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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.348993
Energy at 298.15K-155.357848
HF Energy-155.348993
Nuclear repulsion energy124.972698
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 B3LYP/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 3466 3093 0.00      
2 A1 3358 2997 0.00      
3 A1 1679 1498 0.00      
4 A1 1261 1125 0.00      
5 A1 1095 977 0.00      
6 A1 76 68 0.00      
7 A2 1375 1227 0.00      
8 A2 1067 952 0.00      
9 B1 1369 1222 0.00      
10 B1 1319 1177 0.00      
11 B1 1077 961 0.00      
12 B2 3481 3107 8.06      
13 B2 3350 2989 0.07      
14 B2 1653 1475 0.09      
15 B2 867 774 0.49      
16 B2 758 677 4.10      
17 E 3472 3099 0.17      
17 E 3472 3099 0.17      
18 E 3351 2991 5.18      
18 E 3351 2991 5.18      
19 E 1653 1475 0.02      
19 E 1653 1475 0.02      
20 E 1434 1279 0.11      
20 E 1434 1279 0.11      
21 E 1349 1204 0.01      
21 E 1349 1204 0.01      
22 E 1017 908 0.34      
22 E 1017 908 0.34      
23 E 814 726 0.15      
23 E 814 726 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26715.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23840.6 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 B3LYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.34695 0.34695 0.20083

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/STO-3G

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.111 0.046
C2 0.000 -1.111 0.046
C3 -1.111 0.000 -0.046
C4 1.111 0.000 -0.046
H5 0.000 1.647 1.009
H6 0.000 1.847 -0.773
H7 0.000 -1.647 1.009
H8 0.000 -1.847 -0.773
H9 -1.647 0.000 -1.009
H10 -1.847 0.000 0.773
H11 1.647 0.000 -1.009
H12 1.847 0.000 0.773

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.22201.57391.57391.10171.10182.92113.06972.24952.27492.24952.2749
C22.22201.57391.57392.92113.06971.10171.10182.24952.27492.24952.2749
C31.57391.57392.22202.24952.27492.24952.27491.10171.10182.92113.0697
C41.57391.57392.22202.24952.27492.24952.27492.92113.06971.10171.1018
H51.10172.92112.24952.24951.79353.29383.92253.08172.48603.08172.4860
H61.10183.06972.27492.27491.79353.92253.69452.48603.03592.48603.0359
H72.92111.10172.24952.24953.29383.92251.79353.08172.48603.08172.4860
H83.06971.10182.27492.27493.92253.69451.79352.48603.03592.48603.0359
H92.24952.24951.10172.92113.08172.48603.08172.48601.79353.29383.9225
H102.27492.27491.10183.06972.48603.03592.48603.03591.79353.92253.6945
H112.24952.24952.92111.10173.08172.48603.08172.48603.29383.92251.7935
H122.27492.27493.06971.10182.48603.03592.48603.03593.92253.69451.7935

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 89.801 C1 C3 H9 113.257
C1 C3 H10 115.331 C1 C4 C2 89.801
C1 C4 H11 113.257 C1 C4 H12 115.331
C2 C3 H9 113.257 C2 C3 H10 115.331
C2 C4 H11 113.257 C2 C4 H12 115.331
C3 C1 C4 89.801 C3 C1 H5 113.257
C3 C1 H6 115.331 C3 C2 C4 89.801
C3 C2 H7 113.257 C3 C2 H8 115.331
C4 C1 H5 113.257 C4 C1 H6 115.331
C4 C2 H7 113.257 C4 C2 H8 115.331
H5 C1 H6 108.964 H7 C2 H8 108.964
H9 C3 H10 108.964 H11 C4 H12 108.964
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 C -0.137      
3 C -0.137      
4 C -0.137      
5 H 0.069      
6 H 0.068      
7 H 0.069      
8 H 0.068      
9 H 0.069      
10 H 0.068      
11 H 0.069      
12 H 0.068      


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 -25.201 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -25.201 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.056
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.573 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.573 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.145
Polar
3z2-r22.290
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 3.180 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.180 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.017


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.140
(<r2>)1/2 8.726