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All results from a given calculation for C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.764980
Energy at 298.15K-307.772793
Nuclear repulsion energy325.124103
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 B3PW91/3-21G
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 3165 3042 0.00      
2 A1 1729 1662 0.00      
3 A1 1276 1227 0.00      
4 A1 896 861 0.00      
5 A1 778 747 0.00      
6 A1 184 177 0.00      
7 A2 3127 3005 0.00      
8 A2 1429 1374 0.00      
9 A2 1031 991 0.00      
10 A2 953 916 0.00      
11 A2 232 223 0.00      
12 B1 3136 3014 0.00      
13 B1 1488 1431 0.00      
14 B1 1054 1014 0.00      
15 B1 987 949 0.00      
16 B1 684 657 0.00      
17 B1 250 240 0.00      
18 B2 3148 3026 33.08      
19 B2 1713 1647 2.29      
20 B2 1270 1221 1.73      
21 B2 697 670 111.91      
22 B2 295 284 3.52      
23 E 3156 3034 53.63      
23 E 3156 3034 53.63      
24 E 3130 3009 0.64      
24 E 3130 3009 0.64      
25 E 1708 1642 1.13      
25 E 1708 1642 1.13      
26 E 1464 1407 1.92      
26 E 1464 1407 1.92      
27 E 1289 1239 0.45      
27 E 1289 1239 0.45      
28 E 1015 976 0.61      
28 E 1015 976 0.61      
29 E 972 935 2.55      
29 E 972 935 2.55      
30 E 818 786 25.51      
30 E 818 786 25.51      
31 E 648 623 25.06      
31 E 648 623 25.06      
32 E 351 337 2.35      
32 E 351 337 2.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29312.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28175.0 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 B3PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.09074 0.09074 0.05216

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.669 1.537 0.408
C2 -0.669 1.537 0.408
C3 0.669 -1.537 0.408
C4 -0.669 -1.537 0.408
C5 1.537 0.669 -0.408
C6 -1.537 0.669 -0.408
C7 1.537 -0.669 -0.408
C8 -1.537 -0.669 -0.408
H9 1.188 2.286 1.008
H10 -1.188 2.286 1.008
H11 1.188 -2.286 1.008
H12 -1.188 -2.286 1.008
H13 2.286 1.188 -1.008
H14 -2.286 1.188 -1.008
H15 2.286 -1.188 -1.008
H16 -2.286 -1.188 -1.008

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.33873.07303.35201.47332.50692.50693.22471.09092.09093.90364.29192.17693.29533.47024.2617
C21.33873.35203.07302.50691.47333.22472.50692.09091.09094.29193.90363.29532.17694.26173.4702
C33.07303.35201.33872.50693.22471.47332.50693.90364.29191.09092.09093.47024.26172.17693.2953
C43.35203.07301.33873.22472.50692.50691.47334.29193.90362.09091.09094.26173.47023.29532.1769
C51.47332.50692.50693.22473.07301.33873.35202.17693.47023.29534.26171.09093.90362.09094.2919
C62.50691.47333.22472.50693.07303.35201.33873.47022.17694.26173.29533.90361.09094.29192.0909
C72.50693.22471.47332.50691.33873.35203.07303.29534.26172.17693.47022.09094.29191.09093.9036
C83.22472.50692.50691.47333.35201.33873.07304.26173.29533.47022.17694.29192.09093.90361.0909
H91.09092.09093.90364.29192.17693.47023.29534.26172.37664.57155.15232.54394.16364.16365.3104
H102.09091.09094.29193.90363.47022.17694.26173.29532.37665.15234.57154.16362.54395.31044.1636
H113.90364.29191.09092.09093.29534.26172.17693.47024.57155.15232.37664.16365.31042.54394.1636
H124.29193.90362.09091.09094.26173.29533.47022.17695.15234.57152.37665.31044.16364.16362.5439
H132.17693.29533.47024.26171.09093.90362.09094.29192.54394.16364.16365.31044.57152.37665.1523
H143.29532.17694.26173.47023.90361.09094.29192.09094.16362.54395.31044.16364.57155.15232.3766
H153.47024.26172.17693.29532.09094.29191.09093.90364.16365.31042.54394.16362.37665.15234.5715
H164.26173.47023.29532.17694.29192.09093.90361.09095.31044.16364.16362.54395.15232.37664.5715

picture of cyclooctatetraene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C6 126.057 C1 C2 H10 118.403
C1 C5 C7 126.057 C1 C5 H13 115.393
C2 C1 C5 126.057 C2 C1 H9 118.403
C2 C6 C8 126.057 C2 C6 H14 115.393
C3 C4 C8 126.057 C3 C4 H12 118.403
C3 C7 C5 126.057 C3 C7 H15 115.393
C4 C3 C7 126.057 C4 C3 H11 118.403
C4 C8 C6 126.057 C4 C8 H16 115.393
C5 C1 H9 115.393 C5 C7 H15 118.403
C6 C2 H10 115.393 C6 C8 H16 118.403
C7 C3 H11 115.393 C7 C5 H13 118.403
C8 C4 H12 115.393 C8 C6 H14 118.403
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.218      
2 C -0.218      
3 C -0.218      
4 C -0.218      
5 C -0.218      
6 C -0.218      
7 C -0.218      
8 C -0.218      
9 H 0.218      
10 H 0.218      
11 H 0.218      
12 H 0.218      
13 H 0.218      
14 H 0.218      
15 H 0.218      
16 H 0.218      


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 -43.177 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.177 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.662
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.742 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.742 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.485
Polar
3z2-r2-10.970
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 12.790 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.790 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.230


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 232.155
(<r2>)1/2 15.237