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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.273903
Energy at 298.15K-154.283017
HF Energy-154.273903
Nuclear repulsion energy126.629352
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/STO-3G
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 3740 3054 0.00      
2 A1 3628 2962 0.00      
3 A1 1841 1503 0.00      
4 A1 1389 1134 0.00      
5 A1 1210 988 0.00      
6 A1 60 49 0.00      
7 A2 1524 1244 0.00      
8 A2 1169 955 0.00      
9 B1 1538 1256 0.00      
10 B1 1453 1186 0.00      
11 B1 1195 976 0.00      
12 B2 3751 3063 6.81      
13 B2 3611 2949 0.04      
14 B2 1802 1471 0.02      
15 B2 948 774 0.01      
16 B2 835 682 1.81      
17 E 3745 3057 0.08      
17 E 3745 3057 0.08      
18 E 3617 2953 3.12      
18 E 3617 2953 3.12      
19 E 1810 1478 0.30      
19 E 1810 1478 0.30      
20 E 1613 1317 2.48      
20 E 1613 1317 2.48      
21 E 1481 1209 0.00      
21 E 1481 1209 0.00      
22 E 1133 925 0.00      
22 E 1133 925 0.00      
23 E 889 726 0.09      
23 E 889 726 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 29134.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23788.4 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.35628 0.35628 0.20591

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

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.097 0.039
C2 0.000 -1.097 0.039
C3 -1.097 0.000 -0.039
C4 1.097 0.000 -0.039
H5 0.000 1.644 0.977
H6 0.000 1.810 -0.781
H7 0.000 -1.644 0.977
H8 0.000 -1.810 -0.781
H9 -1.644 0.000 -0.977
H10 -1.810 0.000 0.781
H11 1.644 0.000 -0.977
H12 1.810 0.000 0.781

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.19391.55321.55321.08661.08672.89753.02062.22242.24322.22242.2432
C22.19391.55321.55322.89753.02061.08661.08672.22242.24322.22242.2432
C31.55321.55322.19392.22242.24322.22242.24321.08661.08672.89753.0206
C41.55321.55322.19392.22242.24322.22242.24322.89753.02061.08661.0867
H51.08662.89752.22242.22241.76623.28863.87643.03772.45353.03772.4535
H61.08673.02062.24322.24321.76623.87643.62062.45352.99922.45352.9992
H72.89751.08662.22242.22243.28863.87641.76623.03772.45353.03772.4535
H83.02061.08672.24322.24323.87643.62061.76622.45352.99922.45352.9992
H92.22242.22241.08662.89753.03772.45353.03772.45351.76623.28863.8764
H102.24322.24321.08673.02062.45352.99922.45352.99921.76623.87643.6206
H112.22242.22242.89751.08663.03772.45353.03772.45353.28863.87641.7662
H122.24322.24323.02061.08672.45352.99922.45352.99923.87643.62061.7662

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 89.858 C1 C3 H9 113.497
C1 C3 H10 115.222 C1 C4 C2 89.858
C1 C4 H11 113.497 C1 C4 H12 115.222
C2 C3 H9 113.497 C2 C3 H10 115.222
C2 C4 H11 113.497 C2 C4 H12 115.222
C3 C1 C4 89.858 C3 C1 H5 113.497
C3 C1 H6 115.222 C3 C2 C4 89.858
C3 C2 H7 113.497 C3 C2 H8 115.222
C4 C1 H5 113.497 C4 C1 H6 115.222
C4 C2 H7 113.497 C4 C2 H8 115.222
H5 C1 H6 108.721 H7 C2 H8 108.721
H9 C3 H10 108.721 H11 C4 H12 108.721
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.106      
2 C -0.106      
3 C -0.106      
4 C -0.106      
5 H 0.054      
6 H 0.053      
7 H 0.054      
8 H 0.053      
9 H 0.054      
10 H 0.053      
11 H 0.054      
12 H 0.053      


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 -25.677 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.677 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.541
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.568 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.136
Polar
3z2-r22.271
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 3.084 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.084 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.952


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.900
(<r2>)1/2 8.654