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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.471936
Energy at 298.15K-231.476660
Nuclear repulsion energy194.435034
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3219 3080 9.46      
2 A1 3208 3069 9.44      
3 A1 3187 3049 1.17      
4 A1 1606 1537 0.47      
5 A1 1492 1427 7.83      
6 A1 1188 1136 0.09      
7 A1 1064 1018 8.10      
8 A1 1031 986 0.14      
9 A1 982 940 1.33      
10 A1 614 588 1.63      
11 A2 959 918 0.00      
12 A2 820 784 0.00      
13 A2 400 383 0.00      
14 B1 989 946 0.17      
15 B1 891 853 0.41      
16 B1 722 691 67.18      
17 B1 674 645 14.06      
18 B1 427 409 4.39      
19 B2 3210 3071 25.17      
20 B2 3194 3056 6.20      
21 B2 1662 1590 1.85      
22 B2 1480 1416 6.11      
23 B2 1364 1305 0.32      
24 B2 1319 1261 0.07      
25 B2 1187 1135 0.24      
26 B2 1088 1041 3.57      
27 B2 597 571 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19287.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18452.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.20977 0.18716 0.09891

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.398
C2 0.000 1.225 0.770
C3 0.000 -1.225 0.770
C4 0.000 1.213 -0.631
C5 0.000 -1.213 -0.631
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.322
H7 0.000 2.161 1.323
H8 0.000 -2.161 1.323
H9 0.000 2.153 -1.179
H10 0.000 -2.153 -1.179
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.409

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.37631.37632.36382.36382.72002.16262.16263.35753.35753.8070
C21.37632.45021.40202.81212.42501.08723.43122.15873.90013.4076
C31.37632.45022.81211.40202.42503.43121.08723.90012.15873.4076
C42.36381.40202.81212.42531.39572.17263.89921.08803.40982.1520
C52.36382.81211.40202.42531.39573.89922.17263.40981.08802.1520
C62.72002.42502.42501.39571.39573.41613.41612.15782.15781.0869
H72.16261.08723.43122.17263.89923.41614.32262.50174.98724.3130
H82.16263.43121.08723.89922.17263.41614.32264.98722.50174.3130
H93.35752.15873.90011.08803.40982.15782.50174.98724.30602.4799
H103.35753.90012.15873.40981.08802.15784.98722.50174.30602.4799
H113.80703.40763.40762.15202.15201.08694.31304.31302.47992.4799

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.602 C1 C2 H7 122.335
C1 C3 C5 116.602 C1 C3 H8 122.335
C2 C1 C3 125.778 C2 C4 C6 120.182
C2 C4 H9 119.684 C3 C5 C6 120.182
C3 C5 H10 119.684 C4 C2 H7 121.062
C4 C6 C5 120.653 C4 C6 H11 119.673
C5 C3 H8 121.062 C5 C6 H11 119.673
C6 C4 H9 120.134 C6 C5 H10 120.134
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.023     -0.063
2 C -0.204     -0.091
3 C -0.204     -0.091
4 C -0.156     -0.143
5 C -0.156     -0.143
6 C -0.162     -0.099
7 H 0.178     0.127
8 H 0.178     0.127
9 H 0.168     0.129
10 H 0.168     0.129
11 H 0.167     0.118


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 -0.808 0.808
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.000 0.000 -0.803 0.803


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.882 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.750
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.752
Polar
3z2-r21.504
x2-y2-8.760
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 121.242
(<r2>)1/2 11.011