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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-322.577823
Energy at 298.15K-322.582988
Nuclear repulsion energy299.466823
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 B3PW91/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3238 3112 3.21      
2 A1 3223 3098 5.84      
3 A1 3205 3081 0.00      
4 A1 2340 2249 14.31      
5 A1 1643 1579 0.84      
6 A1 1545 1485 14.52      
7 A1 1245 1197 0.02      
8 A1 1233 1185 1.81      
9 A1 1064 1022 3.71      
10 A1 1036 996 0.00      
11 A1 787 757 2.12      
12 A1 479 460 0.03      
13 A2 1016 977 0.00      
14 A2 876 842 0.00      
15 A2 416 400 0.00      
16 B1 1047 1007 0.08      
17 B1 970 932 4.49      
18 B1 814 783 28.71      
19 B1 727 699 62.49      
20 B1 636 611 28.66      
21 B1 411 395 0.04      
22 B1 153 147 0.71      
23 B2 3232 3106 5.63      
24 B2 3215 3090 2.36      
25 B2 1614 1552 2.16      
26 B2 1499 1441 10.18      
27 B2 1391 1337 0.65      
28 B2 1329 1278 1.93      
29 B2 1234 1187 0.08      
30 B2 1120 1076 4.08      
31 B2 661 635 0.10      
32 B2 607 583 0.01      
33 B2 184 177 2.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22094.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21237.5 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.18895 0.05155 0.04050

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.204
C2 0.000 0.000 2.037
C3 0.000 0.000 0.613
C4 0.000 1.216 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.216 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.210 -1.482
C7 0.000 -1.210 -1.482
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.179
H9 0.000 2.150 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.150 0.460
H11 0.000 2.149 -2.023
H12 0.000 -2.149 -2.023
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.264

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16702.59173.51113.51114.83994.83995.38353.48633.48635.65235.65236.4683
C21.16701.42472.44982.44983.72143.72144.21652.66662.66664.59444.59445.3012
C32.59171.42471.40391.40392.41882.41882.79182.15542.15543.40123.40123.8766
C43.51112.44981.40392.43131.39232.79662.41741.08393.41022.14733.88113.3991
C53.51112.44981.40392.43132.79661.39232.41743.41021.08393.88112.14733.3991
C64.83993.72142.41881.39232.79662.41941.39622.15753.88051.08453.40242.1538
C74.83993.72142.41882.79661.39232.41941.39623.88052.15753.40241.08452.1538
C85.38354.21652.79182.41742.41741.39621.39623.40403.40402.15502.15501.0848
H93.48632.66662.15541.08393.41022.15753.88053.40404.29992.48324.96504.2999
H103.48632.66662.15543.41021.08393.88052.15753.40404.29994.96502.48324.2999
H115.65234.59443.40122.14733.88111.08453.40242.15502.48324.96504.29882.4817
H125.65234.59443.40123.88112.14733.40241.08452.15504.96502.48324.29882.4817
H136.46835.30123.87663.39913.39912.15382.15381.08484.29994.29992.48172.4817

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 120.014
C2 C3 C5 120.014 C3 C4 C6 119.769
C3 C4 H9 119.521 C3 C5 C7 119.769
C3 C5 H10 119.521 C4 C3 C5 119.971
C4 C6 C8 120.203 C4 C6 H11 119.700
C5 C7 C8 120.203 C5 C7 H12 119.700
C6 C4 H9 120.710 C6 C8 C7 120.086
C6 C8 H13 119.957 C7 C5 H10 120.710
C7 C8 H13 119.957 C8 C6 H11 120.097
C8 C7 H12 120.097
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.492      
2 C 0.320      
3 C -0.027      
4 C -0.176      
5 C -0.176      
6 C -0.210      
7 C -0.210      
8 C -0.207      
9 H 0.241      
10 H 0.241      
11 H 0.233      
12 H 0.233      
13 H 0.232      


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 -4.293 4.293
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.426 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.293 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.002
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.279 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.421 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.142
Polar
3z2-r2-20.285
x2-y2-11.133
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.967 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 10.392 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.437


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