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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-322.582970
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 3106 3.21      
2 A1 3223 3092 5.84      
3 A1 3205 3075 0.00      
4 A1 2340 2245 14.31      
5 A1 1643 1576 0.84      
6 A1 1545 1482 14.52      
7 A1 1245 1195 0.02      
8 A1 1233 1183 1.81      
9 A1 1064 1021 3.71      
10 A1 1036 994 0.00      
11 A1 787 755 2.12      
12 A1 479 459 0.03      
13 A2 1016 975 0.00      
14 A2 876 841 0.00      
15 A2 416 399 0.00      
16 B1 1047 1005 0.08      
17 B1 970 930 4.49      
18 B1 814 781 28.71      
19 B1 727 698 62.49      
20 B1 636 610 28.66      
21 B1 411 395 0.04      
22 B1 153 147 0.71      
23 B2 3232 3101 5.63      
24 B2 3215 3084 2.36      
25 B2 1614 1549 2.16      
26 B2 1499 1438 10.18      
27 B2 1391 1335 0.65      
28 B2 1329 1275 1.93      
29 B2 1234 1184 0.08      
30 B2 1120 1074 4.08      
31 B2 661 634 0.10      
32 B2 607 582 0.01      
33 B2 184 176 2.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22094.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21197.8 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