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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.221858
Energy at 298.15K-308.227297
HF Energy-308.221858
Nuclear repulsion energy310.983594
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 B97D3/6-311G**
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 3178 3133 19.48      
2 A1 3139 3095 25.43      
3 A1 3122 3078 11.41      
4 A1 1657 1633 2.81      
5 A1 1514 1492 2.32      
6 A1 1467 1446 1.50      
7 A1 1404 1383 8.84      
8 A1 1166 1150 0.00      
9 A1 1069 1054 0.00      
10 A1 1037 1022 0.73      
11 A1 962 948 3.85      
12 A1 796 785 0.24      
13 A1 540 532 0.20      
14 A2 930 917 0.00      
15 A2 878 865 0.00      
16 A2 842 830 0.00      
17 A2 753 742 0.00      
18 A2 567 559 0.00      
19 A2 287 283 0.00      
20 B1 880 867 6.69      
21 B1 718 708 104.29      
22 B1 689 679 2.59      
23 B1 347 342 2.32      
24 B1 213 209 12.81      
25 B2 3148 3103 5.45      
26 B2 3130 3085 49.17      
27 B2 3111 3067 0.14      
28 B2 1604 1581 0.11      
29 B2 1426 1406 3.72      
30 B2 1274 1256 1.96      
31 B2 1218 1201 13.94      
32 B2 1072 1057 2.34      
33 B2 1026 1011 1.04      
34 B2 858 846 0.25      
35 B2 648 639 0.77      
36 B2 404 398 4.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23536.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23199.6 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 B97D3/6-311G**
ABC
0.15999 0.07248 0.04988

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.449 -0.627
C2 0.000 0.691 -1.851
C3 0.000 -0.691 -1.851
C4 0.000 -1.449 -0.627
C5 0.000 -0.680 2.056
C6 0.000 0.680 2.056
C7 0.000 0.715 0.525
C8 0.000 -0.715 0.525
H9 0.000 2.536 -0.649
H10 0.000 1.226 -2.799
H11 0.000 -1.226 -2.799
H12 0.000 -2.536 -0.649
H13 0.000 -1.437 2.835
H14 0.000 1.437 2.835

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43942.46522.89713.42512.79111.36592.45151.08812.18323.44533.98504.50673.4621
C21.43941.38252.46524.14103.90732.37652.76142.20231.08832.13883.44435.14664.7450
C32.46521.38251.43943.90734.14102.76142.37653.44432.13881.08832.20234.74505.1466
C42.89712.46521.43942.79113.42512.45151.36593.98503.44532.18321.08813.46214.5067
C53.42514.14103.90732.79111.36052.07141.53124.20285.21594.88563.28051.08572.2556
C62.79113.90734.14103.42511.36051.53122.07143.28054.88565.21594.20282.25561.0857
C71.36592.37652.76142.45152.07141.53121.43042.16683.36323.84953.45713.15672.4197
C82.45152.76142.37651.36591.53122.07141.43043.45713.84953.36322.16682.41973.1567
H91.08812.20233.44433.98504.20283.28052.16683.45712.51804.33355.07285.28403.6532
H102.18321.08832.13883.44535.21594.88563.36323.84952.51802.45214.33356.23145.6378
H113.44532.13881.08832.18324.88565.21593.84953.36324.33352.45212.51805.63786.2314
H123.98503.44432.20231.08813.28054.20283.45712.16685.07284.33352.51803.65325.2840
H134.50675.14664.74503.46211.08572.25563.15672.41975.28406.23145.63783.65322.8732
H143.46214.74505.14664.50672.25561.08572.41973.15673.65325.63786.23145.28402.8732

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.719 C1 C2 H10 118.862
C1 C7 C6 148.863 C1 C7 N8 122.439
C2 C1 C7 115.842 C2 C1 H9 120.521
C2 C3 C4 121.719 C2 C3 H11 119.419
C3 C2 H10 119.419 C3 C4 N8 115.842
C3 C4 H12 120.521 C4 C3 H11 118.862
C4 N8 C5 148.863 C4 N8 C7 122.439
C5 C6 C7 91.302 C5 C6 H14 134.279
C5 N8 C7 88.698 C6 C5 N8 91.302
C6 C5 H13 134.279 C6 C7 N8 88.698
C7 C1 H9 123.637 C7 C6 H14 134.420
N8 C4 H12 123.637 N8 C5 H13 134.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.107      
2 C -0.094      
3 C -0.094      
4 C -0.107      
5 C -0.091      
6 C -0.091      
7 C 0.039      
8 C 0.039      
9 H 0.081      
10 H 0.088      
11 H 0.088      
12 H 0.081      
13 H 0.084      
14 H 0.084      


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 0.672 0.672
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.499 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.013 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.279
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.853 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.376 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.477
Polar
3z2-r210.954
x2-y2-9.486
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.307 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.851 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.162


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 222.510
(<r2>)1/2 14.917