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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.408275
Energy at 298.15K-308.413850
HF Energy-308.408275
Nuclear repulsion energy311.727641
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 TPSSh/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 3254 3132 15.00      
2 A1 3208 3088 18.49      
3 A1 3192 3072 12.37      
4 A1 1700 1636 1.17      
5 A1 1570 1511 4.60      
6 A1 1504 1448 3.12      
7 A1 1446 1391 7.27      
8 A1 1190 1145 0.00      
9 A1 1111 1069 0.04      
10 A1 1075 1035 0.78      
11 A1 983 946 5.07      
12 A1 816 785 0.19      
13 A1 543 522 0.20      
14 A2 967 931 0.00      
15 A2 911 877 0.00      
16 A2 874 841 0.00      
17 A2 759 730 0.00      
18 A2 576 554 0.00      
19 A2 291 280 0.00      
20 B1 915 881 7.98      
21 B1 747 719 133.77      
22 B1 718 692 1.20      
23 B1 356 342 2.70      
24 B1 228 219 13.18      
25 B2 3223 3102 3.41      
26 B2 3201 3081 40.85      
27 B2 3180 3061 0.01      
28 B2 1645 1583 0.37      
29 B2 1462 1407 2.79      
30 B2 1310 1261 4.28      
31 B2 1259 1212 11.25      
32 B2 1097 1056 2.65      
33 B2 1048 1009 0.99      
34 B2 870 837 0.54      
35 B2 647 622 0.80      
36 B2 419 403 4.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24145.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9625) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23240.4 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 TPSSh/6-31+G**
ABC
0.16024 0.07300 0.05015

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.452 -0.621
C2 0.000 0.690 -1.849
C3 0.000 -0.690 -1.849
C4 0.000 -1.452 -0.621
C5 0.000 -0.678 2.047
C6 0.000 0.678 2.047
C7 0.000 0.717 0.526
C8 0.000 -0.717 0.526
H9 0.000 2.538 -0.649
H10 0.000 1.228 -2.793
H11 0.000 -1.228 -2.793
H12 0.000 -2.538 -0.649
H13 0.000 -1.438 2.820
H14 0.000 1.438 2.820

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44542.46852.90343.41372.77831.36242.45361.08662.18323.44943.98984.49323.4408
C21.44541.37912.46854.12933.89642.37572.76082.20361.08652.13733.44335.13084.7285
C32.46851.37911.44543.89644.12932.76082.37573.44332.13731.08652.20364.72855.1308
C42.90342.46851.44542.77833.41372.45361.36243.98983.44942.18321.08663.44084.4932
C53.41374.12933.89642.77831.35512.06351.52144.19665.20174.87123.27611.08402.2521
C62.77833.89644.12933.41371.35511.52142.06353.27614.87125.20174.19662.25211.0840
C71.36242.37572.76082.45362.06351.52141.43422.16753.35833.84723.46093.14702.4040
C82.45362.76082.37571.36241.52142.06351.43423.46093.84723.35832.16752.40403.1470
H91.08662.20363.44333.98984.19663.27612.16753.46092.51194.33335.07595.27663.6394
H102.18321.08652.13733.44945.20174.87123.35833.84722.51192.45644.33336.21365.6164
H113.44942.13731.08652.18324.87125.20173.84723.35834.33332.45642.51195.61646.2136
H123.98983.44332.20361.08663.27614.19663.46092.16755.07594.33332.51193.63945.2766
H134.49325.13084.72853.44081.08402.25213.14702.40405.27666.21365.61643.63942.8759
H143.44084.72855.13084.49322.25211.08402.40403.14703.63945.61646.21365.27662.8759

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.823 C1 C2 H10 118.459
C1 C7 C6 148.863 C1 C7 N8 122.628
C2 C1 C7 115.549 C2 C1 H9 120.326
C2 C3 C4 121.823 C2 C3 H11 119.718
C3 C2 H10 119.718 C3 C4 N8 115.549
C3 C4 H12 120.326 C4 C3 H11 118.459
C4 N8 C5 148.863 C4 N8 C7 122.628
C5 C6 C7 91.491 C5 C6 H14 134.547
C5 N8 C7 88.509 C6 C5 N8 91.491
C6 C5 H13 134.547 C6 C7 N8 88.509
C7 C1 H9 124.125 C7 C6 H14 133.961
N8 C4 H12 124.125 N8 C5 H13 133.961
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.163      
2 C -0.088      
3 C -0.088      
4 C -0.163      
5 C -0.164      
6 C -0.164      
7 C -0.049      
8 C -0.049      
9 H 0.153      
10 H 0.147      
11 H 0.147      
12 H 0.153      
13 H 0.163      
14 H 0.163      


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 0.668 0.668
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.375 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.347 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.598


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 221.741
(<r2>)1/2 14.891