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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes Cs 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-171.954027
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-171.954027
Nuclear repulsion energy102.192182
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 B97D3/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3095 3034 23.48 79.61 0.72 0.84
2 A' 3015 2956 23.80 91.70 0.01 0.03
3 A' 3000 2941 9.80 132.35 0.07 0.13
4 A' 2293 2248 6.91 63.65 0.29 0.45
5 A' 1507 1478 4.77 10.98 0.74 0.85
6 A' 1472 1443 3.82 19.59 0.69 0.82
7 A' 1411 1383 0.72 2.82 0.70 0.83
8 A' 1335 1309 3.41 7.80 0.62 0.77
9 A' 1080 1059 4.38 2.73 0.14 0.24
10 A' 1000 980 0.10 5.37 0.46 0.63
11 A' 831 815 0.03 4.93 0.18 0.30
12 A' 538 527 0.92 1.85 0.36 0.53
13 A' 205 201 3.69 2.93 0.73 0.84
14 A" 3100 3040 23.16 34.84 0.75 0.86
15 A" 3037 2978 4.30 96.11 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1499 1469 6.42 19.60 0.75 0.86
17 A" 1277 1252 0.03 8.77 0.75 0.86
18 A" 1103 1081 0.26 0.17 0.75 0.86
19 A" 785 770 4.18 0.36 0.75 0.86
20 A" 384 377 0.19 3.23 0.75 0.86
21 A" 220 216 0.95 0.62 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16093.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15777.6 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.91942 0.15471 0.13937

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.523 0.564 0.000
C2 0.000 0.818 0.000
C3 -0.775 -0.429 0.000
N4 -1.373 -1.435 0.000
H5 2.057 1.524 0.000
H6 1.823 -0.004 0.890
H7 1.823 -0.004 -0.890
H8 -0.291 1.407 0.883
H9 -0.291 1.407 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 N4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54352.50303.51851.09831.09761.09762.18662.1866
C21.54351.46782.63792.17482.18872.18871.10121.1012
C32.50301.46781.17023.43992.77892.77892.09412.0941
N43.51852.63791.17024.52963.61303.61303.16663.1666
H51.09832.17483.43994.52961.78321.78322.51172.5117
H61.09762.18872.77893.61301.78321.77952.54223.0994
H71.09762.18872.77893.61301.78321.77953.09942.5422
H82.18661.10122.09413.16662.51172.54223.09941.7666
H92.18661.10122.09413.16662.51173.09942.54221.7666

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 112.418 C1 C2 H8 110.422
C1 C2 H9 110.422 C2 C1 H5 109.668
C2 C1 H6 110.801 C2 C1 H7 110.801
C2 C3 N4 178.857 C3 C2 H8 108.358
C3 C2 H9 108.358 H5 C1 H6 108.599
H5 C1 H7 108.599 H6 C1 H7 108.310
H8 C2 H9 106.662
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.457      
2 C -0.357      
3 C 0.355      
4 N -0.463      
5 H 0.167      
6 H 0.178      
7 H 0.178      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.200      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.208 3.193 0.000 3.882
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.661 -3.647 0.000
y -3.647 -27.097 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.470
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.378 -3.647 0.000
y -3.647 -2.032 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.409
Polar
3z2-r26.819
x2-y20.436
xy-3.647
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.387 1.310 0.000
y 1.310 5.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.030


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.696
(<r2>)1/2 9.418