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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.312228
Energy at 298.15K-308.317918
HF Energy-308.312228
Nuclear repulsion energy312.386600
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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
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 3273 3137 7.93      
2 A1 3235 3100 11.38      
3 A1 3219 3085 8.99      
4 A1 1739 1667 3.31      
5 A1 1602 1535 0.84      
6 A1 1537 1473 2.77      
7 A1 1448 1387 10.77      
8 A1 1183 1134 0.03      
9 A1 1121 1074 0.08      
10 A1 1055 1011 1.02      
11 A1 998 956 5.27      
12 A1 829 795 0.53      
13 A1 550 527 0.18      
14 A2 985 943 0.00      
15 A2 932 893 0.00      
16 A2 887 850 0.00      
17 A2 788 755 0.00      
18 A2 589 564 0.00      
19 A2 297 284 0.00      
20 B1 928 889 6.45      
21 B1 757 725 92.68      
22 B1 730 699 0.00      
23 B1 363 348 2.55      
24 B1 236 226 10.99      
25 B2 3241 3106 0.91      
26 B2 3227 3093 24.57      
27 B2 3206 3073 0.00      
28 B2 1689 1618 0.54      
29 B2 1465 1404 3.45      
30 B2 1297 1243 6.36      
31 B2 1248 1196 12.31      
32 B2 1103 1057 2.17      
33 B2 1052 1009 0.52      
34 B2 878 841 0.77      
35 B2 654 627 0.88      
36 B2 423 406 4.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24380.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23363.4 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 mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.16110 0.07332 0.05039

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.442 -0.619
C2 0.000 0.685 -1.844
C3 0.000 -0.685 -1.844
C4 0.000 -1.442 -0.619
C5 0.000 -0.675 2.042
C6 0.000 0.675 2.042
C7 0.000 0.716 0.527
C8 0.000 -0.716 0.527
H9 0.000 2.532 -0.648
H10 0.000 1.226 -2.792
H11 0.000 -1.226 -2.792
H12 0.000 -2.532 -0.648
H13 0.000 -1.449 2.808
H14 0.000 1.449 2.808

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44002.45442.88313.39992.76891.35682.44301.09082.18323.43993.97364.48333.4272
C21.44001.37032.45444.11713.88602.37192.75452.20041.09052.13263.43235.11864.7148
C32.45441.37031.44003.88604.11712.75452.37193.43232.13261.09052.20044.71485.1186
C42.88312.45441.44002.76893.39992.44301.35683.97363.43992.18321.09083.42724.4833
C53.39994.11713.88602.76891.35012.05611.51484.18555.19344.86443.26831.08922.2580
C62.76893.88604.11713.39991.35011.51482.05613.26834.86445.19344.18552.25801.0892
C71.35682.37192.75452.44302.05611.51481.43162.16333.35783.84493.45393.14452.3957
C82.44302.75452.37191.35681.51482.05611.43163.45393.84493.35782.16332.39573.1445
H91.09082.20043.43233.97364.18553.26832.16333.45392.51034.32595.06395.27183.6219
H102.18321.09052.13263.43995.19344.86443.35783.84492.51032.45104.32596.20555.6041
H113.43992.13261.09052.18324.86445.19343.84493.35784.32592.45102.51035.60416.2055
H123.97363.43232.20041.09083.26834.18553.45392.16335.06394.32592.51033.62195.2718
H134.48335.11864.71483.42721.08922.25803.14452.39575.27186.20555.60413.62192.8977
H143.42724.71485.11864.48332.25801.08922.39573.14453.62195.60416.20555.27182.8977

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.687 C1 C2 H10 118.609
C1 C7 C6 149.205 C1 C7 N8 122.337
C2 C1 C7 115.976 C2 C1 H9 120.166
C2 C3 C4 121.687 C2 C3 H11 119.704
C3 C2 H10 119.704 C3 C4 N8 115.976
C3 C4 H12 120.166 C4 C3 H11 118.609
C4 N8 C5 149.205 C4 N8 C7 122.337
C5 C6 C7 91.542 C5 C6 H14 135.269
C5 N8 C7 88.458 C6 C5 N8 91.542
C6 C5 H13 135.269 C6 C7 N8 88.458
C7 C1 H9 123.858 C7 C6 H14 133.189
N8 C4 H12 123.858 N8 C5 H13 133.189
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.110      
2 C -0.003      
3 C -0.003      
4 C -0.110      
5 C -0.021      
6 C -0.021      
7 C 0.127      
8 C 0.127      
9 H -0.001      
10 H 0.004      
11 H 0.004      
12 H -0.001      
13 H 0.003      
14 H 0.003      


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 0.710 0.710
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.278 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.575 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.920
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.030 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.524 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.506
Polar
3z2-r211.012
x2-y2-9.703
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.613 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.296


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.473
(<r2>)1/2 14.848