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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.431146
Energy at 298.15K-324.436134
Nuclear repulsion energy300.639491
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3241 3094 2.21      
2 A1 3229 3082 8.12      
3 A1 3209 3064 0.03      
4 A1 2373 2266 27.65      
5 A1 1667 1592 0.99      
6 A1 1533 1464 10.33      
7 A1 1234 1178 0.62      
8 A1 1204 1150 1.01      
9 A1 1060 1012 2.56      
10 A1 1019 973 0.55      
11 A1 775 740 1.95      
12 A1 464 443 0.00      
13 A2 983 939 0.00      
14 A2 873 833 0.00      
15 A2 409 390 0.00      
16 B1 1017 971 0.11      
17 B1 956 912 2.66      
18 B1 792 756 30.29      
19 B1 714 681 26.93      
20 B1 583 557 15.16      
21 B1 397 379 0.96      
22 B1 149 142 2.17      
23 B2 3238 3091 5.87      
24 B2 3220 3074 3.68      
25 B2 1642 1568 0.87      
26 B2 1484 1417 8.93      
27 B2 1368 1306 1.94      
28 B2 1338 1277 0.04      
29 B2 1188 1134 0.09      
30 B2 1112 1061 3.47      
31 B2 635 607 0.22      
32 B2 570 545 0.30      
33 B2 166 159 4.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21921.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9547) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20928.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.19029 0.05195 0.04081

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.190
C2 0.000 0.000 2.035
C3 0.000 0.000 0.606
C4 0.000 1.211 -0.090
C5 0.000 -1.211 -0.090
C6 0.000 1.205 -1.476
C7 0.000 -1.205 -1.476
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.169
H9 0.000 2.144 0.460
H10 0.000 -2.144 0.460
H11 0.000 2.144 -2.017
H12 0.000 -2.144 -2.017
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.15572.58463.49713.49714.81974.81975.35963.47133.47135.63155.63156.4436
C21.15571.42892.44592.44593.71193.71194.20392.65992.65994.58404.58405.2879
C32.58461.42891.39701.39702.40562.40562.77502.14872.14873.38763.38763.8590
C43.49712.44591.39702.42241.38602.78552.40601.08293.39992.14073.86923.3869
C53.49712.44591.39702.42242.78551.38602.40603.39991.08293.86922.14073.3869
C64.81973.71192.40561.38602.78552.41001.39012.15203.86841.08363.39252.1470
C74.81973.71192.40562.78551.38602.41001.39013.86842.15203.39251.08362.1470
C85.35964.20392.77502.40602.40601.39011.39013.39263.39262.14952.14951.0840
H93.47132.65992.14871.08293.39992.15203.86843.39264.28762.47724.95204.2878
H103.47132.65992.14873.39991.08293.86842.15203.39264.28764.95202.47724.2878
H115.63154.58403.38762.14073.86921.08363.39252.14952.47724.95204.28822.4749
H125.63154.58403.38763.86922.14073.39251.08362.14954.95202.47724.28822.4749
H136.44365.28793.85903.38693.38692.14702.14701.08404.28784.28782.47492.4749

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 119.885
C2 C3 C5 119.885 C3 C4 C6 119.629
C3 C4 H9 119.564 C3 C5 C7 119.629
C3 C5 H10 119.564 C4 C3 C5 120.230
C4 C6 C8 120.158 C4 C6 H11 119.680
C5 C7 C8 120.158 C5 C7 H12 119.680
C6 C4 H9 120.807 C6 C8 C7 120.196
C6 C8 H13 119.902 C7 C5 H10 120.807
C7 C8 H13 119.902 C8 C6 H11 120.162
C8 C7 H12 120.162
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.356      
2 C 0.256      
3 C 0.140      
4 C -0.205      
5 C -0.205      
6 C -0.125      
7 C -0.125      
8 C -0.136      
9 H 0.159      
10 H 0.159      
11 H 0.146      
12 H 0.146      
13 H 0.145      


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 -4.583 4.583
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.419 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.404 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -54.725
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.855 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.668 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.813
Polar
3z2-r2-23.627
x2-y2-9.015
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.872 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.335 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.526


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