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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31+G**

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/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.983845
Energy at 298.15K-307.989235
HF Energy-307.983845
Nuclear repulsion energy310.424547
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/6-31+G**
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 3184 3147 11.86      
2 A1 3141 3105 15.10      
3 A1 3125 3090 8.47      
4 A1 1661 1642 1.39      
5 A1 1525 1507 3.88      
6 A1 1479 1462 2.22      
7 A1 1402 1386 7.25      
8 A1 1155 1141 0.01      
9 A1 1084 1072 0.00      
10 A1 1035 1023 1.68      
11 A1 969 958 4.79      
12 A1 800 791 0.07      
13 A1 533 527 0.20      
14 A2 926 915 0.00      
15 A2 872 862 0.00      
16 A2 836 826 0.00      
17 A2 743 735 0.00      
18 A2 560 554 0.00      
19 A2 283 280 0.00      
20 B1 878 868 7.72      
21 B1 716 708 126.34      
22 B1 687 679 2.79      
23 B1 347 343 2.86      
24 B1 221 219 12.92      
25 B2 3154 3118 2.40      
26 B2 3132 3097 32.04      
27 B2 3115 3079 0.09      
28 B2 1603 1585 0.19      
29 B2 1414 1398 2.53      
30 B2 1263 1248 4.66      
31 B2 1212 1198 12.44      
32 B2 1070 1058 2.51      
33 B2 1018 1006 0.91      
34 B2 844 834 0.48      
35 B2 633 626 0.87      
36 B2 410 405 4.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23513.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23245.1 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.15887 0.07245 0.04976

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.452 -0.623
C2 0.000 0.692 -1.857
C3 0.000 -0.692 -1.857
C4 0.000 -1.452 -0.623
C5 0.000 -0.682 2.053
C6 0.000 0.682 2.053
C7 0.000 0.722 0.534
C8 0.000 -0.722 0.534
H9 0.000 2.547 -0.654
H10 0.000 1.236 -2.807
H11 0.000 -1.236 -2.807
H12 0.000 -2.547 -0.654
H13 0.000 -1.459 2.821
H14 0.000 1.459 2.821

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44922.47342.90423.42322.78521.36822.46271.09522.19453.46313.99914.50943.4440
C21.44921.38342.47344.14463.91042.39092.77742.21131.09482.14883.45495.14844.7402
C32.47341.38341.44923.91044.14462.77742.39093.45492.14881.09482.21134.74025.1484
C42.90422.47341.44922.78523.42322.46271.36823.99913.46312.19451.09523.44404.5094
C53.42324.14463.91042.78521.36372.06881.52014.21335.22504.89183.28721.09202.2740
C62.78523.91044.14463.42321.36371.52012.06883.28724.89185.22504.21332.27401.0920
C71.36822.39092.77742.46272.06881.52011.44382.17723.38013.87213.47773.16002.4028
C82.46272.77742.39091.36821.52012.06881.44383.47773.87213.38012.17722.40283.1600
H91.09522.21133.45493.99914.21333.28722.17723.47772.52134.35265.09375.30243.6407
H102.19451.09482.14883.46315.22504.89183.38013.87212.52132.47134.35266.23965.6322
H113.46312.14881.09482.19454.89185.22503.87213.38014.35262.47132.52135.63226.2396
H123.99913.45492.21131.09523.28724.21333.47772.17725.09374.35262.52133.64075.3024
H134.50945.14844.74023.44401.09202.27403.16002.40285.30246.23965.63223.64072.9175
H143.44404.74025.14844.50942.27401.09202.40283.16003.64075.63226.23965.30242.9175

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.647 C1 C2 H10 118.558
C1 C7 C6 149.253 C1 C7 N8 122.256
C2 C1 C7 116.097 C2 C1 H9 120.063
C2 C3 C4 121.647 C2 C3 H11 119.794
C3 C2 H10 119.794 C3 C4 N8 116.097
C3 C4 H12 120.063 C4 C3 H11 118.558
C4 N8 C5 149.253 C4 N8 C7 122.256
C5 C6 C7 91.509 C5 C6 H14 135.352
C5 N8 C7 88.491 C6 C5 N8 91.509
C6 C5 H13 135.352 C6 C7 N8 88.491
C7 C1 H9 123.840 C7 C6 H14 133.139
N8 C4 H12 123.840 N8 C5 H13 133.139
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.159      
2 C -0.021      
3 C -0.021      
4 C -0.159      
5 C -0.180      
6 C -0.180      
7 C -0.080      
8 C -0.080      
9 H 0.146      
10 H 0.140      
11 H 0.140      
12 H 0.146      
13 H 0.154      
14 H 0.154      


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 0.634 0.634
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.389 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.144
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.276 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.954 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.322
Polar
3z2-r210.643
x2-y2-10.153
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.596 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.728 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 18.318


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 223.549
(<r2>)1/2 14.952