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All results from a given calculation for C6H6 (Benzvalene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-230.831829
Energy at 298.15K-230.838232
HF Energy-230.831829
Nuclear repulsion energy212.271772
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 B3LYP/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 3281 3157 0.04      
2 A1 3273 3148 15.93      
3 A1 3237 3114 1.18      
4 A1 1620 1559 2.32      
5 A1 1357 1306 0.34      
6 A1 1173 1128 1.28      
7 A1 1138 1094 4.54      
8 A1 1003 965 0.37      
9 A1 896 862 0.95      
10 A1 805 775 11.15      
11 A1 722 694 0.28      
12 A2 1142 1099 0.00      
13 A2 953 917 0.00      
14 A2 937 902 0.00      
15 A2 746 717 0.00      
16 A2 538 517 0.00      
17 B1 3252 3129 7.97      
18 B1 1126 1083 30.15      
19 B1 1032 993 0.24      
20 B1 763 734 93.39      
21 B1 631 607 1.90      
22 B1 517 498 13.62      
23 B2 3251 3127 7.73      
24 B2 3237 3114 9.35      
25 B2 1352 1300 8.50      
26 B2 1280 1231 0.00      
27 B2 1189 1143 3.15      
28 B2 980 943 0.00      
29 B2 876 842 0.13      
30 B2 820 789 14.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21561.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20742.3 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.24165 0.17297 0.12791

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.737 0.000 -1.025
C2 -0.737 0.000 -1.025
C3 0.000 1.091 -0.200
C4 0.000 -1.091 -0.200
C5 0.000 0.670 1.257
C6 0.000 -0.670 1.257
H7 1.521 0.000 -1.762
H8 -1.521 0.000 -1.762
H9 0.000 2.122 -0.524
H10 0.000 -2.122 -0.524
H11 0.000 1.348 2.096
H12 0.000 -1.348 2.096

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.47461.55361.55362.48972.48971.07592.37572.30122.30123.47883.4788
C21.47461.55361.55362.48972.48972.37571.07592.30122.30123.47883.4788
C31.55361.55362.18131.51642.28502.43782.43781.08073.22852.31063.3495
C41.55361.55362.18132.28501.51642.43782.43783.22851.08073.34952.3106
C52.48972.48971.51642.28501.33953.44603.44602.29783.31121.07912.1853
C62.48972.48972.28501.51641.33953.44603.44603.31122.29782.18531.0791
H71.07592.37572.43782.43783.44603.44603.04262.88912.88914.36074.3607
H82.37571.07592.43782.43783.44603.44603.04262.88912.88914.36074.3607
H92.30122.30121.08073.22852.29783.31122.88912.88914.24312.73234.3479
H102.30122.30123.22851.08073.31122.29782.88912.88914.24314.34792.7323
H113.47883.47882.31063.34951.07912.18534.36074.36072.73234.34792.6958
H123.47883.47883.34952.31062.18531.07914.36074.36074.34792.73232.6958

picture of Benzvalene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 61.668 C1 C2 C4 61.668
C1 C2 H8 136.774 C1 C3 C2 56.663
C1 C3 C5 108.377 C1 C3 H9 120.687
C1 C4 C2 56.663 C1 C4 C6 108.377
C1 C4 H10 120.687 C2 C1 C3 61.668
C2 C1 C4 61.668 C2 C1 H7 136.774
C2 C3 C5 108.377 C2 C3 H9 120.687
C2 C4 C6 108.377 C2 C4 H10 120.687
C3 C1 C4 89.179 C3 C1 H7 135.191
C3 C2 C4 89.179 C3 C2 H8 135.191
C3 C5 C6 106.115 C3 C5 H11 124.951
C4 C1 H7 135.191 C4 C2 H8 135.191
C4 C6 C5 106.115 C4 C6 H12 124.951
C5 C3 H9 123.576 C5 C6 H12 128.934
C6 C4 H10 123.576 C6 C5 H11 128.934
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.158      
2 C -0.158      
3 C -0.269      
4 C -0.269      
5 C -0.097      
6 C -0.097      
7 H 0.165      
8 H 0.165      
9 H 0.182      
10 H 0.182      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.177      


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 -0.933 0.933
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.586 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -32.397 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.651
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.062 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.721 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.341
Polar
3z2-r24.682
x2-y2-5.189
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.117 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.149 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.797


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 112.400
(<r2>)1/2 10.602