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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.579229
Energy at 298.15K-306.584968
HF Energy-306.579229
Nuclear repulsion energy311.521770
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
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 3321 3154 7.68      
2 A1 3250 3086 5.98      
3 A1 3233 3070 10.24      
4 A1 1715 1629 2.46      
5 A1 1566 1487 0.60      
6 A1 1501 1425 0.14      
7 A1 1458 1384 17.97      
8 A1 1241 1178 0.00      
9 A1 1099 1043 0.50      
10 A1 1085 1030 0.20      
11 A1 982 932 2.83      
12 A1 811 770 0.24      
13 A1 558 530 0.04      
14 A2 1018 966 0.00      
15 A2 957 909 0.00      
16 A2 915 869 0.00      
17 A2 798 758 0.00      
18 A2 600 570 0.00      
19 A2 305 289 0.00      
20 B1 957 909 11.37      
21 B1 776 737 151.38      
22 B1 744 707 0.65      
23 B1 378 359 4.68      
24 B1 235 223 16.30      
25 B2 3287 3121 0.03      
26 B2 3244 3080 15.31      
27 B2 3218 3056 0.32      
28 B2 1671 1587 0.13      
29 B2 1491 1416 8.27      
30 B2 1344 1276 0.69      
31 B2 1272 1208 15.01      
32 B2 1116 1060 2.20      
33 B2 1078 1023 1.47      
34 B2 881 836 0.05      
35 B2 679 645 0.47      
36 B2 409 389 4.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24594.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9496) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23354.5 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.16100 0.07250 0.04999

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.443 -0.623
C2 0.000 0.685 -1.850
C3 0.000 -0.685 -1.850
C4 0.000 -1.443 -0.623
C5 0.000 -0.678 2.056
C6 0.000 0.678 2.056
C7 0.000 0.721 0.521
C8 0.000 -0.721 0.521
H9 0.000 2.525 -0.652
H10 0.000 1.223 -2.791
H11 0.000 -1.223 -2.791
H12 0.000 -2.525 -0.652
H13 0.000 -1.443 2.814
H14 0.000 1.443 2.814

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44252.45612.88513.41672.78631.35242.44791.08262.17893.43543.96744.48743.4363
C21.44251.36972.45614.13753.90672.37182.75722.19551.08322.12663.42595.12634.7250
C32.45611.36971.44253.90674.13752.75722.37183.42592.12661.08322.19554.72505.1263
C42.88512.45611.44252.78633.41672.44791.35243.96743.43542.17891.08263.43634.4874
C53.41674.13753.90672.78631.35552.07711.53574.19445.20624.87753.27841.07672.2522
C62.78633.90674.13753.41671.35551.53572.07713.27844.87755.20624.19442.25221.0767
C71.35242.37182.75722.44792.07711.53571.44302.15153.34963.84033.45183.15292.4031
C82.44792.75722.37181.35241.53572.07711.44303.45183.84033.34962.15152.40313.1529
H91.08262.19553.42593.96744.19443.27842.15153.45182.50364.31455.04955.26853.6305
H102.17891.08322.12663.43545.20624.87753.34963.84032.50362.44514.31456.20585.6084
H113.43542.12661.08322.17894.87755.20623.84033.34964.31452.44512.50365.60846.2058
H123.96743.42592.19551.08263.27844.19443.45182.15155.04954.31452.50363.63055.2685
H134.48745.12634.72503.43631.07672.25223.15292.40315.26856.20585.60843.63052.8867
H143.43634.72505.12634.48742.25221.07672.40313.15293.63055.60846.20585.26852.8867

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.688 C1 C2 H10 118.551
C1 C7 C6 149.410 C1 C7 N8 122.221
C2 C1 C7 116.091 C2 C1 H9 120.131
C2 C3 C4 121.688 C2 C3 H11 119.762
C3 C2 H10 119.762 C3 C4 N8 116.091
C3 C4 H12 120.131 C4 C3 H11 118.551
C4 N8 C5 149.410 C4 N8 C7 122.221
C5 C6 C7 91.632 C5 C6 H14 135.323
C5 N8 C7 88.368 C6 C5 N8 91.632
C6 C5 H13 135.323 C6 C7 N8 88.368
C7 C1 H9 123.778 C7 C6 H14 133.045
N8 C4 H12 123.778 N8 C5 H13 133.045
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.302      
2 C -0.216      
3 C -0.216      
4 C -0.302      
5 C -0.164      
6 C -0.164      
7 C 0.019      
8 C 0.019      
9 H 0.221      
10 H 0.221      
11 H 0.221      
12 H 0.221      
13 H 0.221      
14 H 0.221      


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 0.523 0.523
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -51.862 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.880 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -38.625
Traceless
 xyz
x -12.609 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.246
Polar
3z2-r214.492
x2-y2-11.981
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.006 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.266 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 14.683


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 221.702
(<r2>)1/2 14.890