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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.962807
Energy at 298.15K-307.968188
HF Energy-307.962807
Nuclear repulsion energy310.623527
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3183 3131 16.06      
2 A1 3142 3090 18.49      
3 A1 3126 3074 9.93      
4 A1 1673 1646 2.40      
5 A1 1540 1515 1.11      
6 A1 1489 1464 1.15      
7 A1 1414 1391 8.06      
8 A1 1164 1145 0.00      
9 A1 1088 1070 0.00      
10 A1 1043 1026 1.00      
11 A1 974 958 2.93      
12 A1 803 789 0.13      
13 A1 535 526 0.14      
14 A2 915 900 0.00      
15 A2 863 849 0.00      
16 A2 829 815 0.00      
17 A2 756 743 0.00      
18 A2 561 552 0.00      
19 A2 286 282 0.00      
20 B1 867 853 6.92      
21 B1 721 709 91.75      
22 B1 695 684 1.27      
23 B1 350 344 1.53      
24 B1 227 224 8.78      
25 B2 3153 3101 3.36      
26 B2 3133 3082 36.26      
27 B2 3115 3063 0.02      
28 B2 1614 1588 0.19      
29 B2 1428 1404 2.99      
30 B2 1274 1253 3.14      
31 B2 1219 1198 12.51      
32 B2 1076 1059 1.36      
33 B2 1019 1002 1.41      
34 B2 846 832 0.27      
35 B2 633 623 0.87      
36 B2 412 405 3.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23582.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23193.6 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.15920 0.07251 0.04982

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.450 -0.623
C2 0.000 0.691 -1.856
C3 0.000 -0.691 -1.856
C4 0.000 -1.450 -0.623
C5 0.000 -0.681 2.052
C6 0.000 0.681 2.052
C7 0.000 0.721 0.533
C8 0.000 -0.721 0.533
H9 0.000 2.546 -0.654
H10 0.000 1.236 -2.806
H11 0.000 -1.236 -2.806
H12 0.000 -2.546 -0.654
H13 0.000 -1.458 2.820
H14 0.000 1.458 2.820

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44792.47052.90073.42032.78371.36672.46031.09572.19323.46113.99614.50723.4430
C21.44791.38142.47054.14153.90782.38892.77492.21011.09532.14803.45225.14584.7381
C32.47051.38141.44793.90784.14152.77492.38893.45222.14801.09532.21014.73815.1458
C42.90072.47051.44792.78373.42032.46031.36673.99613.46112.19321.09573.44304.5072
C53.42034.14153.90782.78371.36142.06731.51974.21105.22234.88953.28651.09282.2727
C62.78373.90784.14153.42031.36141.51972.06733.28654.88955.22234.21102.27271.0928
C71.36672.38892.77492.46032.06731.51971.44292.17643.37823.87023.47603.15932.4027
C82.46032.77492.38891.36671.51972.06731.44293.47603.87023.37822.17642.40273.1593
H91.09572.21013.45223.99614.21103.28652.17643.47602.51914.35085.09125.30093.6400
H102.19321.09532.14803.46115.22234.88953.37823.87022.51912.47154.35086.23755.6300
H113.46112.14801.09532.19324.88955.22233.87023.37824.35082.47152.51915.63006.2375
H123.99613.45222.21011.09573.28654.21103.47602.17645.09124.35082.51913.64005.3009
H134.50725.14584.73813.44301.09282.27273.15932.40275.30096.23755.63003.64002.9167
H143.44304.73815.14584.50722.27271.09282.40273.15933.64005.63006.23755.30092.9167

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.644 C1 C2 H10 118.514
C1 C7 C6 149.305 C1 C7 N8 122.230
C2 C1 C7 116.126 C2 C1 H9 120.029
C2 C3 C4 121.644 C2 C3 H11 119.842
C3 C2 H10 119.842 C3 C4 N8 116.126
C3 C4 H12 120.029 C4 C3 H11 118.514
C4 N8 C5 149.305 C4 N8 C7 122.230
C5 C6 C7 91.535 C5 C6 H14 135.368
C5 N8 C7 88.465 C6 C5 N8 91.535
C6 C5 H13 135.368 C6 C7 N8 88.465
C7 C1 H9 123.845 C7 C6 H14 133.097
N8 C4 H12 123.845 N8 C5 H13 133.097
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.254      
2 C -0.144      
3 C -0.144      
4 C -0.254      
5 C -0.171      
6 C -0.171      
7 C 0.146      
8 C 0.146      
9 H 0.138      
10 H 0.135      
11 H 0.135      
12 H 0.138      
13 H 0.150      
14 H 0.150      


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 0.653 0.653
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -49.546 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.576
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.551 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.147 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.404
Polar
3z2-r210.808
x2-y2-9.132
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.090 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.175 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.399


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 222.383
(<r2>)1/2 14.913