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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ

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-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.063238
Energy at 298.15K-308.068686
HF Energy-308.063238
Nuclear repulsion energy311.712027
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-pVTZ
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 3162 3140 11.88      
2 A1 3123 3102 15.59      
3 A1 3107 3086 7.33      
4 A1 1655 1644 2.85      
5 A1 1521 1510 1.88      
6 A1 1469 1459 1.81      
7 A1 1399 1390 8.26      
8 A1 1153 1145 0.02      
9 A1 1077 1070 0.01      
10 A1 1031 1024 0.86      
11 A1 965 959 4.22      
12 A1 797 792 0.24      
13 A1 533 530 0.22      
14 A2 931 925 0.00      
15 A2 878 872 0.00      
16 A2 843 837 0.00      
17 A2 756 751 0.00      
18 A2 567 563 0.00      
19 A2 285 283 0.00      
20 B1 881 875 7.15      
21 B1 720 715 98.55      
22 B1 690 685 1.53      
23 B1 347 344 2.37      
24 B1 221 220 11.21      
25 B2 3132 3110 2.80      
26 B2 3114 3093 31.04      
27 B2 3097 3075 0.19      
28 B2 1598 1587 0.12      
29 B2 1415 1406 3.62      
30 B2 1263 1254 3.80      
31 B2 1212 1204 13.98      
32 B2 1069 1062 2.27      
33 B2 1023 1016 0.77      
34 B2 846 840 0.38      
35 B2 635 631 0.85      
36 B2 407 404 3.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23461.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23300.0 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.16048 0.07296 0.05016

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.445 -0.621
C2 0.000 0.687 -1.848
C3 0.000 -0.687 -1.848
C4 0.000 -1.445 -0.621
C5 0.000 -0.678 2.046
C6 0.000 0.678 2.046
C7 0.000 0.719 0.530
C8 0.000 -0.719 0.530
H9 0.000 2.536 -0.651
H10 0.000 1.229 -2.796
H11 0.000 -1.229 -2.796
H12 0.000 -2.536 -0.651
H13 0.000 -1.452 2.811
H14 0.000 1.452 2.811

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44252.46002.88923.40842.77471.36012.45041.09162.18573.44623.98054.49073.4318
C21.44251.37442.46004.12673.89432.37822.76262.20221.09112.13723.43805.12694.7217
C32.46001.37441.44253.89434.12672.76262.37823.43802.13721.09112.20224.72175.1269
C42.88922.46001.44252.77473.40842.45041.36013.98053.44622.18571.09163.43184.4907
C53.40844.12673.89432.77471.35622.06181.51694.19575.20364.87293.27511.08812.2632
C62.77473.89434.12673.40841.35621.51692.06183.27514.87295.20364.19572.26321.0881
C71.36012.37822.76262.45042.06181.51691.43792.16693.36423.85363.46233.14922.3962
C82.45042.76262.37821.36011.51692.06181.43793.46233.85363.36422.16692.39623.1492
H91.09162.20223.43803.98054.19573.27512.16693.46232.51144.33225.07155.28103.6281
H102.18571.09112.13723.44625.20364.87293.36423.85362.51142.45704.33226.21455.6112
H113.44622.13721.09112.18574.87295.20363.85363.36424.33222.45702.51145.61126.2145
H123.98053.43802.20221.09163.27514.19573.46232.16695.07154.33222.51143.62815.2810
H134.49075.12694.72173.43181.08812.26323.14922.39625.28106.21455.61123.62812.9037
H143.43184.72175.12694.49072.26321.08812.39623.14923.62815.61126.21455.28102.9037

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.674 C1 C2 H10 118.584
C1 C7 C6 149.299 C1 C7 N8 122.244
C2 C1 C7 116.082 C2 C1 H9 120.066
C2 C3 C4 121.674 C2 C3 H11 119.742
C3 C2 H10 119.742 C3 C4 N8 116.082
C3 C4 H12 120.066 C4 C3 H11 118.584
C4 N8 C5 149.299 C4 N8 C7 122.244
C5 C6 C7 91.544 C5 C6 H14 135.322
C5 N8 C7 88.456 C6 C5 N8 91.544
C6 C5 H13 135.322 C6 C7 N8 88.456
C7 C1 H9 123.852 C7 C6 H14 133.134
N8 C4 H12 123.852 N8 C5 H13 133.134
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.150      
2 C -0.101      
3 C -0.101      
4 C -0.150      
5 C -0.137      
6 C -0.137      
7 C 0.094      
8 C 0.094      
9 H 0.092      
10 H 0.098      
11 H 0.098      
12 H 0.092      
13 H 0.104      
14 H 0.104      


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 0.676 0.676
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.528 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.291 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.777
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.495 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.133
Polar
3z2-r210.266
x2-y2-9.238
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.320 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.259 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 17.822


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 221.705
(<r2>)1/2 14.890