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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.069598
Energy at 298.15K-157.064462
HF Energy-157.225997
Nuclear repulsion energy126.730616
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3089 2981 0.00      
2 A1 3059 2952 0.00      
3 A1 1519 1466 0.00      
4 A1 1177 1136 0.00      
5 A1 1018 983 0.00      
6 A1 192 186 0.00      
7 A2 1257 1213 0.00      
8 A2 960 927 0.00      
9 B1 1262 1218 0.00      
10 B1 1168 1128 0.00      
11 B1 946 913 0.00      
12 B2 3120 3011 97.82      
13 B2 3051 2944 8.97      
14 B2 1490 1438 2.51      
15 B2 887 856 0.03      
16 B2 636 614 2.78      
17 E 3103 2994 17.83      
17 E 3103 2994 17.83      
18 E 3052 2945 79.51      
18 E 3052 2945 79.51      
19 E 1482 1430 0.04      
19 E 1482 1430 0.04      
20 E 1292 1247 0.10      
20 E 1292 1247 0.10      
21 E 1250 1206 0.17      
21 E 1250 1206 0.17      
22 E 918 886 1.56      
22 E 918 886 1.56      
23 E 750 724 0.36      
23 E 750 724 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24262.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23413.4 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.35556 0.35556 0.21027

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.084 0.125
C2 0.000 -1.084 0.125
C3 -1.084 0.000 -0.125
C4 1.084 0.000 -0.125
H5 0.000 1.423 1.165
H6 0.000 1.964 -0.523
H7 0.000 -1.423 1.165
H8 0.000 -1.964 -0.523
H9 -1.423 0.000 -1.165
H10 -1.964 0.000 0.523
H11 1.423 0.000 -1.165
H12 1.964 0.000 0.523

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.16901.55381.55381.09421.09292.71473.11712.20562.27912.20562.2791
C22.16901.55381.55382.71473.11711.09421.09292.20562.27912.20562.2791
C31.55381.55382.16902.20562.27912.20562.27911.09421.09292.71473.1171
C41.55381.55382.16902.20562.27912.20562.27912.71473.11711.09421.0929
H51.09422.71472.20562.20561.77342.84573.78493.07912.50913.07912.5091
H61.09293.11712.27912.27911.77343.78493.92892.50912.96882.50912.9688
H72.71471.09422.20562.20562.84573.78491.77343.07912.50913.07912.5091
H83.11711.09292.27912.27913.78493.92891.77342.50912.96882.50912.9688
H92.20562.20561.09422.71473.07912.50913.07912.50911.77342.84573.7849
H102.27912.27911.09293.11712.50912.96882.50912.96881.77343.78493.9289
H112.20562.20562.71471.09423.07912.50913.07912.50912.84573.78491.7734
H122.27912.27913.11711.09292.50912.96882.50912.96883.78493.92891.7734

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.561 C1 C3 H9 111.613
C1 C3 H10 117.831 C1 C4 C2 88.561
C1 C4 H11 111.613 C1 C4 H12 117.831
C2 C3 H9 111.613 C2 C3 H10 117.831
C2 C4 H11 111.613 C2 C4 H12 117.831
C3 C1 C4 88.561 C3 C1 H5 111.613
C3 C1 H6 117.831 C3 C2 C4 88.561
C3 C2 H7 111.613 C3 C2 H8 117.831
C4 C1 H5 111.613 C4 C1 H6 117.831
C4 C2 H7 111.613 C4 C2 H8 117.831
H5 C1 H6 108.336 H7 C2 H8 108.336
H9 C3 H10 108.336 H11 C4 H12 108.336
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.192      
2 C -0.192      
3 C -0.192      
4 C -0.192      
5 H 0.099      
6 H 0.093      
7 H 0.099      
8 H 0.093      
9 H 0.099      
10 H 0.093      
11 H 0.099      
12 H 0.093      


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


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.180
(<r2>)1/2 8.671