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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.562682
Energy at 298.15K-322.567821
Nuclear repulsion energy300.112297
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 B1B95/3-21G*
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 3252 3105 3.50      
2 A1 3237 3091 5.17      
3 A1 3220 3075 0.00      
4 A1 2356 2250 13.33      
5 A1 1648 1574 0.77      
6 A1 1546 1476 14.12      
7 A1 1246 1190 0.01      
8 A1 1233 1178 1.60      
9 A1 1064 1016 3.54      
10 A1 1037 991 0.01      
11 A1 785 750 2.14      
12 A1 476 454 0.03      
13 A2 1022 976 0.00      
14 A2 881 841 0.00      
15 A2 415 396 0.00      
16 B1 1053 1005 0.06      
17 B1 974 930 4.32      
18 B1 817 781 28.04      
19 B1 729 696 61.36      
20 B1 637 608 27.70      
21 B1 411 392 0.04      
22 B1 154 147 0.69      
23 B2 3245 3099 5.58      
24 B2 3229 3083 2.02      
25 B2 1621 1548 1.97      
26 B2 1501 1433 9.78      
27 B2 1391 1328 0.59      
28 B2 1329 1269 2.04      
29 B2 1234 1178 0.10      
30 B2 1121 1070 3.88      
31 B2 656 626 0.08      
32 B2 605 578 0.01      
33 B2 179 171 2.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22149.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9549) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21151.0 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 B1B95/3-21G*
ABC
0.18986 0.05176 0.04067

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.198
C2 0.000 0.000 2.034
C3 0.000 0.000 0.610
C4 0.000 1.213 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.213 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.207 -1.479
C7 0.000 -1.207 -1.479
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.175
H9 0.000 2.145 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.145 0.459
H11 0.000 2.145 -2.019
H12 0.000 -2.145 -2.019
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.257

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16432.58753.50423.50424.83034.83035.37273.47873.47875.64085.64086.4553
C21.16431.42322.44532.44533.71433.71434.20842.66072.66074.58544.58545.2910
C32.58751.42321.40031.40032.41302.41302.78522.15022.15023.39343.39343.8678
C43.50422.44531.40032.42531.38942.79002.41201.08183.40212.14283.87233.3918
C53.50422.44531.40032.42532.79001.38942.41203.40211.08183.87232.14283.3918
C64.83033.71432.41301.38942.79002.41361.39292.15343.87181.08233.39482.1490
C74.83033.71432.41302.79001.38942.41361.39293.87182.15343.39481.08232.1490
C85.37274.20842.78522.41202.41201.39291.39293.39683.39682.15042.15041.0826
H93.47872.66072.15021.08183.40212.15343.87183.39684.28972.47844.95414.2911
H103.47872.66072.15023.40211.08183.87182.15343.39684.28974.95412.47844.2911
H115.64084.58543.39342.14283.87231.08233.39482.15042.47844.95414.28952.4765
H125.64084.58543.39343.87232.14283.39481.08232.15044.95412.47844.28952.4765
H136.45535.29103.86783.39183.39182.14902.14901.08264.29114.29112.47652.4765

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 120.002
C2 C3 C5 120.002 C3 C4 C6 119.761
C3 C4 H9 119.504 C3 C5 C7 119.761
C3 C5 H10 119.504 C4 C3 C5 119.996
C4 C6 C8 120.200 C4 C6 H11 119.692
C5 C7 C8 120.200 C5 C7 H12 119.692
C6 C4 H9 120.735 C6 C8 C7 120.081
C6 C8 H13 119.959 C7 C5 H10 120.735
C7 C8 H13 119.959 C8 C6 H11 120.107
C8 C7 H12 120.107
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.482      
2 C 0.315      
3 C -0.044      
4 C -0.164      
5 C -0.164      
6 C -0.206      
7 C -0.206      
8 C -0.201      
9 H 0.235      
10 H 0.235      
11 H 0.228      
12 H 0.228      
13 H 0.226      


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 -4.243 4.243
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.297 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -53.874
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.186 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.238 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.052
Polar
3z2-r2-20.104
x2-y2-10.949
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.954 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.346 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.304


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