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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-156.092283
Energy at 298.15K-156.101428
HF Energy-155.971325
Nuclear repulsion energy125.650887
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 B2PLYP/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 3157 3157 0.00      
2 A1 3118 3118 0.00      
3 A1 1583 1583 0.00      
4 A1 1193 1193 0.00      
5 A1 987 987 0.00      
6 A1 200 200 0.00      
7 A2 1307 1307 0.00      
8 A2 1018 1018 0.00      
9 B1 1302 1302 0.00      
10 B1 1194 1194 0.00      
11 B1 915 915 0.00      
12 B2 3189 3189 69.49      
13 B2 3110 3110 7.84      
14 B2 1560 1560 4.60      
15 B2 917 917 0.10      
16 B2 650 650 3.70      
17 E 3171 3171 12.88      
17 E 3171 3171 12.88      
18 E 3111 3111 55.03      
18 E 3111 3111 55.03      
19 E 1552 1552 1.98      
19 E 1552 1552 1.98      
20 E 1326 1326 2.43      
20 E 1326 1326 2.43      
21 E 1275 1275 1.88      
21 E 1275 1275 1.88      
22 E 890 890 3.43      
22 E 890 890 3.43      
23 E 765 765 0.26      
23 E 765 765 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24791.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24791.0 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 B2PLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.34852 0.34852 0.20595

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.100 0.127
C2 0.000 -1.100 0.127
C3 -1.100 0.000 -0.127
C4 1.100 0.000 -0.127
H5 0.000 1.416 1.173
H6 0.000 1.971 -0.527
H7 0.000 -1.416 1.173
H8 0.000 -1.971 -0.527
H9 -1.416 0.000 -1.173
H10 -1.971 0.000 0.527
H11 1.416 0.000 -1.173
H12 1.971 0.000 0.527

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.20051.57671.57671.09181.08972.72463.14052.21482.29272.21482.2927
C22.20051.57671.57672.72463.14051.09181.08972.21482.29272.21482.2927
C31.57671.57672.20052.21482.29272.21482.29271.09181.08972.72463.1405
C41.57671.57672.20052.21482.29272.21482.29272.72463.14051.09181.0897
H51.09182.72462.21482.21481.78842.83183.78983.08382.51143.08382.5114
H61.08973.14052.29272.29271.78843.78983.94252.51142.98072.51142.9807
H72.72461.09182.21482.21482.83183.78981.78843.08382.51143.08382.5114
H83.14051.08972.29272.29273.78983.94251.78842.51142.98072.51142.9807
H92.21482.21481.09182.72463.08382.51143.08382.51141.78842.83183.7898
H102.29272.29271.08973.14052.51142.98072.51142.98071.78843.78983.9425
H112.21482.21482.72461.09183.08382.51143.08382.51142.83183.78981.7884
H122.29272.29273.14051.08972.51142.98072.51142.98073.78983.94251.7884

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.502 C1 C3 H9 110.888
C1 C3 H10 117.426 C1 C4 C2 88.502
C1 C4 H11 110.888 C1 C4 H12 117.426
C2 C3 H9 110.888 C2 C3 H10 117.426
C2 C4 H11 110.888 C2 C4 H12 117.426
C3 C1 C4 88.502 C3 C1 H5 110.888
C3 C1 H6 117.426 C3 C2 C4 88.502
C3 C2 H7 110.888 C3 C2 H8 117.426
C4 C1 H5 110.888 C4 C1 H6 117.426
C4 C2 H7 110.888 C4 C2 H8 117.426
H5 C1 H6 110.129 H7 C2 H8 110.129
H9 C3 H10 110.129 H11 C4 H12 110.129
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.377      
2 C -0.377      
3 C -0.377      
4 C -0.377      
5 H 0.194      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.194      
8 H 0.183      
9 H 0.194      
10 H 0.183      
11 H 0.194      
12 H 0.183      


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 -27.300 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.300 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.074
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.613 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.226
Polar
3z2-r22.451
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 5.763 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.423


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.413
(<r2>)1/2 8.741