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

using model chemistry: CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.622097
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.020770
Nuclear repulsion energy103.683408
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 CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3238 2992 16.79      
2 A' 3171 2930 4.79      
3 A' 3155 2915 14.24      
4 A' 2475 2287 9.28      
5 A' 1574 1454 5.42      
6 A' 1546 1429 4.85      
7 A' 1488 1375 1.23      
8 A' 1420 1312 4.47      
9 A' 1146 1059 3.65      
10 A' 1065 984 0.97      
11 A' 874 807 0.85      
12 A' 574 531 0.85      
13 A' 223 206 5.32      
14 A" 3243 2996 15.54      
15 A" 3212 2968 0.03      
16 A" 1566 1447 7.37      
17 A" 1348 1246 0.00      
18 A" 1168 1079 0.33      
19 A" 820 758 2.79      
20 A" 413 381 1.00      
21 A" 234 216 1.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16975.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15685.2 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 CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.94299 0.15895 0.14315

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.503 0.557 0.000
C2 0.000 0.812 0.000
C3 -0.767 -0.433 0.000
N4 -1.352 -1.411 0.000
H5 2.035 1.500 0.000
H6 1.799 -0.003 0.877
H7 1.799 -0.003 -0.877
H8 -0.294 1.383 0.873
H9 -0.294 1.383 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.52492.47673.46821.08231.08211.08212.16202.1620
C21.52491.46242.60212.14782.16102.16101.08341.0834
C32.47671.46241.13973.40362.74492.74492.06962.0696
N43.46822.60211.13974.46613.56073.56073.11243.1124
H51.08232.14783.40364.46611.75671.75672.48962.4896
H61.08212.16102.74493.56071.75671.75412.51043.0600
H71.08212.16102.74493.56071.75671.75413.06002.5104
H82.16201.08342.06963.11242.48962.51043.06001.7454
H92.16201.08342.06963.11242.48963.06002.51041.7454

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 111.988 C1 C2 H8 110.834
C1 C2 H9 110.834 C2 C1 H5 109.769
C2 C1 H6 110.837 C2 C1 H7 110.837
C2 C3 N4 179.307 C3 C2 H8 107.839
C3 C2 H9 107.839 H5 C1 H6 108.518
H5 C1 H7 108.518 H6 C1 H7 108.292
H8 C2 H9 107.318
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability