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All results from a given calculation for C2H5CN (ethyl 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 Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.061266
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.061266
Nuclear repulsion energy102.591340
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 A' 3151 3029 13.91      
2 A' 3073 2954 15.22      
3 A' 3069 2950 2.77      
4 A' 2352 2261 3.81      
5 A' 1561 1501 9.20      
6 A' 1526 1467 11.00      
7 A' 1461 1404 7.38      
8 A' 1376 1322 1.71      
9 A' 1123 1080 9.68      
10 A' 1019 979 0.30      
11 A' 851 818 0.01      
12 A' 599 576 2.13      
13 A' 243 233 2.34      
14 A" 3158 3035 12.55      
15 A" 3106 2986 0.43      
16 A" 1557 1497 10.87      
17 A" 1339 1287 0.06      
18 A" 1157 1112 1.06      
19 A" 820 788 7.10      
20 A" 459 441 0.15      
21 A" 228 219 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16613.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15969.2 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.91718 0.15659 0.14085

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.523 0.543 0.000
C2 0.000 0.817 0.000
C3 -0.772 -0.419 0.000
N4 -1.377 -1.415 0.000
H5 2.067 1.494 0.000
H6 1.809 -0.026 0.889
H7 1.809 -0.026 -0.889
H8 -0.276 1.406 0.885
H9 -0.276 1.406 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54702.48803.49861.09511.09441.09442.18232.1823
C21.54701.45732.62232.17492.18502.18501.09811.0981
C32.48801.45731.16513.42292.75762.75762.08752.0875
N43.49862.62231.16514.50753.58693.58693.15403.1540
H51.09512.17493.42294.50751.77991.77992.50642.5064
H61.09442.18502.75763.58691.77991.77892.52943.0897
H71.09442.18502.75763.58691.77991.77893.08972.5294
H82.18231.09812.08753.15402.50642.52943.08971.7700
H92.18231.09812.08753.15402.50643.08972.52941.7700

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 111.785 C1 C2 H8 110.025
C1 C2 H9 110.025 C2 C1 H5 109.617
C2 C1 H6 110.453 C2 C1 H7 110.453
C2 C3 N4 179.307 C3 C2 H8 108.741
C3 C2 H9 108.741 H5 C1 H6 108.773
H5 C1 H7 108.773 H6 C1 H7 108.730
H8 C2 H9 107.408
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 C -0.606      
2 C -0.518      
3 C 0.366      
4 N -0.494      
5 H 0.227      
6 H 0.237      
7 H 0.237      
8 H 0.276      
9 H 0.276      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.167 3.066 0.000 3.754
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.743 -3.589 0.000
y -3.589 -27.163 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.651
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.336 -3.589 0.000
y -3.589 -1.966 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.302
Polar
3z2-r26.604
x2-y20.420
xy-3.589
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.822 1.159 0.000
y 1.159 5.342 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.648


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.040
(<r2>)1/2 9.383