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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: HF/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.048738
Energy at 298.15K-156.058041
HF Energy-156.048738
Nuclear repulsion energy126.691319
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/SDD
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 3277 2951 0.00      
2 A1 3249 2925 0.00      
3 A1 1667 1501 0.00      
4 A1 1302 1172 0.00      
5 A1 1073 966 0.00      
6 A1 164 148 0.00      
7 A2 1421 1280 0.00      
8 A2 1056 951 0.00      
9 B1 1385 1247 0.00      
10 B1 1300 1170 0.00      
11 B1 1036 933 0.00      
12 B2 3315 2984 199.56      
13 B2 3223 2902 13.20      
14 B2 1636 1473 3.83      
15 B2 949 855 0.57      
16 B2 720 648 4.92      
17 E 3291 2963 16.44      
17 E 3291 2963 16.44      
18 E 3231 2909 134.01      
18 E 3231 2909 134.01      
19 E 1635 1472 3.74      
19 E 1635 1472 3.74      
20 E 1434 1291 2.14      
20 E 1434 1291 2.14      
21 E 1364 1228 0.08      
21 E 1364 1228 0.08      
22 E 986 888 8.18      
22 E 986 888 8.18      
23 E 831 748 0.13      
23 E 831 748 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26158.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9004) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23552.8 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/SDD
ABC
0.35522 0.35522 0.20783

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/SDD

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.092 0.104
C2 0.000 -1.092 0.104
C3 -1.092 0.000 -0.104
C4 1.092 0.000 -0.104
H5 0.000 1.486 1.113
H6 0.000 1.924 -0.587
H7 0.000 -1.486 1.113
H8 0.000 -1.924 -0.587
H9 -1.486 0.000 -1.113
H10 -1.924 0.000 0.587
H11 1.486 0.000 -1.113
H12 1.924 0.000 0.587

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.18471.55881.55881.08301.08182.76903.09502.20972.26502.20972.2650
C22.18471.55881.55882.76903.09501.08301.08182.20972.26502.20972.2650
C31.55881.55882.18472.20972.26502.20972.26501.08301.08182.76903.0950
C41.55881.55882.18472.20972.26502.20972.26502.76903.09501.08301.0818
H51.08302.76902.20972.20971.75572.97263.81103.06122.48763.06122.4876
H61.08183.09502.26502.26501.75573.81103.84882.48762.96432.48762.9643
H72.76901.08302.20972.20972.97263.81101.75573.06122.48763.06122.4876
H83.09501.08182.26502.26503.81103.84881.75572.48762.96432.48762.9643
H92.20972.20971.08302.76903.06122.48763.06122.48761.75572.97263.8110
H102.26502.26501.08183.09502.48762.96432.48762.96431.75573.81103.8488
H112.20972.20972.76901.08303.06122.48763.06122.48762.97263.81101.7557
H122.26502.26503.09501.08182.48762.96432.48762.96433.81103.84881.7557

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.981 C1 C3 H9 112.279
C1 C3 H10 116.986 C1 C4 C2 88.981
C1 C4 H11 112.279 C1 C4 H12 116.986
C2 C3 H9 112.279 C2 C3 H10 116.986
C2 C4 H11 112.279 C2 C4 H12 116.986
C3 C1 C4 88.981 C3 C1 H5 112.279
C3 C1 H6 116.986 C3 C2 C4 88.981
C3 C2 H7 112.279 C3 C2 H8 116.986
C4 C1 H5 112.279 C4 C1 H6 116.986
C4 C2 H7 112.279 C4 C2 H8 116.986
H5 C1 H6 108.395 H7 C2 H8 108.395
H9 C3 H10 108.395 H11 C4 H12 108.395
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.356      
2 C -0.356      
3 C -0.356      
4 C -0.356      
5 H 0.177      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.177      
8 H 0.180      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.180      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.180      


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 -27.564 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.564 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.990
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.787 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.787 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.574
Polar
3z2-r23.149
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 6.066 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.066 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.272


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.769
(<r2>)1/2 8.705