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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-51.015328
Energy at 298.15K-51.020650
Nuclear repulsion energy147.582518
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/CEP-121G*
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 3387 3059 5.08      
2 A1 3373 3048 23.98      
3 A1 3353 3029 0.12      
4 A1 2545 2299 55.19      
5 A1 1772 1601 0.72      
6 A1 1638 1480 16.52      
7 A1 1281 1157 1.06      
8 A1 1275 1152 0.42      
9 A1 1106 1000 3.21      
10 A1 1070 967 0.01      
11 A1 805 727 3.77      
12 A1 485 438 0.13      
13 A2 1113 1005 0.00      
14 A2 959 867 0.00      
15 A2 444 401 0.00      
16 B1 1134 1025 0.03      
17 B1 1059 957 5.37      
18 B1 852 770 73.27      
19 B1 754 681 34.58      
20 B1 617 557 19.21      
21 B1 427 386 0.68      
22 B1 161 145 1.95      
23 B2 3383 3056 22.57      
24 B2 3365 3040 6.85      
25 B2 1746 1578 0.46      
26 B2 1583 1430 9.39      
27 B2 1452 1311 0.49      
28 B2 1313 1186 2.74      
29 B2 1189 1074 10.09      
30 B2 1155 1044 0.14      
31 B2 674 609 0.23      
32 B2 608 550 0.38      
33 B2 182 164 5.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23130.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20895.8 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.18946 0.05162 0.04057

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.195
C2 0.000 0.000 2.056
C3 0.000 0.000 0.601
C4 0.000 1.214 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.214 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.210 -1.482
C7 0.000 -1.210 -1.482
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.176
H9 0.000 2.141 0.455
H10 0.000 -2.141 0.455
H11 0.000 2.142 -2.019
H12 0.000 -2.142 -2.019
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.13872.59403.50223.50224.83024.83025.37053.47733.47735.63645.63646.4473
C21.13871.45532.46582.46583.73863.73864.23182.67372.67374.60354.60355.3086
C32.59401.45531.39691.39692.40812.40812.77652.14632.14633.38393.38393.8533
C43.50222.46581.39692.42801.39132.79452.41311.07573.39932.14023.87083.3873
C53.50222.46581.39692.42802.79451.39132.41313.39931.07573.87082.14023.3873
C64.83023.73862.40811.39132.79452.41921.39472.14893.87021.07633.39462.1447
C74.83023.73862.40812.79451.39132.41921.39473.87022.14893.39461.07632.1447
C85.37054.23182.77652.41312.41311.39471.39473.39203.39202.14802.14801.0768
H93.47732.67372.14631.07573.39932.14893.87023.39204.28262.47364.94654.2814
H103.47732.67372.14633.39931.07573.87022.14893.39204.28264.94652.47364.2814
H115.63644.60353.38392.14023.87081.07633.39462.14802.47364.94654.28462.4722
H125.63644.60353.38393.87082.14023.39461.07632.14804.94652.47364.28462.4722
H136.44735.30863.85333.38733.38732.14472.14471.07684.28144.28142.47222.4722

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 119.649
C2 C3 C5 119.649 C3 C4 C6 119.467
C3 C4 H9 119.899 C3 C5 C7 119.467
C3 C5 H10 119.899 C4 C3 C5 120.702
C4 C6 C8 120.035 C4 C6 H11 119.755
C5 C7 C8 120.035 C5 C7 H12 119.755
C6 C4 H9 120.634 C6 C8 C7 120.293
C6 C8 H13 119.854 C7 C5 H10 120.634
C7 C8 H13 119.854 C8 C6 H11 120.210
C8 C7 H12 120.210
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.066      
2 C -0.238      
3 C 0.308      
4 C -0.326      
5 C -0.326      
6 C -0.230      
7 C -0.230      
8 C -0.230      
9 H 0.293      
10 H 0.293      
11 H 0.252      
12 H 0.252      
13 H 0.249      


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 -4.894 4.894
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.935 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.051 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -56.856
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.981 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -12.363
Polar
3z2-r2-24.726
x2-y2-10.884
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.476 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.422 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.884


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