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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.611534
Energy at 298.15K-304.617776
HF Energy-304.611534
Nuclear repulsion energy313.470665
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 HF/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 A1 3465 3127 9.79      
2 A1 3387 3057 9.09      
3 A1 3368 3040 16.08      
4 A1 1833 1654 2.56      
5 A1 1696 1531 1.68      
6 A1 1576 1422 0.99      
7 A1 1554 1402 21.85      
8 A1 1323 1194 0.09      
9 A1 1178 1063 0.05      
10 A1 1147 1035 0.18      
11 A1 979 883 2.77      
12 A1 856 773 0.27      
13 A1 592 534 0.07      
14 A2 1160 1047 0.00      
15 A2 1094 987 0.00      
16 A2 1041 940 0.00      
17 A2 887 801 0.00      
18 A2 655 592 0.00      
19 A2 336 303 0.00      
20 B1 1086 980 15.39      
21 B1 880 794 163.94      
22 B1 841 759 0.83      
23 B1 421 380 7.62      
24 B1 272 246 17.24      
25 B2 3430 3096 0.00      
26 B2 3381 3051 21.86      
27 B2 3351 3025 1.00      
28 B2 1805 1630 0.95      
29 B2 1594 1438 10.47      
30 B2 1445 1305 0.30      
31 B2 1379 1245 11.57      
32 B2 1175 1060 3.73      
33 B2 1141 1030 0.13      
34 B2 948 855 0.14      
35 B2 729 658 0.20      
36 B2 437 395 5.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26219.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23665.9 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.16359 0.07315 0.05055

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.431 -0.616
C2 0.000 0.676 -1.842
C3 0.000 -0.676 -1.842
C4 0.000 -1.431 -0.616
C5 0.000 -0.667 2.049
C6 0.000 0.667 2.049
C7 0.000 0.716 0.512
C8 0.000 -0.716 0.512
H9 0.000 2.500 -0.641
H10 0.000 1.206 -2.772
H11 0.000 -1.206 -2.772
H12 0.000 -2.500 -0.641
H13 0.000 -1.421 2.800
H14 0.000 1.421 2.800

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43972.43742.86123.39142.77191.33532.42471.06992.16793.40613.93094.44963.4159
C21.43971.35192.43744.11623.89092.35442.73472.18411.07062.09933.39565.09364.7014
C32.43741.35191.43973.89094.11622.73472.35443.39562.09931.07062.18414.70145.0936
C42.86122.43741.43972.77193.39142.42471.33533.93093.40612.16791.06993.41594.4496
C53.39144.11623.89092.77191.33432.06751.53764.15555.17214.85103.25511.06412.2190
C62.77193.89094.11623.39141.33431.53762.06753.25514.85105.17214.15552.21901.0641
C71.33532.35442.73472.42472.06751.53761.43162.12453.32053.80513.41653.13052.3941
C82.42472.73472.35441.33531.53762.06751.43163.41653.80513.32052.12452.39413.1305
H91.06992.18413.39563.93094.15553.25512.12453.41652.49324.27535.00045.21683.6063
H102.16791.07062.09933.40615.17214.85103.32053.80512.49322.41224.27536.16035.5762
H113.40612.09931.07062.16794.85105.17213.80513.32054.27532.41222.49325.57626.1603
H123.93093.39562.18411.06993.25514.15553.41652.12455.00044.27532.49323.60635.2168
H134.44965.09364.70143.41591.06412.21903.13052.39415.21686.16035.57623.60632.8418
H143.41594.70145.09364.44962.21901.06412.39413.13053.60635.57626.16035.21682.8418

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.610 C1 C2 H10 118.708
C1 C7 C6 149.449 C1 C7 N8 122.363
C2 C1 C7 116.027 C2 C1 H9 120.261
C2 C3 C4 121.610 C2 C3 H11 119.682
C3 C2 H10 119.682 C3 C4 N8 116.027
C3 C4 H12 120.261 C4 C3 H11 118.708
C4 N8 C5 149.449 C4 N8 C7 122.363
C5 C6 C7 91.813 C5 C6 H14 135.098
C5 N8 C7 88.187 C6 C5 N8 91.813
C6 C5 H13 135.098 C6 C7 N8 88.187
C7 C1 H9 123.712 C7 C6 H14 133.089
N8 C4 H12 123.712 N8 C5 H13 133.089
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.284      
2 C -0.233      
3 C -0.233      
4 C -0.284      
5 C -0.152      
6 C -0.152      
7 C -0.059      
8 C -0.059      
9 H 0.241      
10 H 0.236      
11 H 0.236      
12 H 0.241      
13 H 0.251      
14 H 0.251      


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 0.582 0.582
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -52.905 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.872 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.719
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.610 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.440 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.170
Polar
3z2-r214.340
x2-y2-12.033
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.830 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.312 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 13.757


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.122
(<r2>)1/2 14.837