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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.596269
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.994763
Nuclear repulsion energy102.483657
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 QCISD/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 A' 3134 3000 22.17      
2 A' 3071 2940 8.33      
3 A' 3054 2924 18.61      
4 A' 2333 2234 1.00      
5 A' 1534 1469 8.34      
6 A' 1516 1451 4.38      
7 A' 1453 1391 3.10      
8 A' 1383 1324 2.58      
9 A' 1115 1067 4.15      
10 A' 1041 997 1.45      
11 A' 848 812 0.63      
12 A' 545 522 0.82      
13 A' 213 204 3.98      
14 A" 3141 3007 23.01      
15 A" 3110 2977 0.72      
16 A" 1529 1463 8.79      
17 A" 1316 1260 0.00      
18 A" 1141 1092 0.44      
19 A" 799 765 2.98      
20 A" 386 369 0.23      
21 A" 227 217 0.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16443.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15743.1 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.92649 0.15528 0.13995

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.516 0.570 0.000
C2 0.000 0.820 0.000
C3 -0.771 -0.437 0.000
N4 -1.365 -1.435 0.000
H5 2.051 1.525 0.000
H6 1.818 0.004 0.887
H7 1.818 0.004 -0.887
H8 -0.299 1.399 0.882
H9 -0.299 1.399 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53602.49853.50981.09531.09461.09462.18072.1807
C21.53601.47462.63572.16892.18082.18081.09631.0963
C32.49851.47461.16113.43722.77182.77182.09102.0910
N43.50982.63571.16114.52043.60423.60423.15363.1536
H51.09532.16893.43724.52041.77631.77632.51252.5125
H61.09462.18082.77183.60421.77631.77432.53443.0906
H71.09462.18082.77183.60421.77631.77433.09062.5344
H82.18071.09632.09103.15362.51252.53443.09061.7632
H92.18071.09632.09103.15362.51253.09062.53441.7632

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 112.159 C1 C2 H8 110.768
C1 C2 H9 110.768 C2 C1 H5 109.894
C2 C1 H6 110.875 C2 C1 H7 110.875
C2 C3 N4 179.284 C3 C2 H8 107.946
C3 C2 H9 107.946 H5 C1 H6 108.416
H5 C1 H7 108.416 H6 C1 H7 108.286
H8 C2 H9 107.056
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability