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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-320.364914
Energy at 298.15K-320.369430
Nuclear repulsion energy295.659087
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/STO-3G
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 3504 3101 3.71      
2 A1 3490 3089 13.68      
3 A1 3474 3075 0.03      
4 A1 2372 2099 10.44      
5 A1 1754 1552 0.60      
6 A1 1620 1434 16.85      
7 A1 1272 1126 0.41      
8 A1 1255 1111 1.28      
9 A1 1107 980 0.00      
10 A1 1060 938 0.92      
11 A1 798 706 0.53      
12 A1 474 420 0.04      
13 A2 1046 925 0.00      
14 A2 907 802 0.00      
15 A2 421 373 0.00      
16 B1 1066 943 0.00      
17 B1 988 874 1.33      
18 B1 807 714 19.44      
19 B1 736 652 13.21      
20 B1 574 508 7.76      
21 B1 389 344 0.86      
22 B1 146 129 1.38      
23 B2 3497 3095 27.69      
24 B2 3484 3084 0.01      
25 B2 1730 1531 1.03      
26 B2 1569 1388 18.34      
27 B2 1413 1251 1.10      
28 B2 1360 1204 0.91      
29 B2 1248 1104 0.05      
30 B2 1163 1030 0.05      
31 B2 656 580 0.10      
32 B2 569 503 0.15      
33 B2 165 146 2.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23055.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20404.2 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.18578 0.04989 0.03933

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.269
C2 0.000 0.000 2.071
C3 0.000 0.000 0.610
C4 0.000 1.226 -0.101
C5 0.000 -1.226 -0.101
C6 0.000 1.219 -1.503
C7 0.000 -1.219 -1.503
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.205
H9 0.000 2.174 0.453
H10 0.000 -2.174 0.453
H11 0.000 2.169 -2.052
H12 0.000 -2.169 -2.052
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.303

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.19852.65903.58613.58614.92584.92585.47433.55773.55775.74655.74656.5721
C21.19851.46062.49372.49373.77633.77634.27582.70982.70984.65874.65875.3736
C32.65901.46061.41721.41722.43992.43992.81522.17952.17953.43423.43423.9131
C43.58612.49371.41722.45181.40262.81862.43531.09773.44452.16743.91613.4287
C53.58612.49371.41722.45182.81861.40262.43533.44451.09773.91612.16743.4287
C64.92583.77632.43991.40262.81862.43791.40642.17683.91631.09753.43252.1734
C74.92583.77632.43992.81861.40262.43791.40643.91632.17683.43251.09752.1734
C85.47434.27582.81522.43532.43531.40641.40643.43363.43362.17482.17481.0978
H93.55772.70982.17951.09773.44452.17683.91633.43364.34752.50485.01374.3394
H103.55772.70982.17953.44451.09773.91632.17683.43364.34755.01372.50484.3394
H115.74654.65873.43422.16743.91611.09753.43252.17482.50485.01374.33892.5042
H125.74654.65873.43423.91612.16743.43251.09752.17485.01372.50484.33892.5042
H136.57215.37363.91313.42873.42872.17342.17341.09784.33944.33942.50422.5042

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 120.112
C2 C3 C5 120.112 C3 C4 C6 119.827
C3 C4 H9 119.601 C3 C5 C7 119.827
C3 C5 H10 119.601 C4 C3 C5 119.776
C4 C6 C8 120.211 C4 C6 H11 119.707
C5 C7 C8 120.211 C5 C7 H12 119.707
C6 C4 H9 120.572 C6 C8 C7 120.150
C6 C8 H13 119.925 C7 C5 H10 120.572
C7 C8 H13 119.925 C8 C6 H11 120.083
C8 C7 H12 120.083
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.178      
2 C 0.062      
3 C -0.007      
4 C -0.066      
5 C -0.066      
6 C -0.077      
7 C -0.077      
8 C -0.072      
9 H 0.100      
10 H 0.100      
11 H 0.094      
12 H 0.094      
13 H 0.094      


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 -3.577 3.577
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.824 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -50.821
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.321 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -10.174
Polar
3z2-r2-20.349
x2-y2-6.354
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.346 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.299 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 11.465


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