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All results from a given calculation for C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.538391
Energy at 298.15K-307.546801
Nuclear repulsion energy325.365453
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/6-31G**
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 3326 3002 0.00      
2 A1 1901 1716 0.00      
3 A1 1342 1211 0.00      
4 A1 970 875 0.00      
5 A1 838 756 0.00      
6 A1 196 177 0.00      
7 A2 3285 2965 0.00      
8 A2 1502 1356 0.00      
9 A2 1139 1028 0.00      
10 A2 1017 918 0.00      
11 A2 262 236 0.00      
12 B1 3297 2976 0.00      
13 B1 1603 1447 0.00      
14 B1 1147 1036 0.00      
15 B1 1082 976 0.00      
16 B1 740 668 0.00      
17 B1 286 259 0.00      
18 B2 3309 2987 52.36      
19 B2 1868 1686 1.66      
20 B2 1339 1209 0.86      
21 B2 760 686 92.58      
22 B2 320 289 0.90      
23 E 3318 2994 92.60      
23 E 3318 2994 92.60      
24 E 3290 2969 2.35      
24 E 3290 2969 2.35      
25 E 1880 1697 2.83      
25 E 1880 1697 2.83      
26 E 1557 1406 0.05      
26 E 1557 1406 0.05      
27 E 1356 1224 0.86      
27 E 1356 1224 0.86      
28 E 1128 1018 0.02      
28 E 1128 1018 0.02      
29 E 1040 939 4.05      
29 E 1040 939 4.05      
30 E 890 803 17.06      
30 E 890 803 17.06      
31 E 701 633 21.02      
31 E 701 633 21.02      
32 E 429 387 0.51      
32 E 429 387 0.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 31351.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28297.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.09070 0.09070 0.05118

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.662 1.557 0.381
C2 -0.662 1.557 0.381
C3 0.662 -1.557 0.381
C4 -0.662 -1.557 0.381
C5 1.557 0.662 -0.381
C6 -1.557 0.662 -0.381
C7 1.557 -0.662 -0.381
C8 -1.557 -0.662 -0.381
H9 1.163 2.326 0.949
H10 -1.163 2.326 0.949
H11 1.163 -2.326 0.949
H12 -1.163 -2.326 0.949
H13 2.326 1.163 -0.949
H14 -2.326 1.163 -0.949
H15 2.326 -1.163 -0.949
H16 -2.326 -1.163 -0.949

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.32333.11473.38421.47782.51112.51113.22911.07962.06033.95664.32832.16623.29363.45544.2539
C21.32333.38423.11472.51111.47783.22912.51112.06031.07964.32833.95663.29362.16624.25393.4554
C33.11473.38421.32332.51113.22911.47782.51113.95664.32831.07962.06033.45544.25392.16623.2936
C43.38423.11471.32333.22912.51112.51111.47784.32833.95662.06031.07964.25393.45543.29362.1662
C51.47782.51112.51113.22913.11471.32333.38422.16623.45543.29364.25391.07963.95662.06034.3283
C62.51111.47783.22912.51113.11473.38421.32333.45542.16624.25393.29363.95661.07964.32832.0603
C72.51113.22911.47782.51111.32333.38423.11473.29364.25392.16623.45542.06034.32831.07963.9566
C83.22912.51112.51111.47783.38421.32333.11474.25393.29363.45542.16624.32832.06033.95661.0796
H91.07962.06033.95664.32832.16623.45543.29364.25392.32694.65195.20132.51084.13864.13865.2870
H102.06031.07964.32833.95663.45542.16624.25393.29362.32695.20134.65194.13862.51085.28704.1386
H113.95664.32831.07962.06033.29364.25392.16623.45544.65195.20132.32694.13865.28702.51084.1386
H124.32833.95662.06031.07964.25393.29363.45542.16625.20134.65192.32695.28704.13864.13862.5108
H132.16623.29363.45544.25391.07963.95662.06034.32832.51084.13864.13865.28704.65192.32695.2013
H143.29362.16624.25393.45543.95661.07964.32832.06034.13862.51085.28704.13864.65195.20132.3269
H153.45544.25392.16623.29362.06034.32831.07963.95664.13865.28702.51084.13862.32695.20134.6519
H164.25393.45543.29362.16624.32832.06033.95661.07965.28704.13864.13862.51085.20132.32694.6519

picture of cyclooctatetraene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C6 127.309 C1 C2 H10 117.697
C1 C5 C7 127.309 C1 C5 H13 114.892
C2 C1 C5 127.309 C2 C1 H9 117.697
C2 C6 C8 127.309 C2 C6 H14 114.892
C3 C4 C8 127.309 C3 C4 H12 117.697
C3 C7 C5 127.309 C3 C7 H15 114.892
C4 C3 C7 127.309 C4 C3 H11 117.697
C4 C8 C6 127.309 C4 C8 H16 114.892
C5 C1 H9 114.892 C5 C7 H15 117.697
C6 C2 H10 114.892 C6 C8 H16 117.697
C7 C3 H11 114.892 C7 C5 H13 117.697
C8 C4 H12 114.892 C8 C6 H14 117.697
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 C -0.137      
3 C -0.137      
4 C -0.137      
5 C -0.137      
6 C -0.137      
7 C -0.137      
8 C -0.137      
9 H 0.137      
10 H 0.137      
11 H 0.137      
12 H 0.137      
13 H 0.137      
14 H 0.137      
15 H 0.137      
16 H 0.137      


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 -43.794 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.794 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -49.205
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.706 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.706 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.411
Polar
3z2-r2-10.823
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 13.333 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.333 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.438


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 234.172
(<r2>)1/2 15.303