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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.073405
Energy at 298.15K-308.079043
HF Energy-308.073405
Nuclear repulsion energy313.295562
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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
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 3259 3128 14.87      
2 A1 3218 3088 19.20      
3 A1 3201 3072 11.91      
4 A1 1730 1660 3.61      
5 A1 1598 1533 1.04      
6 A1 1528 1466 2.71      
7 A1 1454 1396 11.55      
8 A1 1194 1146 0.00      
9 A1 1119 1074 0.02      
10 A1 1070 1027 1.13      
11 A1 994 954 5.08      
12 A1 829 795 0.45      
13 A1 552 530 0.17      
14 A2 961 922 0.00      
15 A2 913 876 0.00      
16 A2 876 841 0.00      
17 A2 781 749 0.00      
18 A2 585 561 0.00      
19 A2 296 284 0.00      
20 B1 909 872 8.70      
21 B1 747 717 124.04      
22 B1 717 688 1.58      
23 B1 361 347 2.80      
24 B1 231 222 14.51      
25 B2 3228 3098 3.87      
26 B2 3210 3080 39.52      
27 B2 3189 3060 0.00      
28 B2 1679 1611 0.40      
29 B2 1473 1413 4.40      
30 B2 1313 1260 5.31      
31 B2 1260 1209 13.20      
32 B2 1107 1062 2.32      
33 B2 1059 1017 0.58      
34 B2 881 846 0.65      
35 B2 657 631 0.85      
36 B2 424 407 4.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24301.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23319.5 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 HSEh1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.16224 0.07365 0.05066

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.436 -0.617
C2 0.000 0.683 -1.840
C3 0.000 -0.683 -1.840
C4 0.000 -1.436 -0.617
C5 0.000 -0.672 2.036
C6 0.000 0.672 2.036
C7 0.000 0.714 0.526
C8 0.000 -0.714 0.526
H9 0.000 2.522 -0.646
H10 0.000 1.220 -2.783
H11 0.000 -1.220 -2.783
H12 0.000 -2.522 -0.646
H13 0.000 -1.441 2.799
H14 0.000 1.441 2.799

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43662.44682.87293.38912.76101.35192.43531.08562.17643.42773.95824.46643.4160
C21.43661.36552.44684.10623.87612.36582.74732.19251.08532.12393.41965.10204.7005
C32.44681.36551.43663.87614.10622.74732.36583.41962.12391.08532.19254.70055.1020
C42.87292.44681.43662.76103.38912.43531.35193.95823.42772.17641.08563.41604.4664
C53.38914.10623.87612.76101.34462.05031.51114.17075.17724.84993.25791.08302.2468
C62.76103.87614.10623.38911.34461.51112.05033.25794.84995.17724.17072.24681.0830
C71.35192.36582.74732.43532.05031.51111.42822.15413.34693.83253.44133.13252.3867
C82.43532.74732.36581.35191.51112.05031.42823.44133.83253.34692.15412.38673.1325
H91.08562.19253.41963.95824.17073.25792.15413.44132.50174.30925.04335.25073.6105
H102.17641.08532.12393.42775.17724.84993.34693.83252.50172.44104.30926.18375.5860
H113.42772.12391.08532.17644.84995.17723.83253.34694.30922.44102.50175.58606.1837
H123.95823.41962.19251.08563.25794.17073.44132.15415.04334.30922.50173.61055.2507
H134.46645.10204.70053.41601.08302.24683.13252.38675.25076.18375.58603.61052.8820
H143.41604.70055.10204.46642.24681.08302.38673.13253.61055.58606.18375.25072.8820

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.646 C1 C2 H10 118.653
C1 C7 C6 149.284 C1 C7 N8 122.300
C2 C1 C7 116.054 C2 C1 H9 120.119
C2 C3 C4 121.646 C2 C3 H11 119.701
C3 C2 H10 119.701 C3 C4 N8 116.054
C3 C4 H12 120.119 C4 C3 H11 118.653
C4 N8 C5 149.284 C4 N8 C7 122.300
C5 C6 C7 91.584 C5 C6 H14 135.219
C5 N8 C7 88.416 C6 C5 N8 91.584
C6 C5 H13 135.219 C6 C7 N8 88.416
C7 C1 H9 123.827 C7 C6 H14 133.197
N8 C4 H12 123.827 N8 C5 H13 133.197
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.249      
2 C -0.213      
3 C -0.213      
4 C -0.249      
5 C -0.218      
6 C -0.218      
7 C 0.063      
8 C 0.063      
9 H 0.205      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.203      
12 H 0.205      
13 H 0.209      
14 H 0.209      


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 0.691 0.691
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.686
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.988 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.948 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.039
Polar
3z2-r212.079
x2-y2-10.624
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.148 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.372 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.229


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 219.481
(<r2>)1/2 14.815