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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.418525
Energy at 298.15K-324.423444
Nuclear repulsion energy300.875085
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3225 3091 3.23      
2 A1 3212 3079 15.91      
3 A1 3192 3060 0.07      
4 A1 2362 2265 26.07      
5 A1 1669 1600 0.86      
6 A1 1534 1470 10.02      
7 A1 1231 1180 0.62      
8 A1 1205 1155 0.99      
9 A1 1056 1012 3.53      
10 A1 1017 975 0.61      
11 A1 772 740 2.18      
12 A1 461 442 0.00      
13 A2 977 936 0.00      
14 A2 855 820 0.00      
15 A2 404 387 0.00      
16 B1 1006 964 0.05      
17 B1 939 900 3.01      
18 B1 775 743 41.89      
19 B1 702 673 39.60      
20 B1 574 550 20.03      
21 B1 389 373 0.43      
22 B1 146 140 1.48      
23 B2 3222 3088 13.67      
24 B2 3203 3070 5.77      
25 B2 1645 1577 0.97      
26 B2 1487 1426 7.93      
27 B2 1369 1312 1.95      
28 B2 1341 1286 0.34      
29 B2 1189 1140 0.17      
30 B2 1111 1065 4.32      
31 B2 632 606 0.19      
32 B2 568 544 0.16      
33 B2 161 154 4.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21814.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20911.0 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.19061 0.05203 0.04088

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.187
C2 0.000 0.000 2.034
C3 0.000 0.000 0.606
C4 0.000 1.210 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.210 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.204 -1.475
C7 0.000 -1.204 -1.475
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.168
H9 0.000 2.144 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.144 0.459
H11 0.000 2.143 -2.016
H12 0.000 -2.143 -2.016
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.251

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.15372.58133.49373.49374.81534.81535.35493.46993.46995.62725.62726.4387
C21.15371.42762.44432.44433.70953.70954.20122.65992.65994.58154.58155.2850
C32.58131.42761.39611.39612.40422.40422.77362.14862.14863.38613.38613.8575
C43.49372.44431.39612.42041.38512.78312.40431.08273.39832.13983.86663.3851
C53.49372.44431.39612.42042.78311.38512.40433.39831.08273.86662.13983.3851
C64.81533.70952.40421.38512.78312.40761.38872.15003.86571.08353.38982.1458
C74.81533.70952.40422.78311.38512.40761.38873.86572.15003.38981.08352.1458
C85.35494.20122.77362.40432.40431.38871.38873.39003.39002.14792.14791.0838
H93.46992.65992.14861.08273.39832.15003.86573.39004.28712.47474.94924.2848
H103.46992.65992.14863.39831.08273.86572.15003.39004.28714.94922.47474.2848
H115.62724.58153.38612.13983.86661.08353.38982.14792.47474.94924.28522.4732
H125.62724.58153.38613.86662.13983.38981.08352.14794.94922.47474.28522.4732
H136.43875.28503.85753.38513.38512.14582.14581.08384.28484.28482.47322.4732

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 119.907
C2 C3 C5 119.907 C3 C4 C6 119.642
C3 C4 H9 119.641 C3 C5 C7 119.642
C3 C5 H10 119.641 C4 C3 C5 120.186
C4 C6 C8 120.175 C4 C6 H11 119.684
C5 C7 C8 120.175 C5 C7 H12 119.684
C6 C4 H9 120.717 C6 C8 C7 120.180
C6 C8 H13 119.910 C7 C5 H10 120.717
C7 C8 H13 119.910 C8 C6 H11 120.141
C8 C7 H12 120.141
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.247      
2 C 0.046      
3 C -0.002      
4 C -0.153      
5 C -0.153      
6 C -0.211      
7 C -0.211      
8 C -0.178      
9 H 0.230      
10 H 0.230      
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 -4.562 4.562
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -48.778 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.747 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.048
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.880 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.166 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.286
Polar
3z2-r2-22.572
x2-y2-10.031
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.858 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.682


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