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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-26.505609
Energy at 298.15K-26.514887
HF Energy-26.505609
Nuclear repulsion energy71.193694
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 HF/CEP-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 3270 2948 0.00      
2 A1 3253 2932 0.00      
3 A1 1661 1497 0.00      
4 A1 1253 1129 0.00      
5 A1 1074 969 0.00      
6 A1 164 148 0.00      
7 A2 1406 1268 0.00      
8 A2 1044 941 0.00      
9 B1 1381 1245 0.00      
10 B1 1294 1167 0.00      
11 B1 1036 934 0.00      
12 B2 3319 2992 301.29      
13 B2 3224 2906 12.00      
14 B2 1622 1462 4.12      
15 B2 941 848 0.46      
16 B2 708 638 4.84      
17 E 3291 2967 14.19      
17 E 3291 2967 14.19      
18 E 3232 2914 164.30      
18 E 3232 2914 164.30      
19 E 1623 1463 2.10      
19 E 1623 1463 2.10      
20 E 1429 1288 1.08      
20 E 1429 1288 1.08      
21 E 1355 1221 0.05      
21 E 1355 1221 0.05      
22 E 985 888 7.73      
22 E 985 888 7.73      
23 E 813 733 0.39      
23 E 813 733 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26053.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23484.8 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.35163 0.35163 0.20595

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.097 0.107
C2 0.000 -1.097 0.107
C3 -1.097 0.000 -0.107
C4 1.097 0.000 -0.107
H5 0.000 1.487 1.124
H6 0.000 1.938 -0.582
H7 0.000 -1.487 1.124
H8 0.000 -1.938 -0.582
H9 -1.487 0.000 -1.124
H10 -1.938 0.000 0.582
H11 1.487 0.000 -1.124
H12 1.938 0.000 0.582

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.19451.56651.56651.08911.08772.77743.11292.22102.27742.22102.2774
C22.19451.56651.56652.77743.11291.08911.08772.22102.27742.22102.2774
C31.56651.56652.19452.22102.27742.22102.27741.08911.08772.77743.1129
C41.56651.56652.19452.22102.27742.22102.27742.77743.11291.08911.0877
H51.08912.77742.22102.22101.76522.97463.82713.07892.50253.07892.5025
H61.08773.11292.27742.27741.76523.82713.87652.50252.97832.50252.9783
H72.77741.08912.22102.22102.97463.82711.76523.07892.50253.07892.5025
H83.11291.08772.27742.27743.82713.87651.76522.50252.97832.50252.9783
H92.22102.22101.08912.77743.07892.50253.07892.50251.76522.97463.8271
H102.27742.27741.08773.11292.50252.97832.50252.97831.76523.82713.8765
H112.22102.22102.77741.08913.07892.50253.07892.50252.97463.82711.7652
H122.27742.27743.11291.08772.50252.97832.50252.97833.82713.87651.7652

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.923 C1 C3 H9 112.264
C1 C3 H10 117.040 C1 C4 C2 88.923
C1 C4 H11 112.264 C1 C4 H12 117.040
C2 C3 H9 112.264 C2 C3 H10 117.040
C2 C4 H11 112.264 C2 C4 H12 117.040
C3 C1 C4 88.923 C3 C1 H5 112.264
C3 C1 H6 117.040 C3 C2 C4 88.923
C3 C2 H7 112.264 C3 C2 H8 117.040
C4 C1 H5 112.264 C4 C1 H6 117.040
C4 C2 H7 112.264 C4 C2 H8 117.040
H5 C1 H6 108.372 H7 C2 H8 108.372
H9 C3 H10 108.372 H11 C4 H12 108.372
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.209      
2 C -0.209      
3 C -0.209      
4 C -0.209      
5 H 0.087      
6 H 0.122      
7 H 0.087      
8 H 0.122      
9 H 0.087      
10 H 0.122      
11 H 0.087      
12 H 0.122      


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 -27.576 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.727
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.925 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.849
Polar
3z2-r23.699
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 6.168 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.057


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.574
(<r2>)1/2 8.159