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Compare vibrational frequencies in CCCBDB for C6H6 (Benzvalene)

PBEPBE/3-21G*

18 11 26 13 55
Frequency in cm-1
  Calculated   Experimental
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency Scaled
Frequency
Harm.
diff
Fund.
diff
Symmetry Harmonic
Frequency
Fundamental
Frequency
Comment
1 A1 3211 3062   -41 A1   3103  
2 A1 3200 3052   -29 A1   3081  
3 A1 3166 3019   24 A1   2995  
4 A1 1569 1496   -60 A1   1556  
5 A1 1320 1259   -117 A1   1376 authors label as uncertain
6 A1 1143 1090   -277 A1   1367  
7 A1 1100 1049   -114 A1   1163  
8 A1 979 934   -156 A1   1090  
9 A1 879 839   -133 A1   972  
10 A1 777 741   -255 A1   996  
11 A1 700 668   12 A1   656  
12 A2 1098 1047   -47 A2   1094 authors label as uncertain
13 A2 909 866   -44 A2   910  
14 A2 890 849   49 A2   800 authors label as uncertain
15 A2 732 698   -76 A2   774 authors label as uncertain
16 A2 522 498   -38 A2   536  
17 B1 3176 3029   -57 B1   3086  
18 B1 1086 1036   -65 B1   1101 authors label as uncertain
19 B1 986 940   179 B1   761 authors label as uncertain
20 B1 738 704   -38 B1   742  
21 B1 610 582   -46 B1   628  
22 B1 502 479   -21 B1   500  
23 B2 3181 3033   -52 B2   3085  
24 B2 3167 3019   -52 B2   3071  
25 B2 1306 1245   -70 B2   1315  
26 B2 1236 1179   -62 B2   1241  
27 B2 1156 1102   -82 B2   1184  
28 B2 960 915   -60 B2   975 authors label as uncertain
29 B2 851 812   -38 B2   850  
30 B2 802 764   -48 B2   812  
The calculated vibrational frequencies were scaled by 0.9535

See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Set scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Calculate a scale factor to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
See section Calculated; Vibrations; Scale Factors; Scale factor uncertainty for information on where the above scaling factor is from.