return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C8H8 (cyclooctatetraene)

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at LSDA/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.113411
Energy at 298.15K-306.121003
Nuclear repulsion energy326.363339
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/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 3082 3032 0.00      
2 A1 1716 1688 0.00      
3 A1 1225 1205 0.00      
4 A1 895 881 0.00      
5 A1 761 748 0.00      
6 A1 184 181 0.00      
7 A2 3048 2998 0.00      
8 A2 1376 1354 0.00      
9 A2 989 973 0.00      
10 A2 929 914 0.00      
11 A2 221 218 0.00      
12 B1 3055 3005 0.00      
13 B1 1446 1423 0.00      
14 B1 1043 1026 0.00      
15 B1 950 934 0.00      
16 B1 669 658 0.00      
17 B1 234 230 0.00      
18 B2 3067 3017 19.44      
19 B2 1683 1655 2.16      
20 B2 1227 1207 2.39      
21 B2 672 661 109.43      
22 B2 286 281 4.50      
23 E 3075 3024 31.96      
23 E 3075 3024 31.96      
24 E 3050 3000 0.06      
24 E 3050 3000 0.06      
25 E 1685 1657 0.53      
25 E 1685 1657 0.53      
26 E 1415 1391 3.61      
26 E 1415 1391 3.61      
27 E 1240 1220 0.70      
27 E 1240 1220 0.70      
28 E 973 957 0.37      
28 E 973 957 0.37      
29 E 963 948 1.68      
29 E 963 948 1.68      
30 E 803 790 27.20      
30 E 803 790 27.20      
31 E 630 619 25.45      
31 E 630 619 25.45      
32 E 327 321 3.05      
32 E 327 321 3.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28538.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9836) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28070.0 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/3-21G
ABC
0.09164 0.09164 0.05290

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.670 1.522 0.411
C2 -0.670 1.522 0.411
C3 0.670 -1.522 0.411
C4 -0.670 -1.522 0.411
C5 1.522 0.670 -0.411
C6 -1.522 0.670 -0.411
C7 1.522 -0.670 -0.411
C8 -1.522 -0.670 -0.411
H9 1.193 2.276 1.020
H10 -1.193 2.276 1.020
H11 1.193 -2.276 1.020
H12 -1.193 -2.276 1.020
H13 2.276 1.193 -1.020
H14 -2.276 1.193 -1.020
H15 2.276 -1.193 -1.020
H16 -2.276 -1.193 -1.020

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14 H15 H16
C11.33903.04443.32581.45972.49152.49153.20681.10052.09873.88154.27312.17613.29083.46364.2533
C21.33903.32583.04442.49151.45973.20682.49152.09871.10054.27313.88153.29082.17614.25333.4636
C33.04443.32581.33902.49153.20681.45972.49153.88154.27311.10052.09873.46364.25332.17613.2908
C43.32583.04441.33903.20682.49152.49151.45974.27313.88152.09871.10054.25333.46363.29082.1761
C51.45972.49152.49153.20683.04441.33903.32582.17613.46363.29084.25331.10053.88152.09874.2731
C62.49151.45973.20682.49153.04443.32581.33903.46362.17614.25333.29083.88151.10054.27312.0987
C72.49153.20681.45972.49151.33903.32583.04443.29084.25332.17613.46362.09874.27311.10053.8815
C83.20682.49152.49151.45973.32581.33903.04444.25333.29083.46362.17614.27312.09873.88151.1005
H91.10052.09873.88154.27312.17613.46363.29084.25332.38504.55105.13812.55034.16634.16635.3116
H102.09871.10054.27313.88153.46362.17614.25333.29082.38505.13814.55104.16632.55035.31164.1663
H113.88154.27311.10052.09873.29084.25332.17613.46364.55105.13812.38504.16635.31162.55034.1663
H124.27313.88152.09871.10054.25333.29083.46362.17615.13814.55102.38505.31164.16634.16632.5503
H132.17613.29083.46364.25331.10053.88152.09874.27312.55034.16634.16635.31164.55102.38505.1381
H143.29082.17614.25333.46363.88151.10054.27312.09874.16632.55035.31164.16634.55105.13812.3850
H153.46364.25332.17613.29082.09874.27311.10053.88154.16635.31162.55034.16632.38505.13814.5510
H164.25333.46363.29082.17614.27312.09873.88151.10055.31164.16634.16632.55035.13812.38504.5510

picture of cyclooctatetraene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C6 125.741 C1 C2 H10 118.375
C1 C5 C7 125.741 C1 C5 H13 115.708
C2 C1 C5 125.741 C2 C1 H9 118.375
C2 C6 C8 125.741 C2 C6 H14 115.708
C3 C4 C8 125.741 C3 C4 H12 118.375
C3 C7 C5 125.741 C3 C7 H15 115.708
C4 C3 C7 125.741 C4 C3 H11 118.375
C4 C8 C6 125.741 C4 C8 H16 115.708
C5 C1 H9 115.708 C5 C7 H15 118.375
C6 C2 H10 115.708 C6 C8 H16 118.375
C7 C3 H11 115.708 C7 C5 H13 118.375
C8 C4 H12 115.708 C8 C6 H14 118.375
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.211      
2 C -0.211      
3 C -0.211      
4 C -0.211      
5 C -0.211      
6 C -0.211      
7 C -0.211      
8 C -0.211      
9 H 0.211      
10 H 0.211      
11 H 0.211      
12 H 0.211      
13 H 0.211      
14 H 0.211      
15 H 0.211      
16 H 0.211      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -43.044 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -43.044 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -48.414
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.685 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -5.369
Polar
3z2-r2-10.739
x2-y20.000
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 12.981 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 12.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.498


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000