Research Article

Quantum Mechanical Study on the Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Cyclobutanone and 1,2-Cyclobutanedione

Table 7

HOMO-LUMO gap (Frontier orbital energy gap) and Dipole Moment of 1,2-cyclobutanedione and cyclobutanone by (B3PW91)/6-31G (d p) methods.

ParametersCyclobutane 1,2 dioneCyclobutanone

HOMO−6.900−6.709
LUMO−3.077−0.838
Energy gap3.8235.871
Dipole moment
(in debye)
4.8313.603