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All results from a given calculation for C6H5 (phenyl)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.453207
Energy at 298.15K-231.457779
HF Energy-231.453207
Nuclear repulsion energy192.828410
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/6-31G*
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 3119 3094 14.22      
2 A1 3106 3081 10.39      
3 A1 3086 3061 2.51      
4 A1 1530 1518 0.52      
5 A1 1441 1429 4.88      
6 A1 1155 1146 0.16      
7 A1 1029 1021 5.81      
8 A1 990 982 0.07      
9 A1 958 951 2.14      
10 A1 603 598 2.34      
11 A2 912 905 0.00      
12 A2 779 772 0.00      
13 A2 387 384 0.00      
14 B1 943 935 0.25      
15 B1 855 848 0.18      
16 B1 697 692 52.75      
17 B1 646 640 7.11      
18 B1 414 411 4.05      
19 B2 3108 3083 38.14      
20 B2 3092 3067 7.41      
21 B2 1583 1571 1.45      
22 B2 1434 1422 4.52      
23 B2 1314 1303 0.41      
24 B2 1281 1270 0.30      
25 B2 1158 1148 0.33      
26 B2 1049 1041 2.33      
27 B2 584 579 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18625.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18474.7 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/6-31G*
ABC
0.20599 0.18428 0.09726

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.404
C2 0.000 1.236 0.781
C3 0.000 -1.236 0.781
C4 0.000 1.224 -0.638
C5 0.000 -1.224 -0.638
C6 0.000 0.000 -1.333
H7 0.000 2.176 1.340
H8 0.000 -2.176 1.340
H9 0.000 2.169 -1.193
H10 0.000 -2.169 -1.193
H11 0.000 0.000 -2.428

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.38421.38422.38092.38092.73762.17742.17743.38373.38373.8321
C21.38422.47171.41902.83952.44901.09433.45782.18343.93543.4385
C31.38422.47172.83951.41902.44903.45781.09433.93542.18343.4385
C42.38091.41902.83952.44741.40742.19563.93371.09593.43742.1681
C52.38092.83951.41902.44741.40743.93372.19563.43741.09592.1681
C62.73762.44902.44901.40741.40743.44733.44732.17312.17311.0944
H72.17741.09433.45782.19563.93373.44734.35302.53325.02964.3512
H82.17743.45781.09433.93372.19563.44734.35305.02962.53324.3512
H93.38372.18343.93541.09593.43742.17312.53325.02964.33712.4954
H103.38373.93542.18343.43741.09592.17315.02962.53324.33712.4954
H113.83213.43853.43852.16812.16811.09444.35124.35122.49542.4954

picture of phenyl state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.277 C1 C2 H7 122.507
C1 C3 C5 116.277 C1 C3 H8 122.507
C2 C1 C3 126.465 C2 C4 C6 120.096
C2 C4 H9 119.944 C3 C5 C6 120.096
C3 C5 H10 119.944 C4 C2 H7 121.216
C4 C6 C5 120.790 C4 C6 H11 119.605
C5 C3 H8 121.216 C5 C6 H11 119.605
C6 C4 H9 119.961 C6 C5 H10 119.961
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.013      
2 C -0.140      
3 C -0.140      
4 C -0.094      
5 C -0.094      
6 C -0.099      
7 H 0.118      
8 H 0.118      
9 H 0.107      
10 H 0.107      
11 H 0.106      


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 -0.800 0.800
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.637 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.911 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.417
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.973 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.616 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.357
Polar
3z2-r20.713
x2-y2-7.726
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.152 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.990


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 123.171
(<r2>)1/2 11.098