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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.015971
Energy at 298.15K-308.021648
HF Energy-308.015971
Nuclear repulsion energy312.319988
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 PBE1PBE/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 3268 3142 7.16      
2 A1 3231 3106 10.44      
3 A1 3215 3091 8.36      
4 A1 1741 1674 3.37      
5 A1 1603 1541 0.69      
6 A1 1540 1481 2.64      
7 A1 1446 1390 11.03      
8 A1 1179 1134 0.03      
9 A1 1122 1078 0.07      
10 A1 1051 1010 1.16      
11 A1 998 960 5.21      
12 A1 830 798 0.50      
13 A1 549 528 0.17      
14 A2 981 943 0.00      
15 A2 928 892 0.00      
16 A2 884 850 0.00      
17 A2 786 756 0.00      
18 A2 588 565 0.00      
19 A2 296 284 0.00      
20 B1 925 889 6.51      
21 B1 755 726 93.02      
22 B1 727 699 0.01      
23 B1 362 348 2.50      
24 B1 235 226 11.03      
25 B2 3236 3111 0.66      
26 B2 3223 3099 22.48      
27 B2 3202 3079 0.00      
28 B2 1690 1625 0.54      
29 B2 1462 1406 3.45      
30 B2 1293 1243 6.86      
31 B2 1244 1196 12.47      
32 B2 1101 1059 2.10      
33 B2 1051 1010 0.48      
34 B2 877 843 0.80      
35 B2 653 628 0.90      
36 B2 423 407 4.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24344.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23407.3 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.16100 0.07331 0.05037

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/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 -1.845
C3 0.000 -0.685 -1.845
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 0.528
C8 0.000 -0.716 0.528
H9 0.000 2.534 -0.648
H10 0.000 1.226 -2.793
H11 0.000 -1.226 -2.793
H12 0.000 -2.534 -0.648
H13 0.000 -1.450 2.809
H14 0.000 1.450 2.809

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44002.45502.88383.40032.76901.35742.44361.09212.18433.44163.97564.48523.4282
C21.44001.37082.45504.11743.88612.37242.75512.20161.09182.13403.43415.12024.7160
C32.45501.37081.44003.88614.11742.75512.37243.43412.13401.09182.20164.71605.1202
C42.88382.45501.44002.76903.40032.44361.35743.97563.44162.18431.09213.42824.4852
C53.40034.11743.88612.76901.35062.05601.51454.18715.19504.86573.26931.09072.2599
C62.76903.88614.11743.40031.35061.51452.05603.26934.86575.19504.18712.25991.0907
C71.35742.37242.75512.44362.05601.51451.43172.16503.35953.84683.45573.14592.3967
C82.44362.75512.37241.35741.51452.05601.43173.45573.84683.35952.16502.39673.1459
H91.09212.20163.43413.97564.18713.26932.16503.45572.51164.32865.06735.27483.6230
H102.18431.09182.13403.44165.19504.86573.35953.84682.51162.45284.32866.20855.6063
H113.44162.13401.09182.18434.86575.19503.84683.35954.32862.45282.51165.60636.2085
H123.97563.43412.20161.09213.26934.18713.45572.16505.06734.32862.51163.62305.2748
H134.48525.12024.71603.42821.09072.25993.14592.39675.27486.20855.60633.62302.9005
H143.42824.71605.12024.48522.25991.09072.39673.14593.62305.60636.20855.27482.9005

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.691 C1 C2 H10 118.606
C1 C7 C6 149.195 C1 C7 N8 122.338
C2 C1 C7 115.971 C2 C1 H9 120.167
C2 C3 C4 121.691 C2 C3 H11 119.704
C3 C2 H10 119.704 C3 C4 N8 115.971
C3 C4 H12 120.167 C4 C3 H11 118.606
C4 N8 C5 149.195 C4 N8 C7 122.338
C5 C6 C7 91.533 C5 C6 H14 135.280
C5 N8 C7 88.467 C6 C5 N8 91.533
C6 C5 H13 135.280 C6 C7 N8 88.467
C7 C1 H9 123.862 C7 C6 H14 133.187
N8 C4 H12 123.862 N8 C5 H13 133.187
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.108      
2 C -0.003      
3 C -0.003      
4 C -0.108      
5 C -0.021      
6 C -0.021      
7 C 0.124      
8 C 0.124      
9 H -0.000      
10 H 0.005      
11 H 0.005      
12 H -0.000      
13 H 0.004      
14 H 0.004      


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 0.709 0.709
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.400 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.988
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.083 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.547 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.535
Polar
3z2-r211.071
x2-y2-9.754
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.621 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.339


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.596
(<r2>)1/2 14.852