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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.982712
Energy at 298.15K-156.991736
HF Energy-156.982712
Nuclear repulsion energy126.420215
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3037 2987 0.00      
2 A1 3004 2954 0.00      
3 A1 1500 1475 0.00      
4 A1 1149 1130 0.00      
5 A1 1015 998 0.00      
6 A1 199 196 0.00      
7 A2 1219 1199 0.00      
8 A2 942 927 0.00      
9 B1 1234 1214 0.00      
10 B1 1140 1121 0.00      
11 B1 941 925 0.00      
12 B2 3067 3016 95.93      
13 B2 2997 2948 9.64      
14 B2 1469 1445 4.00      
15 B2 873 858 0.02      
16 B2 614 604 3.75      
17 E 3051 3000 20.31      
17 E 3051 3000 20.31      
18 E 2997 2948 78.20      
18 E 2997 2948 78.20      
19 E 1460 1436 0.27      
19 E 1460 1436 0.27      
20 E 1261 1240 0.89      
20 E 1261 1240 0.89      
21 E 1226 1205 0.51      
21 E 1226 1205 0.51      
22 E 911 896 2.45      
22 E 911 896 2.45      
23 E 741 729 0.70      
23 E 741 729 0.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23845.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23452.1 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.35394 0.35394 0.21057

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.083 0.134
C2 0.000 -1.083 0.134
C3 -1.083 0.000 -0.134
C4 1.083 0.000 -0.134
H5 0.000 1.397 1.193
H6 0.000 1.987 -0.498
H7 0.000 -1.397 1.193
H8 0.000 -1.987 -0.498
H9 -1.397 0.000 -1.193
H10 -1.987 0.000 0.498
H11 1.397 0.000 -1.193
H12 1.987 0.000 0.498

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.16561.55471.55471.10391.10322.69613.13412.21012.29182.21012.2918
C22.16561.55471.55472.69613.13411.10391.10322.21012.29182.21012.2918
C31.55471.55472.16562.21012.29182.21012.29181.10391.10322.69613.1341
C41.55471.55472.16562.21012.29182.21012.29182.69613.13411.10391.1032
H51.10392.69612.21012.21011.79052.79383.78253.09712.52623.09712.5262
H61.10323.13412.29182.29181.79053.78253.97372.52622.98102.52622.9810
H72.69611.10392.21012.21012.79383.78251.79053.09712.52623.09712.5262
H83.13411.10322.29182.29183.78253.97371.79052.52622.98102.52622.9810
H92.21012.21011.10392.69613.09712.52623.09712.52621.79052.79383.7825
H102.29182.29181.10323.13412.52622.98102.52622.98101.79053.78253.9737
H112.21012.21012.69611.10393.09712.52623.09712.52622.79383.78251.7905
H122.29182.29183.13411.10322.52622.98102.52622.98103.78253.97371.7905

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.288 C1 C3 H9 111.338
C1 C3 H10 118.146 C1 C4 C2 88.288
C1 C4 H11 111.338 C1 C4 H12 118.146
C2 C3 H9 111.338 C2 C3 H10 118.146
C2 C4 H11 111.338 C2 C4 H12 118.146
C3 C1 C4 88.288 C3 C1 H5 111.338
C3 C1 H6 118.146 C3 C2 C4 88.288
C3 C2 H7 111.338 C3 C2 H8 118.146
C4 C1 H5 111.338 C4 C1 H6 118.146
C4 C2 H7 111.338 C4 C2 H8 118.146
H5 C1 H6 108.432 H7 C2 H8 108.432
H9 C3 H10 108.432 H11 C4 H12 108.432
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.298      
2 C -0.298      
3 C -0.298      
4 C -0.298      
5 H 0.151      
6 H 0.147      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.147      
9 H 0.151      
10 H 0.147      
11 H 0.151      
12 H 0.147      


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 -26.854 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -26.854 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.527
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.663 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.327
Polar
3z2-r22.653
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 6.283 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.283 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.877


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.345
(<r2>)1/2 8.680