return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-47.303419
Energy at 298.15K-47.309522
HF Energy-47.303419
Nuclear repulsion energy153.350319
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 HF/CEP-121G*
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 3416 3086 15.17      
2 A1 3368 3043 24.68      
3 A1 3351 3028 20.91      
4 A1 1827 1651 2.30      
5 A1 1695 1531 4.56      
6 A1 1586 1433 12.77      
7 A1 1534 1385 10.30      
8 A1 1264 1142 0.05      
9 A1 1168 1055 0.61      
10 A1 1151 1040 0.18      
11 A1 987 891 5.31      
12 A1 866 782 0.24      
13 A1 577 522 0.27      
14 A2 1093 987 0.00      
15 A2 1043 942 0.00      
16 A2 988 893 0.00      
17 A2 844 762 0.00      
18 A2 626 565 0.00      
19 A2 323 292 0.00      
20 B1 1026 927 18.52      
21 B1 847 766 158.18      
22 B1 811 732 6.04      
23 B1 396 357 3.78      
24 B1 268 243 15.45      
25 B2 3386 3059 3.41      
26 B2 3361 3036 53.42      
27 B2 3336 3014 0.66      
28 B2 1797 1623 4.00      
29 B2 1561 1410 6.21      
30 B2 1411 1275 5.30      
31 B2 1362 1230 7.79      
32 B2 1153 1042 3.17      
33 B2 1119 1011 0.04      
34 B2 950 858 1.08      
35 B2 696 629 0.48      
36 B2 451 408 4.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25817.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9034) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23323.3 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 HF/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.16155 0.07331 0.05043

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.441 -0.614
C2 0.000 0.681 -1.850
C3 0.000 -0.681 -1.850
C4 0.000 -1.441 -0.614
C5 0.000 -0.668 2.045
C6 0.000 0.668 2.045
C7 0.000 0.716 0.522
C8 0.000 -0.716 0.522
H9 0.000 2.517 -0.639
H10 0.000 1.212 -2.785
H11 0.000 -1.212 -2.785
H12 0.000 -2.517 -0.639
H13 0.000 -1.427 2.806
H14 0.000 1.427 2.806

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.45162.45572.88193.39402.76901.34692.43751.07612.18383.42863.95784.46313.4199
C21.45161.36142.45574.12253.89562.37202.75242.19981.07572.11133.41935.11114.7158
C32.45571.36141.45163.89564.12252.75242.37203.41932.11131.07572.19984.71585.1111
C42.88192.45571.45162.76903.39402.43751.34693.95783.42862.18381.07613.41994.4631
C53.39404.12253.89562.76901.33672.05881.52464.16525.18394.86133.25891.07432.2290
C62.76903.89564.12253.39401.33671.52462.05883.25894.86135.18394.16522.22901.0743
C71.34692.37202.75242.43752.05881.52461.43212.14213.34403.82803.43473.13232.3927
C82.43752.75242.37201.34691.52462.05881.43213.43473.82803.34402.14212.39273.1323
H91.07612.19983.41933.95784.16523.25892.14213.43472.51214.30275.03355.23623.6132
H102.18381.07572.11133.42865.18394.86133.34403.82802.51212.42434.30276.18305.5958
H113.42862.11131.07572.18384.86135.18393.82803.34404.30272.42432.51215.59586.1830
H123.95783.41932.19981.07613.25894.16523.43472.14215.03354.30272.51213.61325.2362
H134.46315.11114.71583.41991.07432.22903.13232.39275.23626.18305.59583.61322.8534
H143.41994.71585.11114.46312.22901.07432.39273.13233.61325.59586.18305.23622.8534

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.585 C1 C2 H10 118.808
C1 C7 C6 149.230 C1 C7 N8 122.563
C2 C1 C7 115.853 C2 C1 H9 120.254
C2 C3 C4 121.585 C2 C3 H11 119.608
C3 C2 H10 119.608 C3 C4 N8 115.853
C3 C4 H12 120.254 C4 C3 H11 118.808
C4 N8 C5 149.230 C4 N8 C7 122.563
C5 C6 C7 91.792 C5 C6 H14 134.905
C5 N8 C7 88.208 C6 C5 N8 91.792
C6 C5 H13 134.905 C6 C7 N8 88.208
C7 C1 H9 123.893 C7 C6 H14 133.303
N8 C4 H12 123.893 N8 C5 H13 133.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.532      
2 C -0.218      
3 C -0.218      
4 C -0.532      
5 C -0.182      
6 C -0.182      
7 C 0.170      
8 C 0.170      
9 H 0.255      
10 H 0.225      
11 H 0.225      
12 H 0.255      
13 H 0.282      
14 H 0.282      


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 0.790 0.790
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -52.080 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.351
Traceless
 xyz
x -11.660 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.727 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.934
Polar
3z2-r211.868
x2-y2-11.591
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.869 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.455


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 173.563
(<r2>)1/2 13.174