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All results from a given calculation for C6H6 (Benzvalene)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.010509
Energy at 298.15K-232.016695
HF Energy-232.010509
Nuclear repulsion energy212.244501
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 BLYP/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 3175 3151 13.15      
2 A1 3134 3110 20.93      
3 A1 3115 3091 0.00      
4 A1 1574 1562 4.34      
5 A1 1368 1357 0.27      
6 A1 1170 1160 1.08      
7 A1 1091 1082 1.23      
8 A1 962 954 0.18      
9 A1 868 861 0.01      
10 A1 744 738 2.02      
11 A1 674 669 4.54      
12 A2 1085 1076 0.00      
13 A2 885 878 0.00      
14 A2 847 841 0.00      
15 A2 727 721 0.00      
16 A2 525 521 0.00      
17 B1 3113 3089 25.54      
18 B1 1085 1076 21.18      
19 B1 969 962 0.10      
20 B1 731 726 64.61      
21 B1 604 599 0.36      
22 B1 500 496 7.30      
23 B2 3151 3127 9.63      
24 B2 3118 3094 32.46      
25 B2 1308 1298 3.51      
26 B2 1239 1229 1.28      
27 B2 1170 1161 2.25      
28 B2 954 947 0.23      
29 B2 838 832 1.86      
30 B2 800 793 9.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20760.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20600.6 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.24346 0.17255 0.12731

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.729 0.000 -1.023
C2 -0.729 0.000 -1.023
C3 0.000 1.084 -0.201
C4 0.000 -1.084 -0.201
C5 0.000 0.675 1.263
C6 0.000 -0.675 1.263
H7 1.494 0.000 -1.801
H8 -1.494 0.000 -1.801
H9 0.000 2.123 -0.539
H10 0.000 -2.123 -0.539
H11 0.000 1.361 2.109
H12 0.000 -1.361 2.109

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.45851.54381.54382.49242.49241.09072.35542.29622.29623.49193.4919
C21.45851.54381.54382.49242.49242.35541.09072.29622.29623.49193.4919
C31.54381.54382.16871.51972.28872.44282.44281.09223.22502.32643.3637
C41.54381.54382.16872.28871.51972.44282.44283.22501.09223.36372.3264
C52.49242.49241.51972.28871.35063.47453.47452.31133.32811.08912.2049
C62.49242.49242.28871.51971.35063.47453.47453.32812.31132.20491.0891
H71.09072.35542.44282.44283.47453.47452.98822.88632.88634.40114.4011
H82.35541.09072.44282.44283.47453.47452.98822.88632.88634.40114.4011
H92.29622.29621.09223.22502.31133.32812.88632.88634.24582.75574.3759
H102.29622.29623.22501.09223.32812.31132.88632.88634.24584.37592.7557
H113.49193.49192.32643.36371.08912.20494.40114.40112.75574.37592.7214
H123.49193.49193.36372.32642.20491.08914.40114.40114.37592.75572.7214

picture of Benzvalene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 61.813 C1 C2 C4 61.813
C1 C2 H8 134.527 C1 C3 C2 56.374
C1 C3 C5 108.894 C1 C3 H9 120.195
C1 C4 C2 56.374 C1 C4 C6 108.894
C1 C4 H10 120.195 C2 C1 C3 61.813
C2 C1 C4 61.813 C2 C1 H7 134.527
C2 C3 C5 108.894 C2 C3 H9 120.195
C2 C4 C6 108.894 C2 C4 H10 120.195
C3 C1 C4 89.233 C3 C1 H7 135.306
C3 C2 C4 89.233 C3 C2 H8 135.306
C3 C5 C6 105.615 C3 C5 H11 125.383
C4 C1 H7 135.306 C4 C2 H8 135.306
C4 C6 C5 105.615 C4 C6 H12 125.383
C5 C3 H9 123.652 C5 C6 H12 129.002
C6 C4 H10 123.652 C6 C5 H11 129.002
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.033      
2 C -0.033      
3 C -0.128      
4 C -0.128      
5 C -0.021      
6 C -0.021      
7 H 0.066      
8 H 0.066      
9 H 0.061      
10 H 0.061      
11 H 0.055      
12 H 0.055      


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 -0.828 0.828
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.826 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -32.631 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.841
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.090 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.203 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.887
Polar
3z2-r23.774
x2-y2-4.196
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.802 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.825 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 112.580
(<r2>)1/2 10.610