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All results from a given calculation for C4H8 (cyclobutane)

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-157.245601
Energy at 298.15K-157.254693
HF Energy-157.245601
Nuclear repulsion energy126.723168
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3076 2972 0.00      
2 A1 3051 2948 0.00      
3 A1 1537 1485 0.00      
4 A1 1181 1141 0.00      
5 A1 1016 982 0.00      
6 A1 182 176 0.00      
7 A2 1262 1220 0.00      
8 A2 973 940 0.00      
9 B1 1265 1223 0.00      
10 B1 1178 1138 0.00      
11 B1 946 914 0.00      
12 B2 3110 3005 136.51      
13 B2 3043 2940 9.38      
14 B2 1504 1453 3.99      
15 B2 886 856 0.01      
16 B2 644 623 2.81      
17 E 3090 2986 21.66      
17 E 3090 2986 21.66      
18 E 3044 2942 97.30      
18 E 3044 2942 97.30      
19 E 1498 1447 1.35      
19 E 1498 1447 1.35      
20 E 1294 1251 1.94      
20 E 1294 1251 1.94      
21 E 1257 1214 0.59      
21 E 1257 1214 0.59      
22 E 916 885 3.03      
22 E 916 885 3.03      
23 E 757 731 0.26      
23 E 757 731 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24283.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23464.7 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
0.35566 0.35566 0.20986

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is D2d

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.085 0.120
C2 0.000 -1.085 0.120
C3 -1.085 0.000 -0.120
C4 1.085 0.000 -0.120
H5 0.000 1.438 1.155
H6 0.000 1.957 -0.539
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.155
H8 0.000 -1.957 -0.539
H9 -1.438 0.000 -1.155
H10 -1.957 0.000 0.539
H11 1.438 0.000 -1.155
H12 1.957 0.000 0.539

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C12.17091.55361.55361.09341.09252.72723.11312.20672.27702.20672.2770
C22.17091.55361.55362.72723.11311.09341.09252.20672.27702.20672.2770
C31.55361.55362.17092.20672.27702.20672.27701.09341.09252.72723.1131
C41.55361.55362.17092.20672.27702.20672.27702.72723.11311.09341.0925
H51.09342.72722.20672.20671.77162.87543.79393.07702.50543.07702.5054
H61.09253.11312.27702.27701.77163.79393.91442.50542.97032.50542.9703
H72.72721.09342.20672.20672.87543.79391.77163.07702.50543.07702.5054
H83.11311.09252.27702.27703.79393.91441.77162.50542.97032.50542.9703
H92.20672.20671.09342.72723.07702.50543.07702.50541.77162.87543.7939
H102.27702.27701.09253.11312.50542.97032.50542.97031.77163.79393.9144
H112.20672.20672.72721.09343.07702.50543.07702.50542.87543.79391.7716
H122.27702.27703.11311.09252.50542.97032.50542.97033.79393.91441.7716

picture of cyclobutane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C3 C2 88.640 C1 C3 H9 111.772
C1 C3 H10 117.685 C1 C4 C2 88.640
C1 C4 H11 111.772 C1 C4 H12 117.685
C2 C3 H9 111.772 C2 C3 H10 117.685
C2 C4 H11 111.772 C2 C4 H12 117.685
C3 C1 C4 88.640 C3 C1 H5 111.772
C3 C1 H6 117.685 C3 C2 C4 88.640
C3 C2 H7 111.772 C3 C2 H8 117.685
C4 C1 H5 111.772 C4 C1 H6 117.685
C4 C2 H7 111.772 C4 C2 H8 117.685
H5 C1 H6 108.277 H7 C2 H8 108.277
H9 C3 H10 108.277 H11 C4 H12 108.277
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.404      
2 C -0.404      
3 C -0.404      
4 C -0.404      
5 H 0.203      
6 H 0.202      
7 H 0.203      
8 H 0.202      
9 H 0.203      
10 H 0.202      
11 H 0.203      
12 H 0.202      


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 -27.604 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.604 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.002
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.801 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.801 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.602
Polar
3z2-r23.205
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 6.694 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.694 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.072


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.614
(<r2>)1/2 8.696