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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.111751
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-548.943077
Nuclear repulsion energy352.835124
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 MP2/6-31G*
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 1772 1671 0.00      
2 Ag 1444 1362 0.00      
3 Ag 663 625 0.00      
4 Ag 579 546 0.00      
5 B1g 675 636 0.00      
6 B1u 1749 1650 3.47      
7 B1u 987 931 292.77      
8 B1u 296 279 1.45      
9 B2g 746i 703i 0.00      
10 B2u 1541 1454 872.22      
11 B2u 998 942 48.26      
12 B2u 245 231 3.41      
13 B3g 760 716 0.00      
14 B3g 215 202 0.00      
15 B3g 15341i 14467i 0.00      
16 B3u 516 487 68.84      
17 B3u 128 121 0.03      
18 B3u 358i 337i 43.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) -1938.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) -1827.7 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.07907 0.06720 0.03632

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 1.059
C2 0.000 0.955 0.000
C3 0.000 0.000 -1.059
C4 0.000 -0.955 0.000
F5 0.000 0.000 2.427
F6 0.000 2.278 0.000
F7 0.000 0.000 -2.427
F8 0.000 -2.278 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.42622.11841.42621.36822.51263.48662.5126
C21.42621.42621.91012.60851.32342.60853.2335
C32.11841.42621.42623.48662.51261.36822.5126
C41.42621.91011.42622.60853.23352.60851.3234
F51.36822.60853.48662.60853.32924.85483.3292
F62.51261.32342.51263.23353.32923.32924.5569
F73.48662.60851.36822.60854.85483.32923.3292
F82.51263.23352.51261.32343.32924.55693.3292

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 95.921 C1 C2 F6 132.039
C1 C4 C3 95.921 C1 C4 F8 132.039
C2 C1 C4 84.079 C2 C1 F5 137.961
C2 C3 C4 84.079 C2 C3 F7 137.961
C3 C2 F6 132.039 C3 C4 F8 132.039
C4 C1 F5 137.961 C4 C3 F7 137.961
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2H)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.190957
Energy at 298.15K-550.190936
HF Energy-548.996903
Nuclear repulsion energy353.050981
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 MP2/6-31G*
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 1816 1713 0.00      
2 Ag 1235 1164 0.00      
3 Ag 732 690 0.00      
4 Ag 339 320 0.00      
5 Ag 190 180 0.00      
6 Au 1340 1264 445.42      
7 Au 932 879 57.40      
8 Au 547 516 67.14      
9 Au 246 232 0.11      
10 Au 150 141 0.00      
11 Bg 1351 1274 0.00      
12 Bg 755 712 0.00      
13 Bg 488 460 0.00      
14 Bg 440 415 0.00      
15 Bu 1778 1677 189.41      
16 Bu 991 935 173.16      
17 Bu 308 291 5.64      
18 Bu 171 161 2.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6904.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6510.9 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.07747 0.06942 0.03688

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.135 0.758 0.673
C2 -0.135 -0.758 0.673
C3 -0.135 -0.758 -0.673
C4 0.135 0.758 -0.673
F5 -0.135 1.676 1.597
F6 0.135 -1.676 1.597
F7 0.135 -1.676 -1.597
F8 -0.135 1.676 -1.597

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.53902.04481.34631.33082.60313.32812.4640
C21.53901.34632.04482.60311.33082.46403.3281
C32.04481.34631.53903.32812.46401.33082.6031
C41.34632.04481.53902.46403.32812.60311.3308
F51.33082.60313.32812.46403.36314.63833.1943
F62.60311.33082.46403.32813.36313.19434.6383
F73.32812.46401.33082.60314.63833.19433.3631
F82.46403.32812.60311.33083.19434.63833.3631

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 130.065
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 133.974
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.065
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 133.974
C3 C2 F6 133.974 C3 C4 F8 130.065
C4 C1 F5 133.974 C4 C3 F7 130.065
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability