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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.984915
Energy at 298.15K-307.990351
HF Energy-307.984915
Nuclear repulsion energy310.065167
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/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 3168 3150 11.08      
2 A1 3136 3118 14.91      
3 A1 3119 3101 7.33      
4 A1 1670 1660 2.71      
5 A1 1528 1519 1.14      
6 A1 1487 1478 1.63      
7 A1 1393 1385 8.07      
8 A1 1143 1136 0.01      
9 A1 1080 1074 0.00      
10 A1 1012 1007 1.36      
11 A1 969 964 3.83      
12 A1 799 794 0.20      
13 A1 532 529 0.17      
14 A2 937 932 0.00      
15 A2 879 874 0.00      
16 A2 842 837 0.00      
17 A2 760 755 0.00      
18 A2 566 563 0.00      
19 A2 285 283 0.00      
20 B1 884 879 5.17      
21 B1 723 718 80.04      
22 B1 697 693 0.28      
23 B1 349 347 2.10      
24 B1 225 223 9.35      
25 B2 3136 3118 1.96      
26 B2 3126 3108 29.27      
27 B2 3108 3090 0.22      
28 B2 1611 1602 0.22      
29 B2 1408 1400 2.69      
30 B2 1246 1239 4.72      
31 B2 1196 1189 13.21      
32 B2 1064 1058 1.67      
33 B2 1011 1006 0.80      
34 B2 842 837 0.44      
35 B2 632 628 0.96      
36 B2 407 405 3.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23483.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23347.2 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.15860 0.07229 0.04966

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.453 -0.624
C2 0.000 0.692 -1.858
C3 0.000 -0.692 -1.858
C4 0.000 -1.453 -0.624
C5 0.000 -0.683 2.055
C6 0.000 0.683 2.055
C7 0.000 0.722 0.534
C8 0.000 -0.722 0.534
H9 0.000 2.553 -0.655
H10 0.000 1.238 -2.813
H11 0.000 -1.238 -2.813
H12 0.000 -2.553 -0.655
H13 0.000 -1.465 2.826
H14 0.000 1.465 2.826

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44952.47392.90543.42652.78821.36932.46441.10072.19893.46864.00584.51903.4508
C21.44951.38332.47394.14763.91342.39212.77862.21601.10032.15333.46035.15704.7477
C32.47391.38331.44953.91344.14762.77862.39213.46032.15331.10032.21604.74775.1570
C42.90542.47391.44952.78823.42652.46441.36934.00583.46862.19891.10073.45084.5190
C53.42654.14763.91342.78821.36532.07101.52204.22115.23354.89983.29341.09852.2820
C62.78823.91344.14763.42651.36531.52202.07103.29344.89985.23354.22112.28201.0985
C71.36932.39212.77862.46442.07101.52201.44492.18293.38633.87883.48473.16872.4097
C82.46442.77862.39211.36931.52202.07101.44493.48473.87883.38632.18292.40973.1687
H91.10072.21603.46034.00584.22113.29342.18293.48472.52654.36225.10595.31673.6477
H102.19891.10032.15333.46865.23354.89983.38633.87882.52652.47664.36226.25375.6437
H113.46862.15331.10032.19894.89985.23353.87883.38634.36222.47662.52655.64376.2537
H124.00583.46032.21601.10073.29344.22113.48472.18295.10594.36222.52653.64775.3167
H134.51905.15704.74773.45081.09852.28203.16872.40975.31676.25375.64373.64772.9303
H143.45084.74775.15704.51902.28201.09852.40973.16873.64775.64376.25375.31672.9303

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.673 C1 C2 H10 118.536
C1 C7 C6 149.271 C1 C7 N8 122.229
C2 C1 C7 116.098 C2 C1 H9 120.061
C2 C3 C4 121.673 C2 C3 H11 119.791
C3 C2 H10 119.791 C3 C4 N8 116.098
C3 C4 H12 120.061 C4 C3 H11 118.536
C4 N8 C5 149.271 C4 N8 C7 122.229
C5 C6 C7 91.500 C5 C6 H14 135.427
C5 N8 C7 88.500 C6 C5 N8 91.500
C6 C5 H13 135.427 C6 C7 N8 88.500
C7 C1 H9 123.841 C7 C6 H14 133.073
N8 C4 H12 123.841 N8 C5 H13 133.073
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.104      
2 C 0.022      
3 C 0.022      
4 C -0.104      
5 C -0.020      
6 C -0.020      
7 C 0.169      
8 C 0.169      
9 H -0.026      
10 H -0.019      
11 H -0.019      
12 H -0.026      
13 H -0.021      
14 H -0.021      


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 0.663 0.663
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.172 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.467
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.355 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.201
Polar
3z2-r210.402
x2-y2-9.007
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.656 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.847 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.226


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 223.543
(<r2>)1/2 14.951