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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-324.500078
Energy at 298.15K-324.505006
Nuclear repulsion energy299.188630
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 B3LYP/6-31G**
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 3220 3094 2.73      
2 A1 3208 3082 13.16      
3 A1 3189 3064 0.06      
4 A1 2349 2257 26.23      
5 A1 1657 1592 0.95      
6 A1 1535 1474 8.45      
7 A1 1225 1177 0.26      
8 A1 1206 1159 1.15      
9 A1 1054 1013 2.52      
10 A1 1017 977 0.39      
11 A1 774 744 2.14      
12 A1 465 447 0.00      
13 A2 981 943 0.00      
14 A2 861 827 0.00      
15 A2 411 395 0.00      
16 B1 1010 971 0.04      
17 B1 942 905 2.36      
18 B1 778 747 32.66      
19 B1 704 677 22.69      
20 B1 570 548 13.47      
21 B1 392 376 1.16      
22 B1 147 141 2.26      
23 B2 3217 3091 10.43      
24 B2 3199 3074 5.23      
25 B2 1631 1567 0.96      
26 B2 1486 1428 6.66      
27 B2 1363 1310 1.43      
28 B2 1336 1284 0.66      
29 B2 1192 1145 0.10      
30 B2 1110 1066 2.91      
31 B2 638 613 0.11      
32 B2 559 537 0.14      
33 B2 165 159 4.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21794.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20940.3 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.18853 0.05142 0.04040

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
N1 0.000 0.000 3.208
C2 0.000 0.000 2.045
C3 0.000 0.000 0.609
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.091
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.091
C6 0.000 1.211 -1.484
C7 0.000 -1.211 -1.484
C8 0.000 0.000 -2.180
H9 0.000 2.152 0.459
H10 0.000 -2.152 0.459
H11 0.000 2.151 -2.026
H12 0.000 -2.151 -2.026
H13 0.000 0.000 -3.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  N1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
N11.16332.59863.51673.51674.84544.84545.38823.49163.49165.65865.65866.4740
C21.16331.43532.45852.45853.73033.73034.22492.67362.67364.60394.60395.3107
C32.59861.43531.40461.40462.41802.41802.78962.15772.15773.40173.40173.8755
C43.51672.45851.40462.43491.39252.79912.41781.08473.41442.14813.88463.4003
C53.51672.45851.40462.43492.79911.39252.41783.41441.08473.88462.14813.4003
C64.84543.73032.41801.39252.79912.42141.39672.15873.88381.08553.40532.1547
C74.84543.73032.41802.79911.39252.42141.39673.88382.15873.40531.08552.1547
C85.38824.22492.78962.41782.41781.39671.39673.40543.40542.15682.15681.0859
H93.49162.67362.15771.08473.41442.15873.88383.40544.30482.48454.96934.3020
H103.49162.67362.15773.41441.08473.88382.15873.40544.30484.96932.48454.3020
H115.65864.60393.40172.14813.88461.08553.40532.15682.48454.96934.30252.4832
H125.65864.60393.40173.88462.14813.40531.08552.15684.96932.48454.30252.4832
H136.47405.31073.87553.40033.40032.15472.15471.08594.30204.30202.48322.4832

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 119.921
C2 C3 C5 119.921 C3 C4 C6 119.644
C3 C4 H9 119.615 C3 C5 C7 119.644
C3 C5 H10 119.615 C4 C3 C5 120.159
C4 C6 C8 120.187 C4 C6 H11 119.678
C5 C7 C8 120.187 C5 C7 H12 119.678
C6 C4 H9 120.742 C6 C8 C7 120.179
C6 C8 H13 119.910 C7 C5 H10 120.742
C7 C8 H13 119.910 C8 C6 H11 120.135
C8 C7 H12 120.135
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 N -0.476      
2 C 0.242      
3 C 0.096      
4 C -0.075      
5 C -0.075      
6 C -0.089      
7 C -0.089      
8 C -0.072      
9 H 0.115      
10 H 0.115      
11 H 0.103      
12 H 0.103      
13 H 0.101      


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 -4.547 4.547
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -47.672 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.932 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -55.291
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.561 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.549 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -11.989
Polar
3z2-r2-23.977
x2-y2-8.740
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.995 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.153 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.535


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