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All results from a given calculation for C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.885219
Energy at 298.15K-307.893055
Nuclear repulsion energy324.160035
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 B3LYP/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 3155 3044 0.00      
2 A1 1715 1654 0.00      
3 A1 1286 1241 0.00      
4 A1 887 856 0.00      
5 A1 776 749 0.00      
6 A1 181 175 0.00      
7 A2 3118 3008 0.00      
8 A2 1441 1391 0.00      
9 A2 1032 996 0.00      
10 A2 958 924 0.00      
11 A2 234 226 0.00      
12 B1 3127 3017 0.00      
13 B1 1491 1439 0.00      
14 B1 1051 1014 0.00      
15 B1 986 951 0.00      
16 B1 682 658 0.00      
17 B1 259 250 0.00      
18 B2 3139 3028 37.06      
19 B2 1711 1651 1.84      
20 B2 1277 1232 1.00      
21 B2 695 671 101.01      
22 B2 299 288 2.73      
23 E 3147 3036 62.70      
23 E 3147 3036 62.70      
24 E 3121 3011 0.85      
24 E 3121 3011 0.85      
25 E 1699 1639 1.10      
25 E 1699 1639 1.10      
26 E 1472 1420 1.03      
26 E 1472 1420 1.03      
27 E 1299 1253 0.48      
27 E 1299 1253 0.48      
28 E 1017 981 0.57      
28 E 1017 981 0.57      
29 E 965 931 2.59      
29 E 965 931 2.59      
30 E 815 786 19.77      
30 E 815 786 19.77      
31 E 655 632 22.38      
31 E 655 632 22.38      
32 E 354 341 1.60      
32 E 354 341 1.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29290.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28262.2 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.09017 0.09017 0.05136

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.670 1.550 0.397
C2 -0.670 1.550 0.397
C3 0.670 -1.550 0.397
C4 -0.670 -1.550 0.397
C5 1.550 0.670 -0.397
C6 -1.550 0.670 -0.397
C7 1.550 -0.670 -0.397
C8 -1.550 -0.670 -0.397
H9 1.184 2.313 0.980
H10 -1.184 2.313 0.980
H11 1.184 -2.313 0.980
H12 -1.184 -2.313 0.980
H13 2.313 1.184 -0.980
H14 -2.313 1.184 -0.980
H15 2.313 -1.184 -0.980
H16 -2.313 -1.184 -0.980

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.33903.10053.37731.47672.51642.51643.23791.08992.08803.94114.32482.17523.30553.47514.2745
C21.33903.37733.10052.51641.47673.23792.51642.08801.08994.32483.94113.30552.17524.27453.4751
C33.10053.37731.33902.51643.23791.47672.51643.94114.32481.08992.08803.47514.27452.17523.3055
C43.37733.10051.33903.23792.51642.51641.47674.32483.94112.08801.08994.27453.47513.30552.1752
C51.47672.51642.51643.23793.10051.33903.37732.17523.47513.30554.27451.08993.94112.08804.3248
C62.51641.47673.23792.51643.10053.37731.33903.47512.17524.27453.30553.94111.08994.32482.0880
C72.51643.23791.47672.51641.33903.37733.10053.30554.27452.17523.47512.08804.32481.08993.9411
C83.23792.51642.51641.47673.37731.33903.10054.27453.30553.47512.17524.32482.08803.94111.0899
H91.08992.08803.94114.32482.17523.47513.30554.27452.36894.62655.19772.52824.16554.16555.3208
H102.08801.08994.32483.94113.47512.17524.27453.30552.36895.19774.62654.16552.52825.32084.1655
H113.94114.32481.08992.08803.30554.27452.17523.47514.62655.19772.36894.16555.32082.52824.1655
H124.32483.94112.08801.08994.27453.30553.47512.17525.19774.62652.36895.32084.16554.16552.5282
H132.17523.30553.47514.27451.08993.94112.08804.32482.52824.16554.16555.32084.62652.36895.1977
H143.30552.17524.27453.47513.94111.08994.32482.08804.16552.52825.32084.16554.62655.19772.3689
H153.47514.27452.17523.30552.08804.32481.08993.94114.16555.32082.52824.16552.36895.19774.6265
H164.27453.47513.30552.17524.32482.08803.94111.08995.32084.16554.16552.52825.19772.36894.6265

picture of cyclooctatetraene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C6 126.613 C1 C2 H10 118.195
C1 C5 C7 126.613 C1 C5 H13 115.048
C2 C1 C5 126.613 C2 C1 H9 118.195
C2 C6 C8 126.613 C2 C6 H14 115.048
C3 C4 C8 126.613 C3 C4 H12 118.195
C3 C7 C5 126.613 C3 C7 H15 115.048
C4 C3 C7 126.613 C4 C3 H11 118.195
C4 C8 C6 126.613 C4 C8 H16 115.048
C5 C1 H9 115.048 C5 C7 H15 118.195
C6 C2 H10 115.048 C6 C8 H16 118.195
C7 C3 H11 115.048 C7 C5 H13 118.195
C8 C4 H12 115.048 C8 C6 H14 118.195
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.191      
2 C -0.191      
3 C -0.191      
4 C -0.191      
5 C -0.191      
6 C -0.191      
7 C -0.191      
8 C -0.191      
9 H 0.191      
10 H 0.191      
11 H 0.191      
12 H 0.191      
13 H 0.191      
14 H 0.191      
15 H 0.191      
16 H 0.191      


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 -43.521 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.006
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-r2-10.969
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 12.928 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.928 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.054


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 234.466
(<r2>)1/2 15.312