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

using model chemistry: CISD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at CISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.488812
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-170.975154
Nuclear repulsion energy102.633366
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 CISD/cc-pVDZ
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' 3243 2989 18.34      
2 A' 3171 2923 6.63      
3 A' 3152 2906 18.75      
4 A' 2457 2265 4.57      
5 A' 1543 1422 4.61      
6 A' 1516 1398 3.76      
7 A' 1465 1351 0.54      
8 A' 1403 1293 5.40      
9 A' 1137 1048 2.86      
10 A' 1069 985 1.35      
11 A' 874 805 1.11      
12 A' 562 518 0.71      
13 A' 220 203 4.14      
14 A" 3248 2994 17.89      
15 A" 3218 2966 0.60      
16 A" 1534 1414 6.45      
17 A" 1331 1227 0.00      
18 A" 1152 1061 0.51      
19 A" 812 749 2.70      
20 A" 407 376 0.40      
21 A" 236 218 0.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16874.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9218) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15554.6 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 CISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.92981 0.15572 0.14041

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.512 0.572 0.000
C2 0.000 0.818 0.000
C3 -0.769 -0.440 0.000
N4 -1.361 -1.434 0.000
H5 2.044 1.530 0.000
H6 1.815 0.006 0.889
H7 1.815 0.006 -0.889
H8 -0.301 1.396 0.883
H9 -0.301 1.396 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.53202.49573.50381.09631.09631.09632.17832.1783
C21.53201.47462.63112.16462.17812.17811.09701.0970
C32.49571.47461.15663.43482.76912.76912.08992.0899
N43.50382.63111.15664.51443.59853.59853.14763.1476
H51.09632.16463.43484.51441.77951.77952.50932.5093
H61.09632.17812.76913.59851.77951.77712.53173.0899
H71.09632.17812.76913.59851.77951.77713.08992.5317
H82.17831.09702.08993.14762.50932.53173.08991.7657
H92.17831.09702.08993.14762.50933.08992.53171.7657

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 112.204 C1 C2 H8 110.816
C1 C2 H9 110.816 C2 C1 H5 109.783
C2 C1 H6 110.847 C2 C1 H7 110.847
C2 C3 N4 179.309 C3 C2 H8 107.813
C3 C2 H9 107.813 H5 C1 H6 108.501
H5 C1 H7 108.501 H6 C1 H7 108.290
H8 C2 H9 107.174
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability