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All results from a given calculation for C6H5CH2 (benzyl radical)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2B1
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-269.844633
Energy at 298.15K-269.851699
HF Energy-269.139418
Nuclear repulsion energy261.389569
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 CID/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 3339 3084 15.52      
2 A1 3320 3066 7.93      
3 A1 3305 3053 6.53      
4 A1 3294 3042 6.52      
5 A1 1688 1559 1.54      
6 A1 1593 1471 8.85      
7 A1 1584 1463 0.00      
8 A1 1333 1231 3.22      
9 A1 1246 1151 0.06      
10 A1 1091 1008 1.03      
11 A1 1027 949 0.00      
12 A1 867 801 0.19      
13 A1 554 512 0.39      
14 A2 1006 930 0.00      
15 A2 880 813 0.00      
16 A2 529 489 0.00      
17 A2 408 377 0.00      
18 B1 994 918 0.73      
19 B1 928 857 3.17      
20 B1 779 720 98.89      
21 B1 718 663 16.37      
22 B1 661 611 12.29      
23 B1 493 456 10.90      
24 B1 212 196 1.12      
25 B2 3391 3132 8.79      
26 B2 3326 3073 38.46      
27 B2 3308 3056 0.76      
28 B2 1682 1554 1.51      
29 B2 1564 1444 7.28      
30 B2 1428 1319 0.52      
31 B2 1360 1256 0.05      
32 B2 1221 1128 0.01      
33 B2 1182 1092 2.38      
34 B2 1029 950 0.96      
35 B2 654 604 0.01      
36 B2 376 347 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26185.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24187.1 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.18682 0.09125 0.06131

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.985
C2 0.000 1.211 0.250
C3 0.000 1.204 -1.125
C4 0.000 0.000 -1.826
C5 0.000 -1.204 -1.125
C6 0.000 -1.211 0.250
C7 0.000 0.000 2.387
H8 0.000 2.148 0.787
H9 0.000 2.139 -1.666
H10 0.000 0.000 -2.905
H11 0.000 -2.139 -1.666
H12 0.000 -2.148 0.787
H13 0.000 0.921 2.947
H14 0.000 -0.921 2.947

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.41702.42992.81142.42991.41701.40132.15703.40643.89073.40642.15702.16712.1671
C21.41701.37472.40302.77902.42192.45641.08042.12833.37943.85903.40162.71303.4382
C32.42991.37471.39342.40852.77903.71252.13271.07992.14933.38693.85944.08204.5934
C42.81142.40301.39341.39342.40304.21273.38292.14521.07932.14523.38294.86114.8611
C52.42992.77902.40851.39341.37473.71253.85943.38692.14931.07992.13274.59344.0820
C61.41702.42192.77902.40301.37472.45643.40163.85903.37942.12831.08043.43822.7130
C71.40132.45643.71254.21273.71252.45642.67784.58235.29214.58232.67781.07811.0781
H82.15701.08042.13273.38293.85943.40162.67782.45314.27214.93934.29572.48373.7525
H93.40642.12831.07992.14523.38693.85904.58232.45312.47254.27844.93934.77075.5354
H103.89073.37942.14931.07932.14933.37945.29214.27212.47252.47254.27215.92445.9244
H113.40643.85903.38692.14521.07992.12834.58234.93934.27842.47252.45315.53544.7707
H122.15703.40163.85943.38292.13271.08042.67784.29574.93934.27212.45313.75252.4837
H132.16712.71304.08204.86114.59343.43821.07812.48374.77075.92445.53543.75251.8420
H142.16713.43824.59344.86114.08202.71301.07813.75255.53545.92444.77072.48371.8420

picture of benzyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.002 C1 C2 H8 118.855
C1 C6 C5 121.002 C1 C6 H12 118.855
C1 C7 H13 121.316 C1 C7 H14 121.316
C2 C1 C6 117.436 C2 C1 C7 121.282
C2 C3 C4 120.481 C2 C3 H9 119.751
C3 C2 H8 120.143 C3 C4 C5 119.597
C3 C4 H10 120.201 C4 C3 H9 119.768
C4 C5 C6 120.481 C4 C5 H11 119.768
C5 C1 C7 150.290 C5 C4 H10 120.201
C5 C6 H12 120.143 C6 C5 H11 119.751
H13 C7 H14 117.369
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability