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Listing of experimental geometry data for C8H8 (cubane)

Rotational Constants (cm-1)


See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
A B C
0.11220 0.11220 0.11220
Rotational Constants from 1984Pin/Mak:891
Calculated rotational constants for C8H8 (cubane).

Point Group Oh

Internal coordinates

(distances (r) in Å) (angles (a) in degrees) (dihedrals (d) in degrees)
Description Value Connectivity Reference Comment
Atom 1 Atom 2 Atom 3 Atom 4
rCC 1.571 1 2 1998Kuc
rCH 1.097 1 9 1998Kuc r0 values
aCCC 90 1 2 4 symmetry
aHCC 125.264 2 1 9 symmetry
picture of cubane

Bond descriptions


Examples: C-C single bond, C=C, double bond, C#C triple bond, C:C aromatic bond
Bond Type Count
C-C 12
H-C 8
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.7854 0.7854 0.7854
C2 -0.7854 0.7854 0.7854
C3 0.7854 0.7854 -0.7854
C4 -0.7854 0.7854 -0.7854
C5 0.7854 -0.7854 0.7854
C6 -0.7854 -0.7854 0.7854
C7 0.7854 -0.7854 -0.7854
C8 -0.7854 -0.7854 -0.7854
H9 1.4188 1.4188 1.4188
H10 -1.4188 1.4188 1.4188
H11 1.4188 1.4188 -1.4188
H12 -1.4188 1.4188 -1.4188
H13 1.4188 -1.4188 1.4188
H14 -1.4188 -1.4188 1.4188
H15 1.4188 -1.4188 -1.4188
H16 -1.4188 -1.4188 -1.4188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.57081.57082.22141.57082.22142.22142.72071.09702.37922.37923.18082.37923.18083.18083.8177
C21.57082.22141.57082.22141.57082.72072.22142.37921.09703.18082.37923.18082.37923.81773.1808
C31.57082.22141.57082.22142.72071.57082.22142.37923.18081.09702.37923.18083.81772.37923.1808
C42.22141.57081.57082.72072.22142.22141.57083.18082.37922.37921.09703.81773.18083.18082.3792
C51.57082.22142.22142.72071.57081.57082.22142.37923.18083.18083.81771.09702.37922.37923.1808
C62.22141.57082.72072.22141.57082.22141.57083.18082.37923.81773.18082.37921.09703.18082.3792
C72.22142.72071.57082.22141.57082.22141.57083.18083.81772.37923.18082.37923.18081.09702.3792
C82.72072.22142.22141.57082.22141.57081.57083.81773.18083.18082.37923.18082.37922.37921.0970
H91.09702.37922.37923.18082.37923.18083.18083.81772.83752.83754.01282.83754.01284.01284.9147
H102.37921.09703.18082.37923.18082.37923.81773.18082.83754.01282.83754.01282.83754.91474.0128
H112.37923.18081.09702.37923.18083.81772.37923.18082.83754.01282.83754.01284.91472.83754.0128
H123.18082.37922.37921.09703.81773.18083.18082.37924.01282.83752.83754.91474.01284.01282.8375
H132.37923.18083.18083.81771.09702.37922.37923.18082.83754.01284.01284.91472.83752.83754.0128
H143.18082.37923.81773.18082.37921.09703.18082.37924.01282.83754.91474.01282.83754.01282.8375
H153.18083.81772.37923.18082.37923.18081.09702.37924.01284.91472.83754.01282.83754.01282.8375
H163.81773.18083.18082.37923.18082.37922.37921.09704.91474.01284.01282.83754.01282.83752.8375

Calculated geometries for C8H8 (cubane).
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squib reference DOI
1984Pin/Mak:891 AS Pine, AG Maki, AG Robiette, BJ Krohn, JKG Watson, Th Urbanek, " Tunable Laser Spectra of the Infrared-Active Fundamentals of Cubane" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1984, 106, 891-897 10.1021/ja00316a009
1998Kuc K Kuchitsu(ed) "Structure of Free Polyatomic Molecules - Basic Data" Springer, Berlin, 1998 10.1007/978-3-642-45748-7 

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