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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-170.011334
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.011334
Nuclear repulsion energy103.404729
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 HF/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 A' 3281 2961 21.24 69.79 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3230 2915 4.11 104.56 0.12 0.21
3 A' 3215 2902 18.22 92.15 0.02 0.04
4 A' 2587 2335 6.23 36.11 0.28 0.44
5 A' 1672 1509 7.60 14.53 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1645 1485 8.23 21.01 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1582 1428 4.59 1.91 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1495 1349 2.19 7.02 0.61 0.76
9 A' 1216 1098 10.25 2.37 0.18 0.30
10 A' 1049 946 1.88 11.13 0.44 0.61
11 A' 881 795 1.88 7.53 0.21 0.35
12 A' 640 578 2.36 2.85 0.37 0.54
13 A' 262 236 3.47 2.97 0.72 0.84
14 A" 3292 2971 18.83 10.27 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3263 2945 0.02 113.63 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1668 1506 8.95 24.55 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1443 1302 0.00 10.40 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1259 1136 0.87 0.32 0.75 0.86
19 A" 883 797 4.99 0.78 0.75 0.86
20 A" 491 443 0.00 4.93 0.75 0.86
21 A" 242 218 0.67 0.34 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17646.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15927.5 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.92722 0.15850 0.14246

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.521 0.534 0.000
C2 0.000 0.816 0.000
C3 -0.775 -0.423 0.000
N4 -1.372 -1.394 0.000
H5 2.065 1.470 0.000
H6 1.802 -0.031 0.880
H7 1.802 -0.031 -0.880
H8 -0.271 1.394 0.875
H9 -0.271 1.394 -0.875

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54652.48673.47551.08301.08221.08222.17192.1719
C21.54651.46092.60032.16612.17622.17621.08361.0836
C32.48671.46091.13943.41262.75052.75052.07862.0786
N43.47552.60031.13944.47313.56383.56383.12203.1220
H51.08302.16613.41264.47311.75921.75922.49592.4959
H61.08222.17622.75053.56381.75921.75912.51543.0669
H71.08222.17622.75053.56381.75921.75913.06692.5154
H82.17191.08362.07863.12202.49592.51543.06691.7503
H92.17191.08362.07863.12202.49593.06692.51541.7503

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 111.525 C1 C2 H8 110.094
C1 C2 H9 110.094 C2 C1 H5 109.670
C2 C1 H6 110.514 C2 C1 H7 110.514
C2 C3 N4 179.562 C3 C2 H8 108.647
C3 C2 H9 108.647 H5 C1 H6 108.682
H5 C1 H7 108.682 H6 C1 H7 108.730
H8 C2 H9 107.736
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.574      
2 C -0.478      
3 C 0.342      
4 N -0.513      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.228      
7 H 0.228      
8 H 0.274      
9 H 0.274      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.297 3.250 0.000 3.980
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.573 -3.917 0.000
y -3.917 -28.032 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.139
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.488 -3.917 0.000
y -3.917 -2.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.663
Polar
3z2-r27.327
x2-y20.458
xy-3.917
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.618 1.061 0.000
y 1.061 5.099 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.552


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.643
(<r2>)1/2 9.362