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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: LSDA/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.493914
Energy at 298.15K-306.499501
HF Energy-306.493914
Nuclear repulsion energy311.958239
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 LSDA/6-31G
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 3227 3161 8.42      
2 A1 3164 3099 8.65      
3 A1 3146 3082 10.25      
4 A1 1719 1685 1.86      
5 A1 1551 1519 0.19      
6 A1 1533 1502 0.68      
7 A1 1431 1402 13.99      
8 A1 1187 1163 0.03      
9 A1 1107 1084 0.28      
10 A1 1050 1029 3.32      
11 A1 1003 983 2.78      
12 A1 819 802 0.01      
13 A1 549 538 0.06      
14 A2 960 940 0.00      
15 A2 903 884 0.00      
16 A2 868 850 0.00      
17 A2 767 752 0.00      
18 A2 576 564 0.00      
19 A2 295 289 0.00      
20 B1 910 892 11.65      
21 B1 747 731 129.87      
22 B1 713 699 1.21      
23 B1 368 360 3.20      
24 B1 234 229 11.57      
25 B2 3192 3127 0.20      
26 B2 3155 3091 21.01      
27 B2 3132 3069 0.05      
28 B2 1662 1628 0.15      
29 B2 1447 1417 5.21      
30 B2 1290 1263 3.47      
31 B2 1230 1205 15.60      
32 B2 1103 1081 1.47      
33 B2 1049 1027 1.10      
34 B2 860 842 0.27      
35 B2 654 641 0.75      
36 B2 415 407 4.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24006.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9797) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23518.7 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 LSDA/6-31G
ABC
0.16061 0.07317 0.05027

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/6-31G

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.442 -0.621
C2 0.000 0.687 -1.844
C3 0.000 -0.687 -1.844
C4 0.000 -1.442 -0.621
C5 0.000 -0.680 2.043
C6 0.000 0.680 2.043
C7 0.000 0.719 0.528
C8 0.000 -0.719 0.528
H9 0.000 2.537 -0.654
H10 0.000 1.232 -2.794
H11 0.000 -1.232 -2.794
H12 0.000 -2.537 -0.654
H13 0.000 -1.455 2.810
H14 0.000 1.455 2.810

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.43722.45572.88503.40642.77161.35792.44781.09462.18293.44563.97924.49083.4309
C21.43721.37442.45574.12073.88742.37202.75732.19921.09502.14123.43645.12314.7166
C32.45571.37441.43723.88744.12072.75732.37203.43642.14121.09502.19924.71665.1231
C42.88502.45571.43722.77163.40642.44781.35793.97923.44562.18291.09463.43094.4908
C53.40644.12073.88742.77161.35932.06221.51604.19765.20124.86873.27471.09032.2683
C62.77163.88744.12073.40641.35931.51602.06223.27474.86875.20124.19762.26831.0903
C71.35792.37202.75732.44782.06221.51601.43782.16813.36113.85223.46343.15172.3977
C82.44782.75732.37201.35791.51602.06221.43783.46343.85223.36112.16812.39773.1517
H91.09462.19923.43643.97924.19763.27472.16813.46342.50644.33365.07325.28503.6285
H102.18291.09502.14123.44565.20124.86873.36113.85222.50642.46364.33366.21455.6080
H113.44562.14121.09502.18294.86875.20123.85223.36114.33362.46362.50645.60806.2145
H123.97923.43642.19921.09463.27474.19763.46342.16815.07324.33362.50643.62855.2850
H134.49085.12314.71663.43091.09032.26833.15172.39775.28506.21455.60803.62852.9105
H143.43094.71665.12314.49082.26831.09032.39773.15173.62855.60806.21455.28502.9105

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.703 C1 C2 H10 118.470
C1 C7 C6 149.282 C1 C7 N8 122.200
C2 C1 C7 116.097 C2 C1 H9 119.989
C2 C3 C4 121.703 C2 C3 H11 119.827
C3 C2 H10 119.827 C3 C4 N8 116.097
C3 C4 H12 119.989 C4 C3 H11 118.470
C4 N8 C5 149.282 C4 N8 C7 122.200
C5 C6 C7 91.482 C5 C6 H14 135.345
C5 N8 C7 88.518 C6 C5 N8 91.482
C6 C5 H13 135.345 C6 C7 N8 88.518
C7 C1 H9 123.914 C7 C6 H14 133.172
N8 C4 H12 123.914 N8 C5 H13 133.172
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.186      
2 C -0.164      
3 C -0.164      
4 C -0.186      
5 C -0.110      
6 C -0.110      
7 C -0.025      
8 C -0.025      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.146      
11 H 0.146      
12 H 0.158      
13 H 0.180      
14 H 0.180      


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 0.537 0.537
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.015 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.345 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.487
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.099 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.693
Polar
3z2-r211.386
x2-y2-9.670
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.724 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.915 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 15.826


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.751
(<r2>)1/2 14.858