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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.895236
Energy at 298.15K-307.900750
HF Energy-307.895236
Nuclear repulsion energy309.404706
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 PBEPBE/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 3222 3178 17.77      
2 A1 3161 3117 16.25      
3 A1 3142 3099 15.77      
4 A1 1678 1655 1.55      
5 A1 1521 1500 1.19      
6 A1 1489 1468 0.72      
7 A1 1420 1400 11.25      
8 A1 1192 1176 0.00      
9 A1 1085 1070 0.16      
10 A1 1056 1041 1.24      
11 A1 978 964 2.51      
12 A1 801 790 0.03      
13 A1 543 535 0.06      
14 A2 952 938 0.00      
15 A2 890 878 0.00      
16 A2 858 846 0.00      
17 A2 755 744 0.00      
18 A2 570 562 0.00      
19 A2 293 289 0.00      
20 B1 901 888 9.03      
21 B1 741 731 118.95      
22 B1 709 700 3.96      
23 B1 363 358 2.78      
24 B1 228 225 11.05      
25 B2 3187 3143 1.96      
26 B2 3152 3109 37.93      
27 B2 3127 3084 0.18      
28 B2 1621 1598 0.14      
29 B2 1441 1421 4.48      
30 B2 1293 1275 1.52      
31 B2 1232 1215 13.37      
32 B2 1090 1075 1.42      
33 B2 1039 1025 1.47      
34 B2 851 839 0.15      
35 B2 650 641 0.64      
36 B2 408 402 4.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23818.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9862) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23489.4 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 PBEPBE/6-31G
ABC
0.15810 0.07183 0.04939

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.455 -0.627
C2 0.000 0.693 -1.863
C3 0.000 -0.693 -1.863
C4 0.000 -1.455 -0.627
C5 0.000 -0.685 2.064
C6 0.000 0.685 2.064
C7 0.000 0.726 0.533
C8 0.000 -0.726 0.533
H9 0.000 2.549 -0.659
H10 0.000 1.238 -2.812
H11 0.000 -1.238 -2.812
H12 0.000 -2.549 -0.659
H13 0.000 -1.460 2.829
H14 0.000 1.460 2.829

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.45272.47942.91093.43842.79881.37002.47061.09392.19653.46894.00454.52173.4561
C21.45271.38682.47944.16243.92752.39672.78532.21201.09432.15223.45875.16344.7551
C32.47941.38681.45273.92754.16242.78532.39673.45872.15221.09432.21204.75515.1634
C42.91092.47941.45272.79883.43842.47061.37004.00453.46892.19651.09393.45614.5217
C53.43844.16243.92752.79881.37032.08221.53164.22795.24214.90773.29991.08922.2777
C62.79883.92754.16243.43841.37031.53162.08223.29994.90775.24214.22792.27771.0892
C71.37002.39672.78532.47062.08221.53161.45222.17803.38443.87953.48523.17062.4109
C82.47062.78532.39671.37001.53162.08221.45223.48523.87953.38442.17802.41093.1706
H91.09392.21203.45874.00454.22793.29992.17803.48522.52084.35655.09785.31443.6545
H102.19651.09432.15223.46895.24214.90773.38443.87952.52082.47654.35656.25395.6462
H113.46892.15221.09432.19654.90775.24213.87953.38444.35652.47652.52085.64626.2539
H124.00453.45872.21201.09393.29994.22793.48522.17805.09784.35652.52083.65455.3144
H134.52175.16344.75513.45611.08922.27773.17062.41095.31446.25395.64623.65452.9202
H143.45614.75515.16344.52172.27771.08922.41093.17063.65455.64626.25395.31442.9202

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.640 C1 C2 H10 118.500
C1 C7 C6 149.365 C1 C7 N8 122.167
C2 C1 C7 116.193 C2 C1 H9 119.940
C2 C3 C4 121.640 C2 C3 H11 119.860
C3 C2 H10 119.860 C3 C4 N8 116.193
C3 C4 H12 119.940 C4 C3 H11 118.500
C4 N8 C5 149.365 C4 N8 C7 122.167
C5 C6 C7 91.532 C5 C6 H14 135.356
C5 N8 C7 88.468 C6 C5 N8 91.532
C6 C5 H13 135.356 C6 C7 N8 88.468
C7 C1 H9 123.866 C7 C6 H14 133.113
N8 C4 H12 123.866 N8 C5 H13 133.113
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181      
2 C -0.146      
3 C -0.146      
4 C -0.181      
5 C -0.093      
6 C -0.093      
7 C -0.014      
8 C -0.014      
9 H 0.141      
10 H 0.132      
11 H 0.132      
12 H 0.141      
13 H 0.160      
14 H 0.160      


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 0.552 0.552
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.084 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -40.620 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.719
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.915 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.282 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.633
Polar
3z2-r211.267
x2-y2-9.464
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.743 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.080 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.083


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 224.157
(<r2>)1/2 14.972