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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.564756
Energy at 298.15K-322.569966
HF Energy-322.564756
Nuclear repulsion energy299.597744
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 M06-2X/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 3241 3070 0.62      
2 A1 3225 3055 2.33      
3 A1 3202 3033 0.34      
4 A1 2381 2255 11.50      
5 A1 1670 1582 0.63      
6 A1 1558 1476 15.42      
7 A1 1251 1184 0.03      
8 A1 1241 1175 1.61      
9 A1 1076 1019 3.41      
10 A1 1047 992 0.01      
11 A1 792 750 2.25      
12 A1 480 455 0.07      
13 A2 1051 995 0.00      
14 A2 904 856 0.00      
15 A2 425 403 0.00      
16 B1 1084 1027 0.13      
17 B1 1006 952 4.01      
18 B1 833 789 31.91      
19 B1 743 704 59.48      
20 B1 638 604 26.76      
21 B1 416 394 0.03      
22 B1 155 147 0.77      
23 B2 3238 3067 1.00      
24 B2 3221 3051 1.50      
25 B2 1644 1557 1.65      
26 B2 1514 1434 10.68      
27 B2 1399 1325 0.43      
28 B2 1310 1241 2.79      
29 B2 1234 1169 0.44      
30 B2 1132 1072 3.55      
31 B2 666 630 0.11      
32 B2 611 579 0.00      
33 B2 179 170 3.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22282.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21105.8 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 M06-2X/3-21G*
ABC
0.18913 0.05156 0.04052

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.203
C2 0.000 0.000 2.041
C3 0.000 0.000 0.609
C4 0.000 1.215 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.215 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.210 -1.482
C7 0.000 -1.210 -1.482
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.179
H9 0.000 2.147 0.461
H10 0.000 -2.147 0.461
H11 0.000 2.148 -2.023
H12 0.000 -2.148 -2.023
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.262

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16202.59323.50933.50934.83844.83845.38153.48163.48165.64945.64946.4642
C21.16201.43122.45232.45233.72473.72474.21952.66492.66494.59604.59605.3022
C32.59321.43121.40161.40162.41622.41622.78832.15172.15173.39713.39713.8710
C43.50932.45231.40162.42971.39252.79612.41681.08263.40632.14633.87853.3966
C53.50932.45231.40162.42972.79611.39252.41683.40631.08263.87852.14633.3966
C64.83843.72472.41621.39252.79612.41971.39622.15763.87861.08253.40082.1518
C74.83843.72472.41622.79611.39252.41971.39623.87862.15763.40081.08252.1518
C85.38154.21952.78832.41682.41681.39621.39623.40293.40292.15342.15341.0827
H93.48162.66492.15171.08263.40632.15763.87863.40294.29322.48414.96104.2975
H103.48162.66492.15173.40631.08263.87862.15763.40294.29324.96102.48414.2975
H115.64944.59603.39712.14633.87851.08253.40082.15342.48414.96104.29542.4794
H125.64944.59603.39713.87852.14633.40081.08252.15344.96102.48414.29542.4794
H136.46425.30223.87103.39663.39662.15182.15181.08274.29754.29752.47942.4794

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 119.918
C2 C3 C5 119.918 C3 C4 C6 119.714
C3 C4 H9 119.479 C3 C5 C7 119.714
C3 C5 H10 119.479 C4 C3 C5 120.164
C4 C6 C8 120.143 C4 C6 H11 119.753
C5 C7 C8 120.143 C5 C7 H12 119.753
C6 C4 H9 120.808 C6 C8 C7 120.123
C6 C8 H13 119.939 C7 C5 H10 120.808
C7 C8 H13 119.939 C8 C6 H11 120.103
C8 C7 H12 120.103
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.447      
2 C 0.286      
3 C -0.055      
4 C -0.162      
5 C -0.162      
6 C -0.202      
7 C -0.202      
8 C -0.202      
9 H 0.234      
10 H 0.234      
11 H 0.227      
12 H 0.227      
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 -4.282 4.282
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.759 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.792 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.568
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.079 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.372 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.293
Polar
3z2-r2-20.586
x2-y2-10.967
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.929 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.914


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 256.711
(<r2>)1/2 16.022