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All results from a given calculation for C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-309.462328
Energy at 298.15K-309.470057
Nuclear repulsion energy323.677088
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3166 3029 0.00      
2 A1 1753 1677 0.00      
3 A1 1247 1193 0.00      
4 A1 901 862 0.00      
5 A1 785 751 0.00      
6 A1 177 170 0.00      
7 A2 3132 2997 0.00      
8 A2 1391 1331 0.00      
9 A2 1008 964 0.00      
10 A2 938 898 0.00      
11 A2 229 220 0.00      
12 B1 3141 3005 0.00      
13 B1 1488 1423 0.00      
14 B1 1060 1014 0.00      
15 B1 979 937 0.00      
16 B1 671 642 0.00      
17 B1 257 246 0.00      
18 B2 3152 3016 41.84      
19 B2 1727 1652 0.76      
20 B2 1248 1194 0.88      
21 B2 686 656 84.67      
22 B2 288 276 1.74      
23 E 3159 3023 80.18      
23 E 3159 3023 80.18      
24 E 3136 3000 1.49      
24 E 3136 3000 1.49      
25 E 1726 1651 1.72      
25 E 1726 1651 1.72      
26 E 1444 1381 0.09      
26 E 1444 1381 0.09      
27 E 1262 1208 0.77      
27 E 1262 1208 0.77      
28 E 998 955 0.47      
28 E 998 955 0.47      
29 E 972 930 1.38      
29 E 972 930 1.38      
30 E 818 783 18.70      
30 E 818 783 18.70      
31 E 646 618 19.40      
31 E 646 618 19.40      
32 E 357 342 1.22      
32 E 357 342 1.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29231.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27965.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.08997 0.08997 0.05063

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.671 1.562 0.379
C2 -0.671 1.562 0.379
C3 0.671 -1.562 0.379
C4 -0.671 -1.562 0.379
C5 1.562 0.671 -0.379
C6 -1.562 0.671 -0.379
C7 1.562 -0.671 -0.379
C8 -1.562 -0.671 -0.379
H9 1.174 2.351 0.941
H10 -1.174 2.351 0.941
H11 1.174 -2.351 0.941
H12 -1.174 -2.351 0.941
H13 2.351 1.174 -0.941
H14 -2.351 1.174 -0.941
H15 2.351 -1.174 -0.941
H16 -2.351 -1.174 -0.941

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.34143.12333.39911.47002.52002.52003.24651.09182.08393.98434.36182.17083.31943.47104.2841
C21.34143.39913.12332.52001.47003.24652.52002.08391.09184.36183.98433.31942.17084.28413.4710
C33.12333.39911.34142.52003.24651.47002.52003.98434.36181.09182.08393.47104.28412.17083.3194
C43.39913.12331.34143.24652.52002.52001.47004.36183.98432.08391.09184.28413.47103.31942.1708
C51.47002.52002.52003.24653.12331.34143.39912.17083.47103.31944.28411.09183.98432.08394.3618
C62.52001.47003.24652.52003.12333.39911.34143.47102.17084.28413.31943.98431.09184.36182.0839
C72.52003.24651.47002.52001.34143.39913.12333.31944.28412.17083.47102.08394.36181.09183.9843
C83.24652.52002.52001.47003.39911.34143.12334.28413.31943.47102.17084.36182.08393.98431.0918
H91.09182.08393.98434.36182.17083.47103.31944.28412.34874.70115.25522.51124.16514.16515.3281
H102.08391.09184.36183.98433.47102.17084.28413.31942.34875.25524.70114.16512.51125.32814.1651
H113.98434.36181.09182.08393.31944.28412.17083.47104.70115.25522.34874.16515.32812.51124.1651
H124.36183.98432.08391.09184.28413.31943.47102.17085.25524.70112.34875.32814.16514.16512.5112
H132.17083.31943.47104.28411.09183.98432.08394.36182.51124.16514.16515.32814.70112.34875.2552
H143.31942.17084.28413.47103.98431.09184.36182.08394.16512.51125.32814.16514.70115.25522.3487
H153.47104.28412.17083.31942.08394.36181.09183.98434.16515.32812.51124.16512.34875.25524.7011
H164.28413.47103.31942.17084.36182.08393.98431.09185.32814.16514.16512.51125.25522.34874.7011

picture of cyclooctatetraene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C6 127.308 C1 C2 H10 117.470
C1 C5 C7 127.308 C1 C5 H13 115.059
C2 C1 C5 127.308 C2 C1 H9 117.470
C2 C6 C8 127.308 C2 C6 H14 115.059
C3 C4 C8 127.308 C3 C4 H12 117.470
C3 C7 C5 127.308 C3 C7 H15 115.059
C4 C3 C7 127.308 C4 C3 H11 117.470
C4 C8 C6 127.308 C4 C8 H16 115.059
C5 C1 H9 115.059 C5 C7 H15 117.470
C6 C2 H10 115.059 C6 C8 H16 117.470
C7 C3 H11 115.059 C7 C5 H13 117.470
C8 C4 H12 115.059 C8 C6 H14 117.470
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.162      
2 C -0.162      
3 C -0.162      
4 C -0.162      
5 C -0.162      
6 C -0.162      
7 C -0.162      
8 C -0.162      
9 H 0.162      
10 H 0.162      
11 H 0.162      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.162      
14 H 0.162      
15 H 0.162      
16 H 0.162      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -42.678 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -42.678 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.247
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.785 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.785 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.569
Polar
3z2-r2-11.138
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 13.852 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.852 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.704


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 235.655
(<r2>)1/2 15.351