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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.507641
Energy at 298.15K-231.512220
Nuclear repulsion energy193.249451
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 BLYP/6-311G*
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 3102 3094 18.30      
2 A1 3086 3078 8.93      
3 A1 3068 3060 3.10      
4 A1 1516 1512 0.45      
5 A1 1428 1424 7.62      
6 A1 1148 1145 0.11      
7 A1 1021 1019 8.36      
8 A1 984 982 0.21      
9 A1 964 962 2.30      
10 A1 606 605 2.14      
11 A2 903 901 0.00      
12 A2 767 765 0.00      
13 A2 386 385 0.00      
14 B1 933 930 0.28      
15 B1 846 844 0.26      
16 B1 689 687 74.95      
17 B1 646 644 20.13      
18 B1 413 411 6.12      
19 B2 3088 3081 46.43      
20 B2 3074 3066 3.84      
21 B2 1569 1566 1.92      
22 B2 1424 1421 5.84      
23 B2 1297 1294 0.38      
24 B2 1270 1267 0.64      
25 B2 1152 1149 0.20      
26 B2 1042 1039 3.49      
27 B2 586 585 0.58      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18503.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18457.0 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.20689 0.18510 0.09770

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.407
C2 0.000 1.231 0.777
C3 0.000 -1.231 0.777
C4 0.000 1.220 -0.637
C5 0.000 -1.220 -0.637
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.332
H7 0.000 2.173 1.329
H8 0.000 -2.173 1.329
H9 0.000 2.167 -1.183
H10 0.000 -2.167 -1.183
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.424

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.38251.38252.37972.37972.73832.17472.17473.37683.37683.8304
C21.38252.46161.41352.82932.44161.09253.44872.17233.92263.4293
C31.38252.46162.82931.41352.44163.44871.09253.92262.17233.4293
C42.37971.41352.82932.44021.40422.18503.92181.09333.43082.1640
C52.37972.82931.41352.44021.40423.92182.18503.43081.09332.1640
C62.73832.44162.44161.40421.40423.43593.43592.17192.17191.0921
H72.17471.09253.44872.18503.92183.43594.34672.51295.01514.3372
H82.17473.44871.09253.92182.18503.43594.34675.01512.51294.3372
H93.37682.17233.92261.09333.43082.17192.51295.01514.33372.4968
H103.37683.92262.17233.43081.09332.17195.01512.51294.33372.4968
H113.83043.42933.42932.16402.16401.09214.33724.33722.49682.4968

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.657 C1 C2 H7 122.526
C1 C3 C5 116.657 C1 C3 H8 122.526
C2 C1 C3 125.817 C2 C4 C6 120.107
C2 C4 H9 119.575 C3 C5 C6 120.107
C3 C5 H10 119.575 C4 C2 H7 120.817
C4 C6 C5 120.655 C4 C6 H11 119.672
C5 C3 H8 120.817 C5 C6 H11 119.672
C6 C4 H9 120.319 C6 C5 H10 120.319
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.029      
2 C -0.214      
3 C -0.214      
4 C -0.180      
5 C -0.180      
6 C -0.169      
7 H 0.193      
8 H 0.193      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.180      
11 H 0.181      


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 -0.890 0.890
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.990 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.147
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.835 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.404 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.430
Polar
3z2-r20.861
x2-y2-8.826
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> 123.215
(<r2>)1/2 11.100