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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.151925
Energy at 298.15K-157.160910
HF Energy-157.151925
Nuclear repulsion energy125.776433
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/6-311G**
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 2997 2985 0.00      
2 A1 2973 2961 0.00      
3 A1 1484 1478 0.00      
4 A1 1139 1134 0.00      
5 A1 974 970 0.00      
6 A1 178 177 0.00      
7 A2 1219 1214 0.00      
8 A2 940 937 0.00      
9 B1 1221 1217 0.00      
10 B1 1131 1127 0.00      
11 B1 905 901 0.00      
12 B2 3031 3019 126.57      
13 B2 2967 2955 8.75      
14 B2 1456 1450 3.02      
15 B2 856 853 0.02      
16 B2 628 626 2.77      
17 E 3012 3000 20.25      
17 E 3012 3000 20.25      
18 E 2968 2956 93.71      
18 E 2968 2956 93.71      
19 E 1449 1443 0.72      
19 E 1449 1443 0.72      
20 E 1246 1241 1.11      
20 E 1246 1241 1.11      
21 E 1209 1204 0.76      
21 E 1209 1204 0.76      
22 E 879 875 2.29      
22 E 879 875 2.29      
23 E 733 730 0.20      
23 E 733 730 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23543.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23452.1 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.35025 0.35025 0.20647

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.095 0.119
C2 0.000 -1.095 0.119
C3 -1.095 0.000 -0.119
C4 1.095 0.000 -0.119
H5 0.000 1.451 1.159
H6 0.000 1.968 -0.547
H7 0.000 -1.451 1.159
H8 0.000 -1.968 -0.547
H9 -1.451 0.000 -1.159
H10 -1.968 0.000 0.547
H11 1.451 0.000 -1.159
H12 1.968 0.000 0.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.18981.56671.56671.09941.09852.75003.13482.22232.29262.22232.2926
C22.18981.56671.56672.75003.13481.09941.09852.22232.29262.22232.2926
C31.56671.56672.18982.22232.29262.22232.29261.09941.09852.75003.1348
C41.56671.56672.18982.22232.29262.22232.29262.75003.13481.09941.0985
H51.09942.75002.22232.22231.78322.90163.82133.09632.52073.09632.5207
H61.09853.13482.29262.29261.78323.82133.93662.52072.99082.52072.9908
H72.75001.09942.22232.22232.90163.82131.78323.09632.52073.09632.5207
H83.13481.09852.29262.29263.82133.93661.78322.52072.99082.52072.9908
H92.22232.22231.09942.75003.09632.52073.09632.52071.78322.90163.8213
H102.29262.29261.09853.13482.52072.99082.52072.99081.78323.82133.9366
H112.22232.22232.75001.09943.09632.52073.09632.52072.90163.82131.7832
H122.29262.29263.13481.09852.52072.99082.52072.99083.82133.93661.7832

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.673 C1 C3 H9 111.729
C1 C3 H10 117.607 C1 C4 C2 88.673
C1 C4 H11 111.729 C1 C4 H12 117.607
C2 C3 H9 111.729 C2 C3 H10 117.607
C2 C4 H11 111.729 C2 C4 H12 117.607
C3 C1 C4 88.673 C3 C1 H5 111.729
C3 C1 H6 117.607 C3 C2 C4 88.673
C3 C2 H7 111.729 C3 C2 H8 117.607
C4 C1 H5 111.729 C4 C1 H6 117.607
C4 C2 H7 111.729 C4 C2 H8 117.607
H5 C1 H6 108.446 H7 C2 H8 108.446
H9 C3 H10 108.446 H11 C4 H12 108.446
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.206      
2 C -0.206      
3 C -0.206      
4 C -0.206      
5 H 0.103      
6 H 0.102      
7 H 0.103      
8 H 0.102      
9 H 0.103      
10 H 0.102      
11 H 0.103      
12 H 0.102      


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 -27.763 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.763 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.313
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.725 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.725 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.450
Polar
3z2-r22.899
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 7.016 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.016 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 76.641
(<r2>)1/2 8.754