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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.783315
Energy at 298.15K-228.788300
Nuclear repulsion energy194.152409
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/3-21G*
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 3382 3053 4.46      
2 A1 3366 3038 17.04      
3 A1 3349 3022 0.01      
4 A1 1619 1462 4.26      
5 A1 1576 1423 10.34      
6 A1 1249 1127 0.00      
7 A1 1113 1005 0.09      
8 A1 1059 956 4.14      
9 A1 979 884 0.09      
10 A1 668 603 0.47      
11 A2 1050 948 0.00      
12 A2 882 796 0.00      
13 A2 414 374 0.00      
14 B1 1088 982 0.02      
15 B1 963 869 1.90      
16 B1 784 707 100.77      
17 B1 714 645 29.91      
18 B1 446 402 3.10      
19 B2 3374 3045 26.34      
20 B2 3357 3030 1.98      
21 B2 1639 1480 2.37      
22 B2 1569 1416 6.11      
23 B2 1413 1276 1.53      
24 B2 1373 1239 0.01      
25 B2 1271 1147 0.10      
26 B2 1106 998 0.85      
27 B2 667 602 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20233.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18262.8 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.20817 0.18676 0.09844

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.415
C2 0.000 1.227 0.768
C3 0.000 -1.227 0.768
C4 0.000 1.217 -0.635
C5 0.000 -1.217 -0.635
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.327
H7 0.000 2.150 1.313
H8 0.000 -2.150 1.313
H9 0.000 2.142 -1.177
H10 0.000 -2.142 -1.177
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.399

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.38731.38732.38372.38372.74182.15192.15193.36233.36233.8139
C21.38732.45441.40252.81822.42781.07143.42042.14903.89023.3964
C31.38732.45442.81821.40252.42783.42041.07143.89022.14903.3964
C42.38371.40252.81822.43441.40032.15933.88951.07213.40282.1435
C52.38372.81821.40252.43441.40033.88952.15933.40281.07212.1435
C62.74182.42782.42781.40031.40033.40443.40442.14742.14741.0721
H72.15191.07143.42042.15933.88953.40444.29902.48974.96154.2895
H82.15193.42041.07143.88952.15933.40444.29904.96152.48974.2895
H93.36232.14903.89021.07213.40282.14742.48974.96154.28432.4664
H103.36233.89022.14903.40281.07212.14744.96152.48974.28432.4664
H113.81393.39643.39642.14352.14351.07214.28954.28952.46642.4664

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 117.391 C1 C2 H7 121.617
C1 C3 C5 117.391 C1 C3 H8 121.617
C2 C1 C3 124.403 C2 C4 C6 120.039
C2 C4 H9 119.963 C3 C5 C6 120.039
C3 C5 H10 119.963 C4 C2 H7 120.993
C4 C6 C5 120.738 C4 C6 H11 119.631
C5 C3 H8 120.993 C5 C6 H11 119.631
C6 C4 H9 119.998 C6 C5 H10 119.998
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.046      
2 C -0.284      
3 C -0.284      
4 C -0.231      
5 C -0.231      
6 C -0.239      
7 H 0.250      
8 H 0.250      
9 H 0.241      
10 H 0.241      
11 H 0.239      


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 -0.758 0.758
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.999 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -30.230 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.542
Traceless
 xyz
x -8.113 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.541 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.573
Polar
3z2-r23.146
x2-y2-9.769
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> 122.331
(<r2>)1/2 11.060