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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.236803
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-551.236803
Nuclear repulsion energy348.775750
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.07114 0.07114 0.03557

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.017 0.000
C2 1.017 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.017 0.000
C4 -1.017 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.363 0.000
F6 2.363 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.363 0.000
F8 -2.363 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.43892.03501.43891.34532.57253.38022.5725
C21.43891.43892.03502.57251.34532.57253.3802
C32.03501.43891.43893.38022.57251.34532.5725
C41.43892.03501.43892.57253.38022.57251.3453
F51.34532.57253.38022.57253.34154.72553.3415
F62.57251.34532.57253.38023.34153.34154.7255
F73.38022.57251.34532.57254.72553.34153.3415
F82.57253.38022.57251.34533.34154.72553.3415

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 mPW1PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.422      
2 C 0.106      
3 C 0.422      
4 C 0.106      
5 F -0.229      
6 F -0.299      
7 F -0.229      
8 F -0.299      


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 -50.589 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.861 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.453
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.432 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.772
Polar
3z2-r29.544
x2-y2-10.728
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.823 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.735 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.522


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 253.075
(<r2>)1/2 15.908

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.317773
Energy at 298.15K-551.317463
HF Energy-551.317773
Nuclear repulsion energy347.992644
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
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 1909 1808 0.00      
2 Ag 1240 1174 0.00      
3 Ag 635 601 0.00      
4 Ag 231 218 0.00      
5 Ag 121 115 0.00      
6 Au 1314 1243 330.74      
7 Au 893 846 33.10      
8 Au 566 536 16.54      
9 Au 215 203 0.52      
10 Au 157 149 0.03      
11 Bg 1378 1304 0.00      
12 Bg 742 702 0.00      
13 Bg 483 458 0.00      
14 Bg 443 419 0.00      
15 Bu 1892 1791 74.22      
16 Bu 963 912 145.95      
17 Bu 291 276 8.75      
18 Bu 197 187 1.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6835.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9466) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6470.1 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.07309 0.06851 0.03542

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.062 0.787 0.664
C2 -0.062 -0.787 0.664
C3 -0.062 -0.787 -0.664
C4 0.062 0.787 -0.664
F5 -0.062 1.685 1.659
F6 0.062 -1.685 1.659
F7 0.062 -1.685 -1.659
F8 -0.062 1.685 -1.659

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.57872.06241.32701.34672.66523.39212.4933
C21.57871.32702.06242.66521.34672.49333.3921
C32.06241.32701.57873.39212.49331.34672.6652
C41.32702.06241.57872.49333.39212.66521.3467
F51.34672.66523.39212.49333.37304.73143.3180
F62.66521.34672.49333.39213.37303.31804.7314
F73.39212.49331.34672.66524.73143.31803.3730
F82.49333.39212.66521.34673.31804.73143.3730

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 131.130
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 137.664
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 131.130
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 137.664
C3 C2 F6 137.664 C3 C4 F8 131.130
C4 C1 F5 137.664 C4 C3 F7 131.130
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.271      
2 C 0.271      
3 C 0.271      
4 C 0.271      
5 F -0.271      
6 F -0.271      
7 F -0.271      
8 F -0.271      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.122 0.076 0.000
y 0.076 -45.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.505
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.241 0.076 0.000
y 0.076 -2.409 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.832
Polar
3z2-r2-5.664
x2-y25.100
xy0.076
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.452 -0.070 0.000
y -0.070 5.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.418


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 254.239
(<r2>)1/2 15.945