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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.072467
Energy at 298.15K-308.077898
HF Energy-308.072467
Nuclear repulsion energy311.689913
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 PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP
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 3167 3129 10.64      
2 A1 3127 3089 14.20      
3 A1 3111 3073 6.69      
4 A1 1655 1635 2.54      
5 A1 1521 1502 2.39      
6 A1 1470 1452 2.00      
7 A1 1399 1382 7.91      
8 A1 1153 1139 0.02      
9 A1 1078 1065 0.01      
10 A1 1031 1019 0.92      
11 A1 966 955 4.48      
12 A1 798 789 0.20      
13 A1 534 527 0.23      
14 A2 929 918 0.00      
15 A2 885 874 0.00      
16 A2 846 835 0.00      
17 A2 762 752 0.00      
18 A2 567 560 0.00      
19 A2 285 282 0.00      
20 B1 885 874 7.56      
21 B1 720 712 103.74      
22 B1 692 683 0.54      
23 B1 348 344 2.92      
24 B1 222 219 12.07      
25 B2 3138 3100 2.43      
26 B2 3118 3080 28.77      
27 B2 3101 3063 0.21      
28 B2 1598 1579 0.12      
29 B2 1416 1399 3.42      
30 B2 1264 1248 4.01      
31 B2 1213 1198 13.64      
32 B2 1069 1056 2.38      
33 B2 1023 1011 0.70      
34 B2 845 835 0.42      
35 B2 635 627 0.86      
36 B2 407 402 3.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23486.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9879) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23202.7 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 PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.16045 0.07295 0.05015

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.447 -0.625
C2 0.000 0.690 -1.846
C3 0.000 -0.690 -1.846
C4 0.000 -1.447 -0.625
C5 0.000 -0.679 2.048
C6 0.000 0.679 2.048
C7 0.000 0.713 0.526
C8 0.000 -0.713 0.526
H9 0.000 2.537 -0.648
H10 0.000 1.225 -2.797
H11 0.000 -1.225 -2.797
H12 0.000 -2.537 -0.648
H13 0.000 -1.438 2.828
H14 0.000 1.438 2.828

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43632.46122.89323.41452.78061.36482.44681.09072.18293.44323.98374.49873.4525
C21.43631.38072.46124.12723.89362.37192.75572.20101.09082.13863.44245.13524.7329
C32.46121.38071.43633.89364.12722.75572.37193.44242.13861.09082.20104.73295.1352
C42.89322.46121.43632.78063.41452.44681.36483.98373.44322.18291.09073.45254.4987
C53.41454.12723.89362.78061.35722.06191.52214.19625.20494.87493.27441.08832.2553
C62.78063.89364.12723.41451.35721.52212.06193.27444.87495.20494.19622.25531.0883
C71.36482.37192.75572.44682.06191.52211.42542.16953.36183.84643.45533.14992.4132
C82.44682.75572.37191.36481.52212.06191.42543.45533.84643.36182.16952.41323.1499
H91.09072.20103.44243.98374.19623.27442.16953.45532.51704.33255.07405.28013.6457
H102.18291.09082.13863.44325.20494.87493.36183.84642.51702.45074.33256.22285.6282
H113.44322.13861.09082.18294.87495.20493.84643.36184.33252.45072.51705.62826.2228
H123.98373.44242.20101.09073.27444.19623.45532.16955.07404.33252.51703.64575.2801
H134.49875.13524.73293.45251.08832.25533.14992.41325.28016.22285.62823.64572.8751
H143.45254.73295.13524.49872.25531.08832.41323.14993.64575.62826.22285.28012.8751

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.771 C1 C2 H10 118.858
C1 C7 C6 148.756 C1 C7 N8 122.528
C2 C1 C7 115.701 C2 C1 H9 120.537
C2 C3 C4 121.771 C2 C3 H11 119.371
C3 C2 H10 119.371 C3 C4 N8 115.701
C3 C4 H12 120.537 C4 C3 H11 118.858
C4 N8 C5 148.756 C4 N8 C7 122.528
C5 C6 C7 91.284 C5 C6 H14 134.215
C5 N8 C7 88.716 C6 C5 N8 91.284
C6 C5 H13 134.215 C6 C7 N8 88.716
C7 C1 H9 123.761 C7 C6 H14 134.501
N8 C4 H12 123.761 N8 C5 H13 134.501
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.124      
2 C -0.098      
3 C -0.098      
4 C -0.124      
5 C -0.148      
6 C -0.148      
7 C 0.013      
8 C 0.013      
9 H 0.100      
10 H 0.107      
11 H 0.107      
12 H 0.100      
13 H 0.150      
14 H 0.150      


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 0.673 0.673
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.748 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.384 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.980
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.566 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.480 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.086
Polar
3z2-r210.172
x2-y2-9.364
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.230 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 18.089


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 221.836
(<r2>)1/2 14.894