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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2D 1A1
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.261729
Energy at 298.15K-156.270849
HF Energy-156.261729
Nuclear repulsion energy126.278314
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3154 3017 0.00      
2 A1 3108 2974 0.00      
3 A1 1554 1487 0.00      
4 A1 1174 1123 0.00      
5 A1 1007 963 0.00      
6 A1 195 187 0.00      
7 A2 1287 1231 0.00      
8 A2 1008 965 0.00      
9 B1 1283 1227 0.00      
10 B1 1173 1122 0.00      
11 B1 937 896 0.00      
12 B2 3185 3047 60.42      
13 B2 3102 2968 9.07      
14 B2 1527 1461 6.38      
15 B2 906 867 0.25      
16 B2 631 604 4.73      
17 E 3167 3029 14.83      
17 E 3167 3029 14.83      
18 E 3102 2968 51.46      
18 E 3102 2968 51.46      
19 E 1519 1453 3.89      
19 E 1519 1453 3.89      
20 E 1309 1252 4.24      
20 E 1309 1252 4.24      
21 E 1260 1205 3.42      
21 E 1260 1205 3.42      
22 E 906 867 4.18      
22 E 906 867 4.18      
23 E 757 724 0.53      
23 E 757 724 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24633.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23567.1 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.35218 0.35218 0.20902

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.091 0.133
C2 0.000 -1.091 0.133
C3 -1.091 0.000 -0.133
C4 1.091 0.000 -0.133
H5 0.000 1.390 1.184
H6 0.000 1.973 -0.509
H7 0.000 -1.390 1.184
H8 0.000 -1.973 -0.509
H9 -1.390 0.000 -1.184
H10 -1.973 0.000 0.509
H11 1.390 0.000 -1.184
H12 1.973 0.000 0.509

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.18281.56621.56621.09241.09002.69463.13052.20382.28552.20382.2855
C22.18281.56621.56622.69463.13051.09241.09002.20382.28552.20382.2855
C31.56621.56622.18282.20382.28552.20382.28551.09241.09002.69463.1305
C41.56621.56622.18282.20382.28552.20382.28552.69463.13051.09241.0900
H51.09242.69462.20382.20381.78992.77973.76443.07722.50583.07722.5058
H61.09003.13052.28552.28551.78993.76443.94522.50582.96932.50582.9693
H72.69461.09242.20382.20382.77973.76441.78993.07722.50583.07722.5058
H83.13051.09002.28552.28553.76443.94521.78992.50582.96932.50582.9693
H92.20382.20381.09242.69463.07722.50583.07722.50581.78992.77973.7644
H102.28552.28551.09003.13052.50582.96932.50582.96931.78993.76443.9452
H112.20382.20382.69461.09243.07722.50583.07722.50582.77973.76441.7899
H122.28552.28553.13051.09002.50582.96932.50582.96933.76443.94521.7899

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.347 C1 C3 H9 110.717
C1 C3 H10 117.605 C1 C4 C2 88.347
C1 C4 H11 110.717 C1 C4 H12 117.605
C2 C3 H9 110.717 C2 C3 H10 117.605
C2 C4 H11 110.717 C2 C4 H12 117.605
C3 C1 C4 88.347 C3 C1 H5 110.717
C3 C1 H6 117.605 C3 C2 C4 88.347
C3 C2 H7 110.717 C3 C2 H8 117.605
C4 C1 H5 110.717 C4 C1 H6 117.605
C4 C2 H7 110.717 C4 C2 H8 117.605
H5 C1 H6 110.203 H7 C2 H8 110.203
H9 C3 H10 110.203 H11 C4 H12 110.203
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.418      
2 C -0.418      
3 C -0.418      
4 C -0.418      
5 H 0.215      
6 H 0.203      
7 H 0.215      
8 H 0.203      
9 H 0.215      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.215      
12 H 0.203      


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 -26.855 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -26.855 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.601
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.627 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.627 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.254
Polar
3z2-r22.508
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 5.806 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.806 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.455


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.457
(<r2>)1/2 8.687