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All results from a given calculation for C6H4 (Benzyne)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.817023
Energy at 298.15K-230.819913
HF Energy-230.817023
Nuclear repulsion energy185.973262
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 3129 3104 6.16      
2 A1 3106 3081 8.40      
3 A1 1948 1932 0.12      
4 A1 1457 1445 1.43      
5 A1 1290 1280 0.91      
6 A1 1143 1133 0.39      
7 A1 1058 1050 20.64      
8 A1 975 967 3.71      
9 A1 606 601 0.54      
10 A2 916 908 0.00      
11 A2 836 829 0.00      
12 A2 574 570 0.00      
13 A2 422 419 0.00      
14 B1 869 862 0.16      
15 B1 729 723 52.70      
16 B1 384 381 3.27      
17 B2 3125 3099 53.72      
18 B2 3090 3065 1.13      
19 B2 1423 1411 11.91      
20 B2 1390 1379 2.85      
21 B2 1251 1241 0.00      
22 B2 1080 1072 0.70      
23 B2 821 814 26.30      
24 B2 410 407 98.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16015.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15885.8 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
0.23008 0.18759 0.10334

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 0.632 -1.248
C2 0.000 -0.632 -1.248
C3 0.000 1.471 -0.137
C4 0.000 -1.471 -0.137
C5 0.000 0.707 1.070
C6 0.000 -0.707 1.070
H7 0.000 2.564 -0.139
H8 0.000 -2.564 -0.139
H9 0.000 1.235 2.030
H10 0.000 -1.235 2.030

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.26331.39232.37832.31932.67662.22833.38293.33353.7728
C21.26332.37831.39232.67662.31933.38292.22833.77283.3335
C31.39232.37832.94291.42952.49041.09274.03562.18083.4679
C42.37831.39232.94292.49041.42954.03561.09273.46792.1808
C52.31932.67661.42952.49041.41302.21633.48691.09632.1663
C62.67662.31932.49041.42951.41303.48692.21632.16631.0963
H72.22833.38291.09274.03562.21633.48695.12832.54384.3750
H83.38292.22834.03561.09273.48692.21635.12834.37502.5438
H93.33353.77282.18083.46791.09632.16632.54384.37502.4706
H103.77283.33353.46792.18082.16631.09634.37502.54382.4706

picture of Benzyne state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 127.098 C1 C3 C5 110.550
C1 C3 H7 127.038 C2 C1 C3 127.098
C2 C4 C6 110.550 C2 C4 H8 127.038
C3 C5 C6 122.352 C3 C5 H9 118.808
C4 C6 C5 122.352 C4 C6 H10 118.808
C5 C3 H7 122.412 C5 C6 H10 118.839
C6 C4 H8 122.412 C6 C5 H9 118.839
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.007      
2 C -0.007      
3 C -0.125      
4 C -0.125      
5 C -0.102      
6 C -0.102      
7 H 0.118      
8 H 0.118      
9 H 0.115      
10 H 0.115      


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 1.433 1.433
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.581 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -29.367 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.604
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.096 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.726 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.630
Polar
3z2-r2-1.261
x2-y2-7.215
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.027 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 11.321 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 9.223


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 114.517
(<r2>)1/2 10.701