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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.683099
Energy at 298.15K-156.692301
HF Energy-156.095868
Nuclear repulsion energy126.794016
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 QCISD(T)/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 3107 2981        
2 A1 3071 2946        
3 A1 1568 1504        
4 A1 1208 1159        
5 A1 1042 1000        
6 A1 238 228        
7 A2 1271 1219        
8 A2 974 934        
9 B1 1287 1234        
10 B1 1185 1137        
11 B1 963 923        
12 B2 3134 3006        
13 B2 3063 2939        
14 B2 1534 1472        
15 B2 925 887        
16 B2 641 614        
17 E 3119 2992        
17 E 3119 2992        
18 E 3064 2939        
18 E 3064 2939        
19 E 1529 1467        
19 E 1529 1467        
20 E 1320 1266        
20 E 1320 1266        
21 E 1268 1217        
21 E 1268 1217        
22 E 935 897        
22 E 935 897        
23 E 773 742        
23 E 773 742        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24612.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23611.1 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.35560 0.35560 0.21224

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.079 0.142
C2 0.000 -1.079 0.142
C3 -1.079 0.000 -0.142
C4 1.079 0.000 -0.142
H5 0.000 1.371 1.202
H6 0.000 1.989 -0.473
H7 0.000 -1.371 1.202
H8 0.000 -1.989 -0.473
H9 -1.371 0.000 -1.202
H10 -1.989 0.000 0.473
H11 1.371 0.000 -1.202
H12 1.989 0.000 0.473

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.15851.55251.55251.09901.09802.66933.12902.20222.28682.20222.2868
C22.15851.55251.55252.66933.12901.09901.09802.20222.28682.20222.2868
C31.55251.55252.15852.20222.28682.20222.28681.09901.09802.66933.1290
C41.55251.55252.15852.20222.28682.20222.28682.66933.12901.09901.0980
H51.09902.66932.20222.20221.78512.74153.75383.08772.52293.08772.5229
H61.09803.12902.28682.28681.78513.75383.97742.52292.96732.52292.9673
H72.66931.09902.20222.20222.74153.75381.78513.08772.52293.08772.5229
H83.12901.09802.28682.28683.75383.97741.78512.52292.96732.52292.9673
H92.20222.20221.09902.66933.08772.52293.08772.52291.78512.74153.7538
H102.28682.28681.09803.12902.52292.96732.52292.96731.78513.75383.9774
H112.20222.20222.66931.09903.08772.52293.08772.52292.74153.75381.7851
H122.28682.28683.12901.09802.52292.96732.52292.96733.75383.97741.7851

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.080 C1 C3 H9 111.155
C1 C3 H10 118.247 C1 C4 C2 88.080
C1 C4 H11 111.155 C1 C4 H12 118.247
C2 C3 H9 111.155 C2 C3 H10 118.247
C2 C4 H11 111.155 C2 C4 H12 118.247
C3 C1 C4 88.080 C3 C1 H5 111.155
C3 C1 H6 118.247 C3 C2 C4 88.080
C3 C2 H7 111.155 C3 C2 H8 118.247
C4 C1 H5 111.155 C4 C1 H6 118.247
C4 C2 H7 111.155 C4 C2 H8 118.247
H5 C1 H6 108.690 H7 C2 H8 108.690
H9 C3 H10 108.690 H11 C4 H12 108.690
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability