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All results from a given calculation for C2H5CN (ethyl cyanide)

using model chemistry: SVWN/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.133117
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.133117
Nuclear repulsion energy103.395825
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 SVWN/6-311G*
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' 3074 3044 9.56 82.99 0.70 0.83
2 A' 2990 2961 14.73 88.82 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2975 2946 3.02 163.79 0.05 0.09
4 A' 2326 2304 11.13 76.04 0.26 0.42
5 A' 1453 1439 12.28 7.96 0.75 0.85
6 A' 1412 1398 10.79 14.14 0.70 0.82
7 A' 1361 1348 8.00 2.69 0.43 0.60
8 A' 1304 1292 3.05 4.41 0.64 0.78
9 A' 1072 1062 4.72 4.33 0.21 0.34
10 A' 1033 1024 1.81 2.32 0.72 0.84
11 A' 857 848 0.53 3.81 0.14 0.25
12 A' 551 546 1.27 1.93 0.36 0.53
13 A' 208 206 3.54 2.68 0.73 0.85
14 A" 3074 3045 8.62 37.61 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3011 2982 0.28 97.72 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1444 1430 14.02 12.99 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1248 1236 0.44 5.33 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1072 1062 0.38 0.17 0.75 0.86
19 A" 764 757 7.23 0.46 0.75 0.86
20 A" 398 394 0.02 2.61 0.75 0.86
21 A" 222 220 0.74 0.60 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15924.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9904) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15771.2 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 SVWN/6-311G*
ABC
0.93862 0.15934 0.14354

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at SVWN/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.497 0.556 0.000
C2 0.000 0.802 0.000
C3 -0.761 -0.421 0.000
N4 -1.353 -1.415 0.000
H5 2.043 1.510 0.000
H6 1.805 -0.014 0.888
H7 1.805 -0.014 -0.888
H8 -0.298 1.397 0.881
H9 -0.298 1.397 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.51682.45943.46471.09991.09971.09972.16922.1692
C21.51681.44032.59742.16212.17132.17131.10441.1044
C32.45941.44031.15723.40422.74542.74542.07272.0727
N43.46472.59741.15724.48213.56723.56723.13023.1302
H51.09992.16213.40424.48211.78061.78062.50382.5038
H61.09972.17132.74543.56721.78061.77652.53303.0900
H71.09972.17132.74543.56721.78061.77653.09002.5330
H82.16921.10442.07273.13022.50382.53303.09001.7630
H92.16921.10442.07273.13022.50383.09002.53301.7630

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 112.524 C1 C2 H8 110.715
C1 C2 H9 110.715 C2 C1 H5 110.421
C2 C1 H6 111.170 C2 C1 H7 111.170
C2 C3 N4 178.915 C3 C2 H8 108.359
C3 C2 H9 108.359 H5 C1 H6 108.103
H5 C1 H7 108.103 H6 C1 H7 107.747
H8 C2 H9 105.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.721      
2 C -0.551      
3 C 0.115      
4 N -0.219      
5 H 0.258      
6 H 0.267      
7 H 0.267      
8 H 0.291      
9 H 0.291      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.239 3.299 0.000 3.987
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.276 -3.665 0.000
y -3.665 -27.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.965
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.508 -3.665 0.000
y -3.665 -1.951 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.458
Polar
3z2-r26.917
x2-y20.295
xy-3.665
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.766 1.225 0.000
y 1.225 6.236 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.343


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.111
(<r2>)1/2 9.333