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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-36.802838
Energy at 298.15K-36.807475
Nuclear repulsion energy95.232057
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/CEP-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 3193 3084 6.79      
2 A1 3179 3070 16.56      
3 A1 3143 3036 0.39      
4 A1 1584 1530 1.00      
5 A1 1457 1407 7.65      
6 A1 1158 1118 0.09      
7 A1 1043 1007 12.67      
8 A1 1010 975 0.17      
9 A1 943 911 0.32      
10 A1 587 567 0.91      
11 A2 979 945 0.00      
12 A2 835 807 0.00      
13 A2 390 377 0.00      
14 B1 998 963 0.28      
15 B1 908 877 0.74      
16 B1 736 711 143.14      
17 B1 640 618 5.76      
18 B1 410 396 5.69      
19 B2 3186 3077 25.03      
20 B2 3157 3048 10.47      
21 B2 1636 1580 1.96      
22 B2 1445 1395 5.87      
23 B2 1360 1313 0.62      
24 B2 1286 1242 0.00      
25 B2 1153 1113 0.14      
26 B2 1065 1028 6.40      
27 B2 573 553 0.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19026.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18374.1 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.20275 0.18081 0.09558

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.424
C2 0.000 1.249 0.783
C3 0.000 -1.249 0.783
C4 0.000 1.234 -0.643
C5 0.000 -1.234 -0.643
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.346
H7 0.000 2.191 1.340
H8 0.000 -2.191 1.340
H9 0.000 2.181 -1.194
H10 0.000 -2.181 -1.194
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.441

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.40371.40372.40682.40682.76972.19222.19223.40683.40683.8641
C21.40372.49831.42632.86332.46871.09383.48452.18553.95893.4574
C31.40372.49832.86331.42632.46873.48451.09383.95892.18553.4574
C42.40681.42632.86332.46731.42002.20193.95711.09563.45862.1802
C52.40682.86331.42632.46731.42003.95712.20193.45861.09562.1802
C62.76972.46872.46871.42001.42003.46623.46622.18622.18621.0944
H72.19221.09383.48452.20193.95713.46624.38122.53395.05274.3695
H82.19223.48451.09383.95712.20193.46624.38125.05272.53394.3695
H93.40682.18553.95891.09563.45862.18622.53395.05274.36172.5121
H103.40683.95892.18553.45861.09562.18625.05272.53394.36172.5121
H113.86413.45743.45742.18022.18021.09444.36954.36952.51212.5121

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.518 C1 C2 H7 122.257
C1 C3 C5 116.518 C1 C3 H8 122.257
C2 C1 C3 125.722 C2 C4 C6 120.303
C2 C4 H9 119.555 C3 C5 C6 120.303
C3 C5 H10 119.555 C4 C2 H7 121.225
C4 C6 C5 120.637 C4 C6 H11 119.682
C5 C3 H8 121.225 C5 C6 H11 119.682
C6 C4 H9 120.142 C6 C5 H10 120.142
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.054      
2 C -0.291      
3 C -0.291      
4 C -0.295      
5 C -0.295      
6 C -0.242      
7 H 0.304      
8 H 0.304      
9 H 0.286      
10 H 0.286      
11 H 0.290      


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 -0.995 0.995
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.880 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.687 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.137
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.968 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.322 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.646
Polar
3z2-r21.292
x2-y2-10.193
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> 100.702
(<r2>)1/2 10.035