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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 2A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.180034
Energy at 298.15K-230.184716
Nuclear repulsion energy192.669191
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/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 3133 3112 7.42      
2 A1 3116 3095 8.13      
3 A1 3099 3079 1.19      
4 A1 1504 1495 0.01      
5 A1 1441 1432 11.49      
6 A1 1179 1172 0.08      
7 A1 1028 1022 4.95      
8 A1 996 989 3.37      
9 A1 983 976 0.00      
10 A1 627 623 1.57      
11 A2 938 932 0.00      
12 A2 788 783 0.00      
13 A2 395 392 0.00      
14 B1 970 964 0.27      
15 B1 872 866 0.96      
16 B1 709 705 58.56      
17 B1 669 665 35.48      
18 B1 422 420 4.85      
19 B2 3119 3099 25.48      
20 B2 3104 3084 1.84      
21 B2 1553 1543 2.45      
22 B2 1445 1436 7.24      
23 B2 1322 1313 0.08      
24 B2 1258 1250 1.01      
25 B2 1193 1185 0.24      
26 B2 1048 1041 2.26      
27 B2 609 605 0.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18759.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18637.6 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.20524 0.18417 0.09707

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/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 1.233 0.779
C3 0.000 -1.233 0.779
C4 0.000 1.225 -0.640
C5 0.000 -1.225 -0.640
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.337
H7 0.000 2.176 1.330
H8 0.000 -2.176 1.330
H9 0.000 2.170 -1.186
H10 0.000 -2.170 -1.186
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.428

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.38801.38802.39242.39242.75192.17722.17723.38773.38773.8432
C21.38802.46691.41862.83802.44861.09133.45322.17673.93003.4356
C31.38802.46692.83801.41862.44863.45321.09133.93002.17673.4356
C42.39241.41862.83802.44911.40892.18703.92931.09203.43842.1671
C52.39242.83801.41862.44911.40893.92932.18703.43841.09202.1671
C62.75192.44862.44861.40891.40893.44113.44112.17532.17531.0913
H72.17721.09133.45322.18703.92933.44114.35112.51575.02134.3418
H82.17723.45321.09133.92932.18703.44114.35115.02132.51574.3418
H93.38772.17673.93001.09203.43842.17532.51575.02134.34032.5003
H103.38773.93002.17673.43841.09202.17535.02132.51574.34032.5003
H113.84323.43563.43562.16712.16711.09134.34184.34182.50032.5003

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.942 C1 C2 H7 122.384
C1 C3 C5 116.942 C1 C3 H8 122.384
C2 C1 C3 125.401 C2 C4 C6 119.995
C2 C4 H9 119.655 C3 C5 C6 119.995
C3 C5 H10 119.655 C4 C2 H7 120.674
C4 C6 C5 120.725 C4 C6 H11 119.637
C5 C3 H8 120.674 C5 C6 H11 119.637
C6 C4 H9 120.350 C6 C5 H10 120.350
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.047      
2 C -0.226      
3 C -0.226      
4 C -0.152      
5 C -0.152      
6 C -0.166      
7 H 0.182      
8 H 0.182      
9 H 0.171      
10 H 0.171      
11 H 0.169      


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 -0.883 0.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.946 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.629 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.388
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.438 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.538 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.900
Polar
3z2-r21.800
x2-y2-9.317
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> 123.535
(<r2>)1/2 11.115