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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.073976
Energy at 298.15K-230.078850
Nuclear repulsion energy194.051590
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 HF/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 3369 3041 7.04      
2 A1 3356 3029 25.76      
3 A1 3336 3012 0.12      
4 A1 1636 1477 0.59      
5 A1 1577 1424 8.69      
6 A1 1228 1109 0.03      
7 A1 1086 981 1.51      
8 A1 1060 956 2.41      
9 A1 989 893 0.17      
10 A1 640 578 0.77      
11 A2 1002 904 0.00      
12 A2 850 767 0.00      
13 A2 404 364 0.00      
14 B1 1030 930 0.00      
15 B1 920 831 0.75      
16 B1 755 682 74.39      
17 B1 686 619 14.30      
18 B1 436 393 2.53      
19 B2 3363 3035 41.79      
20 B2 3345 3019 4.50      
21 B2 1664 1502 0.77      
22 B2 1553 1402 6.07      
23 B2 1395 1259 0.72      
24 B2 1392 1256 0.31      
25 B2 1237 1117 0.17      
26 B2 1116 1007 0.70      
27 B2 636 574 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20030.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18079.3 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.20831 0.18640 0.09837

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.412
C2 0.000 1.229 0.768
C3 0.000 -1.229 0.768
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.634
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.634
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.327
H7 0.000 2.154 1.317
H8 0.000 -2.154 1.317
H9 0.000 2.145 -1.179
H10 0.000 -2.145 -1.179
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.402

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.38741.38742.38112.38112.73912.15582.15583.36393.36393.8147
C21.38742.45771.40232.81972.42891.07513.42672.15203.89553.4005
C31.38742.45772.81971.40232.42893.42671.07513.89552.15203.4005
C42.38111.40232.81972.43491.40072.16363.89471.07593.40642.1469
C52.38112.81971.40232.43491.40073.89472.16363.40641.07592.1469
C62.73912.42892.42891.40071.40073.40963.40962.15022.15021.0756
H72.15581.07513.42672.16363.89473.40964.30732.49544.97064.2975
H82.15583.42671.07513.89472.16363.40964.30734.97062.49544.2975
H93.36392.15203.89551.07593.40642.15022.49544.97064.29032.4695
H103.36393.89552.15203.40641.07592.15024.97062.49544.29032.4695
H113.81473.40053.40052.14692.14691.07564.29754.29752.46952.4695

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 117.191 C1 C2 H7 121.681
C1 C3 C5 117.191 C1 C3 H8 121.681
C2 C1 C3 124.684 C2 C4 C6 120.109
C2 C4 H9 119.959 C3 C5 C6 120.109
C3 C5 H10 119.959 C4 C2 H7 121.128
C4 C6 C5 120.716 C4 C6 H11 119.642
C5 C3 H8 121.128 C5 C6 H11 119.642
C6 C4 H9 119.932 C6 C5 H10 119.932
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.002      
2 C -0.163      
3 C -0.163      
4 C -0.141      
5 C -0.141      
6 C -0.146      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.155      
9 H 0.149      
10 H 0.149      
11 H 0.148      


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 -0.692 0.692
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.633 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.107 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.246
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.957 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.124
Polar
3z2-r22.248
x2-y2-8.527
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> 122.073
(<r2>)1/2 11.049