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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.509114
Energy at 298.15K-306.514863
HF Energy-306.509114
Nuclear repulsion energy312.082779
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3327 3183 8.04      
2 A1 3256 3115 6.10      
3 A1 3239 3098 10.65      
4 A1 1718 1643 2.25      
5 A1 1571 1503 0.54      
6 A1 1501 1436 0.21      
7 A1 1457 1394 17.14      
8 A1 1239 1185 0.00      
9 A1 1099 1052 0.46      
10 A1 1086 1039 0.14      
11 A1 981 939 2.66      
12 A1 811 775 0.24      
13 A1 556 532 0.03      
14 A2 1020 976 0.00      
15 A2 963 921 0.00      
16 A2 917 877 0.00      
17 A2 796 762 0.00      
18 A2 598 572 0.00      
19 A2 303 290 0.00      
20 B1 958 917 10.62      
21 B1 779 746 146.66      
22 B1 749 716 0.02      
23 B1 376 360 4.79      
24 B1 236 226 15.62      
25 B2 3293 3150 0.05      
26 B2 3250 3109 15.80      
27 B2 3224 3084 0.32      
28 B2 1674 1601 0.14      
29 B2 1488 1424 7.87      
30 B2 1341 1283 0.73      
31 B2 1272 1217 14.77      
32 B2 1114 1066 2.06      
33 B2 1075 1029 1.67      
34 B2 877 839 0.04      
35 B2 673 644 0.49      
36 B2 403 385 4.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24608.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23542.8 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.16146 0.07281 0.05018

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.441 -0.621
C2 0.000 0.683 -1.846
C3 0.000 -0.683 -1.846
C4 0.000 -1.441 -0.621
C5 0.000 -0.676 2.052
C6 0.000 0.676 2.052
C7 0.000 0.720 0.520
C8 0.000 -0.720 0.520
H9 0.000 2.521 -0.651
H10 0.000 1.220 -2.785
H11 0.000 -1.220 -2.785
H12 0.000 -2.521 -0.651
H13 0.000 -1.441 2.808
H14 0.000 1.441 2.808

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43972.45182.88123.40992.78061.34972.44361.08102.17493.42943.96204.47933.4293
C21.43971.36702.45184.12833.89792.36612.75092.19221.08162.12263.42035.11584.7151
C32.45181.36701.43973.89794.12832.75092.36613.42032.12261.08162.19224.71515.1158
C42.88122.45181.43972.78063.40992.44361.34973.96203.42942.17491.08103.42934.4793
C53.40994.12833.89792.78061.35232.07291.53284.18675.19554.86763.27261.07532.2480
C62.78063.89794.12833.40991.35231.53282.07293.27264.86765.19554.18672.24801.0753
C71.34972.36612.75092.44362.07291.53281.44032.14813.34263.83243.44633.14732.3989
C82.44362.75092.36611.34971.53282.07291.44033.44633.83243.34262.14812.39893.1473
H91.08102.19223.42033.96204.18673.27262.14813.44632.49974.30735.04255.25953.6235
H102.17491.08162.12263.42945.19554.86763.34263.83242.49972.44014.30736.19385.5974
H113.42942.12261.08162.17494.86765.19553.83243.34264.30732.44012.49975.59746.1938
H123.96203.42032.19221.08103.27264.18673.44632.14815.04254.30732.49973.62355.2595
H134.47935.11584.71513.42931.07532.24803.14732.39895.25956.19385.59743.62352.8819
H143.42934.71515.11584.47932.24801.07532.39893.14733.62355.59746.19385.25952.8819

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.728 C1 C2 H10 118.533
C1 C7 C6 149.381 C1 C7 N8 122.264
C2 C1 C7 116.008 C2 C1 H9 120.169
C2 C3 C4 121.728 C2 C3 H11 119.739
C3 C2 H10 119.739 C3 C4 N8 116.008
C3 C4 H12 120.169 C4 C3 H11 118.533
C4 N8 C5 149.381 C4 N8 C7 122.264
C5 C6 C7 91.645 C5 C6 H14 135.334
C5 N8 C7 88.355 C6 C5 N8 91.645
C6 C5 H13 135.334 C6 C7 N8 88.355
C7 C1 H9 123.822 C7 C6 H14 133.021
N8 C4 H12 123.822 N8 C5 H13 133.021
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.285      
2 C -0.210      
3 C -0.210      
4 C -0.285      
5 C -0.151      
6 C -0.151      
7 C 0.007      
8 C 0.007      
9 H 0.213      
10 H 0.213      
11 H 0.213      
12 H 0.213      
13 H 0.213      
14 H 0.213      


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 0.516 0.516
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.666 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -38.724
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.332 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.250 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.082
Polar
3z2-r214.164
x2-y2-11.722
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.997 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.245 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.641


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.974
(<r2>)1/2 14.865