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All results from a given calculation for C6H6 (Dewar Benzene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-231.940834
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-231.940834
Nuclear repulsion energy205.446613
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 BLYP/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 3169 3145 10.79 294.64 0.03 0.06
2 A1 3054 3031 44.10 145.82 0.16 0.28
3 A1 1568 1557 0.01 25.65 0.05 0.09
4 A1 1138 1129 3.34 21.45 0.28 0.43
5 A1 1013 1005 4.29 18.16 0.74 0.85
6 A1 906 899 9.17 12.11 0.27 0.42
7 A1 814 807 1.84 7.33 0.71 0.83
8 A1 793 787 66.87 7.09 0.06 0.12
9 A1 385 382 3.52 15.28 0.64 0.78
10 A2 3129 3105 0.00 183.97 0.75 0.86
11 A2 1254 1244 0.00 1.88 0.75 0.86
12 A2 1189 1180 0.00 18.14 0.75 0.86
13 A2 916 909 0.00 0.34 0.75 0.86
14 A2 898 892 0.00 0.66 0.75 0.86
15 A2 774 768 0.00 4.76 0.75 0.86
16 A2 335 333 0.00 3.01 0.75 0.86
17 B1 3164 3140 64.95 63.07 0.75 0.86
18 B1 1543 1531 10.14 2.99 0.75 0.86
19 B1 1182 1173 0.54 7.03 0.75 0.86
20 B1 1078 1070 0.01 1.46 0.75 0.86
21 B1 958 951 0.67 8.03 0.75 0.86
22 B1 713 708 45.59 5.81 0.75 0.86
23 B2 3131 3107 36.32 46.83 0.75 0.86
24 B2 3045 3022 19.91 129.00 0.75 0.86
25 B2 1272 1263 29.72 0.04 0.75 0.86
26 B2 1133 1125 7.58 1.07 0.75 0.86
27 B2 938 931 7.25 0.12 0.75 0.86
28 B2 919 912 1.55 0.27 0.75 0.86
29 B2 800 794 7.10 3.07 0.75 0.86
30 B2 479 476 5.55 7.92 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20845.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20686.9 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 BLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.25363 0.14432 0.11229

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.807 0.530
C2 0.000 -0.807 0.530
H3 0.000 1.381 1.466
H4 0.000 -1.381 1.466
C5 -1.327 0.679 -0.268
C6 1.327 0.679 -0.268
C7 1.327 -0.679 -0.268
C8 -1.327 -0.679 -0.268
H9 -1.976 1.434 -0.714
H10 1.976 1.434 -0.714
H11 1.976 -1.434 -0.714
H12 -1.976 -1.434 -0.714

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.61331.09902.38011.55341.55342.14582.14582.41782.41783.23623.2362
C21.61332.38011.09902.14582.14581.55341.55343.23623.23622.41782.4178
H31.09902.38012.76292.29402.29403.00253.00252.94312.94314.07274.0727
H42.38011.09902.76293.00253.00252.29402.29404.07274.07272.94312.9431
C51.55342.14582.29403.00252.65342.98081.35821.09123.41743.94642.2553
C61.55342.14582.29403.00252.65341.35822.98083.41741.09122.25533.9464
C72.14581.55343.00252.29402.98081.35822.65343.94642.25531.09123.4174
C82.14581.55343.00252.29401.35822.98082.65342.25533.94643.41741.0912
H92.41783.23622.94314.07271.09123.41743.94642.25533.95264.88372.8683
H102.41783.23622.94314.07273.41741.09122.25533.94643.95262.86834.8837
H113.23622.41784.07272.94313.94642.25531.09123.41744.88372.86833.9526
H123.23622.41784.07272.94312.25533.94643.41741.09122.86834.88373.9526

picture of Dewar Benzene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 121.535 C1 C2 H7 85.290
C1 C2 H8 85.290 C1 C5 H8 94.710
C1 C5 H9 131.403 C1 C6 H7 94.710
C1 C6 H10 131.403 C2 C1 C3 121.535
C2 C1 C5 85.290 C2 C1 C6 85.290
C2 H7 C6 94.710 C2 H7 H11 131.403
C2 H8 C5 94.710 C2 H8 H12 131.403
C3 C1 C5 118.735 C3 C1 C6 118.735
C4 C2 H7 118.735 C4 C2 H8 118.735
C5 C1 C6 117.310 C5 H8 H12 133.789
C6 H7 H11 133.789 H7 C6 H10 133.789
H8 C5 H9 133.789
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.204      
2 C -0.204      
3 H 0.117      
4 H 0.117      
5 C -0.058      
6 C -0.058      
7 C -0.058      
8 C -0.058      
9 H 0.101      
10 H 0.101      
11 H 0.101      
12 H 0.101      


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 -0.004 0.004
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.143 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -33.107 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -35.795
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.692 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.362 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.670
Polar
3z2-r2-3.340
x2-y2-2.036
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.598 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 9.437 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.674


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 121.882
(<r2>)1/2 11.040