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All results from a given calculation for C6H4O2 (parabenzoquinone)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-379.234679
Energy at 298.15K-379.239158
Nuclear repulsion energy318.227375
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 BLYP/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3144 3123 0.00      
2 Ag 1628 1617 0.00      
3 Ag 1561 1551 0.00      
4 Ag 1177 1170 0.00      
5 Ag 735 731 0.00      
6 Ag 454 451 0.00      
7 Au 1049 1043 0.00      
8 Au 356 354 0.00      
9 B1g 785 780 0.00      
10 B1u 3121 3101 3.86      
11 B1u 1593 1583 135.50      
12 B1u 1371 1362 3.11      
13 B1u 928 922 16.61      
14 B1u 723 718 0.38      
15 B2g 1067 1060 0.00      
16 B2g 838 832 0.00      
17 B2g 284 282 0.00      
18 B2u 3139 3119 14.36      
19 B2u 1576 1566 16.35      
20 B2u 1273 1264 36.04      
21 B2u 1037 1030 89.61      
22 B2u 381 378 16.97      
23 B3g 3121 3101 0.00      
24 B3g 1363 1354 0.00      
25 B3g 1175 1167 0.00      
26 B3g 585 581 0.00      
27 B3g 443 440 0.00      
28 B3u 935 929 80.60      
29 B3u 528 525 11.07      
30 B3u 109 108 8.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18239.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18120.8 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.17564 0.05291 0.04066

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.471
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.471
C3 0.000 1.264 0.676
C4 0.000 -1.264 0.676
C5 0.000 -1.264 -0.676
C6 0.000 1.264 -0.676
O7 0.000 0.000 2.730
O8 0.000 0.000 -2.730
H9 0.000 2.186 1.259
H10 0.000 -2.186 1.259
H11 0.000 -2.186 -1.259
H12 0.000 2.186 -1.259

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 O7 O8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.94141.49301.49302.49152.49151.25884.20022.19672.19673.49723.4972
C22.94142.49152.49151.49301.49304.20021.25883.49723.49722.19672.1967
C31.49302.49152.52822.86731.35262.41123.63291.09083.49943.95612.1436
C41.49302.49152.52821.35262.86732.41123.63293.49941.09082.14363.9561
C52.49151.49302.86731.35262.52823.63292.41123.95612.14361.09083.4994
C62.49151.49301.35262.86732.52823.63292.41122.14363.95613.49941.0908
O71.25884.20022.41122.41123.63293.63295.45912.63512.63514.54834.5483
O84.20021.25883.63293.63292.41122.41125.45914.54834.54832.63512.6351
H92.19673.49721.09083.49943.95612.14362.63514.54834.37295.04582.5174
H102.19673.49723.49941.09082.14363.95612.63514.54834.37292.51745.0458
H113.49722.19673.95612.14361.09083.49944.54832.63515.04582.51744.3729
H123.49722.19672.14363.95613.49941.09084.54832.63512.51745.04584.3729

picture of parabenzoquinone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C6 122.146 C1 C3 H9 115.583
C1 C4 C5 122.146 C1 C4 H10 115.583
C2 C5 C4 122.146 C2 C5 H11 115.583
C2 C6 C3 122.146 C2 C6 H12 115.583
C3 C1 C4 115.708 C3 C1 O7 122.146
C3 C6 H12 122.271 C4 C1 O7 122.146
C4 C5 H11 122.271 C5 C2 C6 115.708
C5 C2 O8 122.146 C5 C4 H10 122.271
C6 C2 O8 122.146 C6 C3 H9 122.271
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.351      
2 C 0.351      
3 C -0.170      
4 C -0.170      
5 C -0.170      
6 C -0.170      
7 O -0.419      
8 O -0.419      
9 H 0.204      
10 H 0.204      
11 H 0.204      
12 H 0.204      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -45.602 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -37.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -59.019
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.767 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 14.590 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.358
Polar
3z2-r2-34.716
x2-y2-7.882
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.784 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.639 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.932


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 249.586
(<r2>)1/2 15.798