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All results from a given calculation for C8H6 (benzocyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-308.379433
Energy at 298.15K-308.385081
HF Energy-308.379433
Nuclear repulsion energy311.301109
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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
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 3239 3142 10.48      
2 A1 3198 3102 15.91      
3 A1 3181 3086 9.83      
4 A1 1707 1656 3.04      
5 A1 1575 1528 1.26      
6 A1 1506 1461 2.53      
7 A1 1433 1390 9.83      
8 A1 1177 1142 0.03      
9 A1 1099 1066 0.09      
10 A1 1045 1013 0.64      
11 A1 981 952 4.46      
12 A1 815 791 0.47      
13 A1 547 530 0.20      
14 A2 977 948 0.00      
15 A2 919 891 0.00      
16 A2 880 854 0.00      
17 A2 788 764 0.00      
18 A2 586 569 0.00      
19 A2 299 290 0.00      
20 B1 920 893 5.69      
21 B1 752 730 79.95      
22 B1 723 701 1.91      
23 B1 365 354 2.24      
24 B1 233 226 9.06      
25 B2 3209 3112 1.71      
26 B2 3189 3093 32.10      
27 B2 3169 3074 0.01      
28 B2 1658 1608 0.29      
29 B2 1453 1409 3.23      
30 B2 1290 1251 3.68      
31 B2 1239 1202 13.05      
32 B2 1089 1057 1.99      
33 B2 1043 1012 0.74      
34 B2 868 842 0.50      
35 B2 653 633 0.76      
36 B2 417 405 3.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24111.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.97) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23388.1 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 B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.16023 0.07270 0.05001

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.446 -0.621
C2 0.000 0.688 -1.853
C3 0.000 -0.688 -1.853
C4 0.000 -1.446 -0.621
C5 0.000 -0.678 2.051
C6 0.000 0.678 2.051
C7 0.000 0.719 0.529
C8 0.000 -0.719 0.529
H9 0.000 2.538 -0.651
H10 0.000 1.230 -2.801
H11 0.000 -1.230 -2.801
H12 0.000 -2.538 -0.651
H13 0.000 -1.452 2.818
H14 0.000 1.452 2.818

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.44602.46322.89173.41302.78031.36102.45191.09292.19053.45113.98424.49793.4397
C21.44601.37512.46324.13513.90332.38222.76642.20681.09252.13913.44255.13784.7331
C32.46321.37511.44603.90334.13512.76642.38223.44252.13911.09252.20684.73315.1378
C42.89172.46321.44602.78033.41302.45191.36103.98423.45112.19051.09293.43974.4979
C53.41304.13513.90332.78031.35512.06521.52184.19995.21324.88313.28021.09072.2640
C62.78033.90334.13513.41301.35511.52182.06523.28024.88315.21324.19992.26401.0907
C71.36102.38222.76642.45192.06521.52181.43842.16843.36953.85893.46473.15512.4035
C82.45192.76642.38221.36101.52182.06521.43843.46473.85893.36952.16842.40353.1551
H91.09292.20683.44253.98424.19993.28022.16843.46472.51734.33855.07665.28763.6350
H102.19051.09252.13913.45115.21324.88313.36953.85892.51732.45944.33856.22675.6239
H113.45112.13911.09252.19054.88315.21323.85893.36954.33852.45942.51735.62396.2267
H123.98423.44252.20681.09293.28024.19993.46472.16845.07664.33852.51733.63505.2876
H134.49795.13784.73313.43971.09072.26403.15512.40355.28766.22675.62393.63502.9046
H143.43974.73315.13784.49792.26401.09072.40353.15513.63505.62396.22675.28762.9046

picture of benzocyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.627 C1 C2 H10 118.623
C1 C7 C6 149.298 C1 C7 N8 122.269
C2 C1 C7 116.103 C2 C1 H9 120.091
C2 C3 C4 121.627 C2 C3 H11 119.750
C3 C2 H10 119.750 C3 C4 N8 116.103
C3 C4 H12 120.091 C4 C3 H11 118.623
C4 N8 C5 149.298 C4 N8 C7 122.269
C5 C6 C7 91.567 C5 C6 H14 135.264
C5 N8 C7 88.433 C6 C5 N8 91.567
C6 C5 H13 135.264 C6 C7 N8 88.433
C7 C1 H9 123.806 C7 C6 H14 133.169
N8 C4 H12 123.806 N8 C5 H13 133.169
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.086      
2 C 0.033      
3 C 0.033      
4 C -0.086      
5 C -0.011      
6 C -0.011      
7 C 0.155      
8 C 0.155      
9 H -0.035      
10 H -0.030      
11 H -0.030      
12 H -0.035      
13 H -0.026      
14 H -0.026      


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 0.710 0.710
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -50.155 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.311 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.697
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.151 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.035
Polar
3z2-r210.071
x2-y2-8.844
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.585 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 13.598 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 16.565


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 222.177
(<r2>)1/2 14.906