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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.313062
Energy at 298.15K-322.318553
Nuclear repulsion energy301.255116
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/6-31G
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 3402 3072 7.55      
2 A1 3385 3056 15.95      
3 A1 3365 3039 0.01      
4 A1 2546 2299 52.15      
5 A1 1809 1634 0.76      
6 A1 1677 1514 21.53      
7 A1 1329 1200 1.53      
8 A1 1320 1192 0.11      
9 A1 1145 1034 3.25      
10 A1 1111 1003 0.06      
11 A1 838 757 4.57      
12 A1 510 461 0.24      
13 A2 1158 1045 0.00      
14 A2 992 896 0.00      
15 A2 462 418 0.00      
16 B1 1193 1077 0.10      
17 B1 1103 996 6.25      
18 B1 892 805 61.10      
19 B1 794 717 50.14      
20 B1 631 570 16.77      
21 B1 429 387 0.74      
22 B1 162 146 2.12      
23 B2 3395 3065 19.06      
24 B2 3376 3048 3.00      
25 B2 1777 1604 1.03      
26 B2 1624 1467 11.28      
27 B2 1502 1356 0.50      
28 B2 1372 1239 4.41      
29 B2 1287 1162 4.29      
30 B2 1204 1087 2.53      
31 B2 708 639 0.08      
32 B2 619 559 0.01      
33 B2 187 169 5.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23652.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21355.6 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/6-31G
ABC
0.19143 0.05200 0.04089

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.187
C2 0.000 0.000 2.040
C3 0.000 0.000 0.604
C4 0.000 1.207 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.207 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.203 -1.476
C7 0.000 -1.203 -1.476
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.168
H9 0.000 2.133 0.450
H10 0.000 -2.133 0.450
H11 0.000 2.133 -2.011
H12 0.000 -2.133 -2.011
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.241

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.14792.58293.49373.49374.81624.81625.35543.47003.47005.61875.61876.4280
C21.14791.43502.44882.44883.71583.71584.20752.65982.65984.57754.57755.2802
C32.58291.43501.39321.39322.40342.40342.77252.13822.13823.37463.37463.8451
C43.49372.44881.39322.41431.38492.78002.40231.07203.38332.13113.85223.3730
C53.49372.44881.39322.41432.78001.38492.40233.38331.07203.85222.13113.3730
C64.81623.71582.40341.38492.78002.40671.38822.13853.85201.07213.37862.1359
C74.81623.71582.40342.78001.38492.40671.38823.85202.13853.37861.07212.1359
C85.35544.20752.77252.40232.40231.38821.38823.37673.37672.13842.13841.0726
H93.47002.65982.13821.07203.38332.13853.85203.37674.26522.46094.92424.2625
H103.47002.65982.13823.38331.07203.85202.13853.37674.26524.92422.46094.2625
H115.61874.57753.37462.13113.85221.07213.37862.13842.46094.92424.26522.4618
H125.61874.57753.37463.85222.13113.37861.07212.13844.92422.46094.26522.4618
H136.42805.28023.84513.37303.37302.13592.13591.07264.26254.26252.46182.4618

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 119.952
C2 C3 C5 119.952 C3 C4 C6 119.794
C3 C4 H9 119.730 C3 C5 C7 119.794
C3 C5 H10 119.730 C4 C3 C5 120.097
C4 C6 C8 120.060 C4 C6 H11 119.765
C5 C7 C8 120.060 C5 C7 H12 119.765
C6 C4 H9 120.476 C6 C8 C7 120.196
C6 C8 H13 119.902 C7 C5 H10 120.476
C7 C8 H13 119.902 C8 C6 H11 120.176
C8 C7 H12 120.176
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.282      
2 C 0.020      
3 C 0.007      
4 C -0.139      
5 C -0.139      
6 C -0.212      
7 C -0.212      
8 C -0.175      
9 H 0.242      
10 H 0.242      
11 H 0.217      
12 H 0.217      
13 H 0.216      


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 -4.864 4.864
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.589 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -57.785
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.969 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.232 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -13.263
Polar
3z2-r2-26.525
x2-y2-10.134
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.450 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.434 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.129


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