 C5 120.132
C4 C6 C8 120.185 C4 C6 H11 119.680
C5 C7 C8 120.185 C5 C7 H12 119.680
C6 C4 H9 120.681 C6 C8 C7 120.162
C6 C8 H13 119.919 C7 C5 H10 120.681
C7 C8 H13 119.919 C8 C6 H11 120.135
C8 C7 H12 120.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.265      
2 C 0.071      
3 C 0.004      
4 C -0.161      
5 C -0.161      
6 C -0.206      
7 C -0.206      
8 C -0.180      
9 H 0.229      
10 H 0.229      
11 H 0.216      
12 H 0.216      
13 H 0.215      


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 -4.619 4.619
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.912 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.217
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.960 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.378 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.418
Polar
3z2-r2-22.837
x2-y2-10.225
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.885 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.478 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.834


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