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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-545.939857
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-545.939857
Nuclear repulsion energy352.855226
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/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.07280 0.07280 0.03640

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.010 0.000
C2 1.010 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.010 0.000
C4 -1.010 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.334 0.000
F6 2.334 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.334 0.000
F8 -2.334 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.42852.02021.42851.32442.54363.34462.5436
C21.42851.42852.02022.54361.32442.54363.3446
C32.02021.42851.42853.34462.54361.32442.5436
C41.42852.02021.42852.54363.34462.54361.3244
F51.32442.54363.34462.54363.30144.66893.3014
F62.54361.32442.54363.34463.30143.30144.6689
F73.34462.54361.32442.54364.66893.30143.3014
F82.54363.34462.54361.32443.30144.66893.3014

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.120      
2 C 0.566      
3 C 0.120      
4 C 0.566      
5 F -0.370      
6 F -0.316      
7 F -0.370      
8 F -0.316      


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 -40.866 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -51.962 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.905
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.568 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -11.077 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.509
Polar
3z2-r211.018
x2-y211.096
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.424 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.698 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.940


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 248.519
(<r2>)1/2 15.764

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-546.023130
Energy at 298.15K-546.023629
HF Energy-546.023130
Nuclear repulsion energy350.916253
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/3-21G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 2081 1878 0.00      
2 Ag 1316 1188 0.00      
3 Ag 652 588 0.00      
4 Ag 350 316 0.00      
5 Ag 237 214 0.00      
6 Au 1442 1302 324.35      
7 Au 953 860 38.24      
8 Au 759 685 0.00      
9 Au 218 197 0.63      
10 Au 180 163 0.00      
11 Bg 1556 1404 0.00      
12 Bg 800 722 0.00      
13 Bg 602 543 0.00      
14 Bg 533 481 0.00      
15 Bu 2057 1857 40.54      
16 Bu 1058 955 162.73      
17 Bu 313 283 13.20      
18 Bu 260 234 3.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7682.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6934.3 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.07461 0.06904 0.03586

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.799 0.652
C2 0.000 -0.799 0.652
C3 0.000 -0.799 -0.652
C4 0.000 0.799 -0.652
F5 0.000 1.676 1.645
F6 -0.000 -1.676 1.645
F7 -0.000 -1.676 -1.645
F8 0.000 1.676 -1.645

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.59782.06201.30341.32502.66693.37632.4582
C21.59781.30342.06202.66691.32502.45823.3763
C32.06201.30341.59783.37632.45821.32502.6669
C41.30342.06201.59782.45823.37632.66691.3250
F51.32502.66693.37632.45823.35264.69673.2892
F62.66691.32502.45823.37633.35263.28924.6967
F73.37632.45821.32502.66694.69673.28923.3526
F82.45823.37632.66691.32503.28924.69673.3526

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 131.465
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 138.535
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 131.465
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 138.535
C3 C2 F6 138.535 C3 C4 F8 131.465
C4 C1 F5 138.535 C4 C3 F7 131.465
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.351      
2 C 0.351      
3 C 0.351      
4 C 0.351      
5 F -0.351      
6 F -0.351      
7 F -0.351      
8 F -0.351      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.573 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 -46.255 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -46.707
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.908 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 -2.615 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.293
Polar
3z2-r2-6.586
x2-y25.682
xy-0.002
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.948 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.644


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 251.842
(<r2>)1/2 15.870