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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.148800
Energy at 298.15K-324.153548
Nuclear repulsion energy298.411520
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 PBEPBE/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 3137 3105 3.33      
2 A1 3125 3092 16.74      
3 A1 3105 3073 0.04      
4 A1 2251 2228 20.68      
5 A1 1606 1589 0.88      
6 A1 1484 1468 8.32      
7 A1 1197 1185 0.86      
8 A1 1172 1160 0.87      
9 A1 1027 1016 3.72      
10 A1 989 979 0.39      
11 A1 755 748 1.87      
12 A1 453 449 0.00      
13 A2 928 919 0.00      
14 A2 819 811 0.00      
15 A2 391 387 0.00      
16 B1 959 949 0.08      
17 B1 897 887 2.98      
18 B1 748 740 37.30      
19 B1 680 673 41.12      
20 B1 556 550 19.27      
21 B1 376 372 0.35      
22 B1 140 138 1.33      
23 B2 3134 3102 15.01      
24 B2 3116 3083 6.10      
25 B2 1578 1562 1.14      
26 B2 1439 1424 7.38      
27 B2 1345 1331 1.10      
28 B2 1303 1290 0.01      
29 B2 1159 1147 0.03      
30 B2 1079 1068 4.91      
31 B2 619 613 0.14      
32 B2 553 547 0.07      
33 B2 161 159 3.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21140.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20920.4 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 PBEPBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.18749 0.05123 0.04023

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.214
C2 0.000 0.000 2.045
C3 0.000 0.000 0.615
C4 0.000 1.220 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.220 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.213 -1.486
C7 0.000 -1.213 -1.486
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.185
H9 0.000 2.162 0.463
H10 0.000 -2.162 0.463
H11 0.000 2.161 -2.032
H12 0.000 -2.161 -2.032
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.279

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16882.59883.52283.52284.85434.85435.39933.49923.49925.67305.67306.4926
C21.16881.43002.46002.46003.73413.73414.23052.67942.67944.61394.61395.3238
C32.59881.43001.40991.40992.42662.42662.80052.16752.16753.41663.41663.8938
C43.52282.46001.40992.44091.39562.80552.42421.09223.42752.15663.89853.4136
C53.52282.46001.40992.44092.80551.39562.42423.42751.09223.89852.15663.4136
C64.85433.73412.42661.39562.80552.42661.40032.16773.89771.09313.41772.1644
C74.85433.73412.42662.80551.39562.42661.40033.89772.16773.41771.09312.1644
C85.39934.23052.80052.42422.42421.40031.40033.41863.41862.16612.16611.0933
H93.49922.67942.16751.09223.42752.16773.89773.41864.32432.49424.99074.3211
H103.49922.67942.16753.42751.09223.89772.16773.41864.32434.99072.49424.3211
H115.67304.61393.41662.15663.89851.09313.41772.16612.49424.99074.32132.4948
H125.67304.61393.41663.89852.15663.41771.09312.16614.99072.49424.32132.4948
H136.49265.32383.89383.41363.41362.16442.16441.09334.32114.32112.49482.4948

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 120.044
C2 C3 C5 120.044 C3 C4 C6 119.751
C3 C4 H9 119.515 C3 C5 C7 119.751
C3 C5 H10 119.515 C4 C3 C5 119.912
C4 C6 C8 120.242 C4 C6 H11 119.628
C5 C7 C8 120.242 C5 C7 H12 119.628
C6 C4 H9 120.734 C6 C8 C7 120.102
C6 C8 H13 119.949 C7 C5 H10 120.734
C7 C8 H13 119.949 C8 C6 H11 120.130
C8 C7 H12 120.130
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.223      
2 C 0.030      
3 C 0.017      
4 C -0.151      
5 C -0.151      
6 C -0.194      
7 C -0.194      
8 C -0.167      
9 H 0.213      
10 H 0.213      
11 H 0.202      
12 H 0.202      
13 H 0.201      


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 -4.505 4.505
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.006 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.118 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.186
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.978 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.124
Polar
3z2-r2-22.248
x2-y2-9.887
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.935 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.826 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.622


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