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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.116147
Energy at 298.15K-157.125129
HF Energy-157.116147
Nuclear repulsion energy125.760447
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 BLYP/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 3008 2991 0.00      
2 A1 2980 2964 0.00      
3 A1 1478 1470 0.00      
4 A1 1144 1138 0.00      
5 A1 981 976 0.00      
6 A1 183 182 0.00      
7 A2 1218 1211 0.00      
8 A2 934 929 0.00      
9 B1 1226 1219 0.00      
10 B1 1131 1124 0.00      
11 B1 909 904 0.00      
12 B2 3040 3023 107.18      
13 B2 2974 2958 8.92      
14 B2 1454 1446 1.98      
15 B2 861 856 0.03      
16 B2 622 619 2.65      
17 E 3022 3005 18.47      
17 E 3022 3005 18.47      
18 E 2974 2958 85.96      
18 E 2974 2958 85.96      
19 E 1443 1435 0.03      
19 E 1443 1435 0.03      
20 E 1251 1244 0.00      
20 E 1251 1244 0.00      
21 E 1213 1206 0.15      
21 E 1213 1206 0.15      
22 E 885 880 1.19      
22 E 885 880 1.19      
23 E 730 726 0.32      
23 E 730 726 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23587.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23457.6 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.35014 0.35014 0.20674

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.094 0.123
C2 0.000 -1.094 0.123
C3 -1.094 0.000 -0.123
C4 1.094 0.000 -0.123
H5 0.000 1.441 1.168
H6 0.000 1.976 -0.534
H7 0.000 -1.441 1.168
H8 0.000 -1.976 -0.534
H9 -1.441 0.000 -1.168
H10 -1.976 0.000 0.534
H11 1.441 0.000 -1.168
H12 1.976 0.000 0.534

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.18771.56641.56641.10111.09982.74163.13932.22232.29562.22232.2956
C22.18771.56641.56642.74163.13931.10111.09982.22232.29562.22232.2956
C31.56641.56642.18772.22232.29562.22232.29561.10111.09982.74163.1393
C41.56641.56642.18772.22232.29562.22232.29562.74163.13931.10111.0998
H51.10112.74162.22232.22231.78422.88143.81713.09972.52623.09972.5262
H61.09983.13932.29562.29561.78423.81713.95192.52622.99152.52622.9915
H72.74161.10112.22232.22232.88143.81711.78423.09972.52623.09972.5262
H83.13931.09982.29562.29563.81713.95191.78422.52622.99152.52622.9915
H92.22232.22231.10112.74163.09972.52623.09972.52621.78422.88143.8171
H102.29562.29561.09983.13932.52622.99152.52622.99151.78423.81713.9519
H112.22232.22232.74161.10113.09972.52623.09972.52622.88143.81711.7842
H122.29562.29563.13931.09982.52622.99152.52622.99153.81713.95191.7842

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.588 C1 C3 H9 111.651
C1 C3 H10 117.795 C1 C4 C2 88.588
C1 C4 H11 111.651 C1 C4 H12 117.795
C2 C3 H9 111.651 C2 C3 H10 117.795
C2 C4 H11 111.651 C2 C4 H12 117.795
C3 C1 C4 88.588 C3 C1 H5 111.651
C3 C1 H6 117.795 C3 C2 C4 88.588
C3 C2 H7 111.651 C3 C2 H8 117.795
C4 C1 H5 111.651 C4 C1 H6 117.795
C4 C2 H7 111.651 C4 C2 H8 117.795
H5 C1 H6 108.317 H7 C2 H8 108.317
H9 C3 H10 108.317 H11 C4 H12 108.317
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.157      
2 C -0.157      
3 C -0.157      
4 C -0.157      
5 H 0.082      
6 H 0.075      
7 H 0.082      
8 H 0.075      
9 H 0.082      
10 H 0.075      
11 H 0.082      
12 H 0.075      


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 -27.040 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.040 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.747
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.647 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.647 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.294
Polar
3z2-r22.587
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 6.534 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.534 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.216
(<r2>)1/2 8.730