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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-170.930442
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.930442
Nuclear repulsion energy102.782536
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3166 3039 12.47 66.24 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3086 2962 14.46 44.79 0.03 0.06
3 A' 3082 2958 2.04 141.69 0.06 0.11
4 A' 2374 2279 4.11 43.82 0.30 0.46
5 A' 1565 1502 9.69 15.08 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1529 1468 11.49 19.67 0.70 0.82
7 A' 1465 1407 8.34 2.58 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1382 1326 1.90 8.37 0.68 0.81
9 A' 1129 1084 9.92 1.88 0.13 0.23
10 A' 1032 990 0.34 6.28 0.42 0.59
11 A' 860 825 0.02 5.21 0.20 0.33
12 A' 605 580 2.14 2.17 0.40 0.57
13 A' 244 234 2.38 2.49 0.72 0.84
14 A" 3172 3045 10.96 24.11 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3121 2996 0.25 89.76 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1561 1498 11.40 23.33 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1344 1290 0.08 10.01 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1161 1115 1.06 0.14 0.75 0.86
19 A" 823 790 7.23 0.66 0.75 0.86
20 A" 463 445 0.15 3.52 0.75 0.86
21 A" 231 221 0.49 0.30 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16696.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9599) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16027.0 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 HSEh1PBE/3-21G*
ABC
0.91855 0.15740 0.14152

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.518 0.541 0.000
C2 0.000 0.817 0.000
C3 -0.770 -0.417 0.000
N4 -1.373 -1.412 0.000
H5 2.065 1.489 0.000
H6 1.803 -0.029 0.889
H7 1.803 -0.029 -0.889
H8 -0.276 1.405 0.884
H9 -0.276 1.405 -0.884

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54312.48083.48901.09441.09381.09382.17882.1788
C21.54311.45432.61742.17192.18112.18111.09751.0975
C32.48081.45431.16313.41632.74982.74982.08502.0850
N43.48902.61741.16314.49843.57623.57623.14973.1497
H51.09442.17193.41634.49841.77881.77882.50372.5037
H61.09382.18112.74983.57621.77881.77762.52573.0860
H71.09382.18112.74983.57621.77881.77763.08602.5257
H82.17881.09752.08503.14972.50372.52573.08601.7688
H92.17881.09752.08503.14972.50373.08602.52571.7688

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 111.682 C1 C2 H8 110.053
C1 C2 H9 110.053 C2 C1 H5 109.693
C2 C1 H6 110.446 C2 C1 H7 110.446
C2 C3 N4 179.266 C3 C2 H8 108.780
C3 C2 H9 108.780 H5 C1 H6 108.762
H5 C1 H7 108.762 H6 C1 H7 108.690
H8 C2 H9 107.380
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.613      
2 C -0.524      
3 C 0.368      
4 N -0.496      
5 H 0.230      
6 H 0.239      
7 H 0.239      
8 H 0.279      
9 H 0.279      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.161 3.066 0.000 3.751
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.789 -3.586 0.000
y -3.586 -27.212 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.694
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.336 -3.586 0.000
y -3.586 -1.970 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.306
Polar
3z2-r26.613
x2-y20.423
xy-3.586
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.788 1.146 0.000
y 1.146 5.313 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.631


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.745
(<r2>)1/2 9.367