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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-549.641817
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-548.855763
Nuclear repulsion energy341.295362
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/SDD
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/SDD
ABC
0.06812 0.06812 0.03406

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.038 0.000
C2 1.038 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.038 0.000
C4 -1.038 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.415 0.000
F6 2.415 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.415 0.000
F8 -2.415 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.46752.07531.46751.37742.62853.45272.6285
C21.46751.46752.07532.62851.37742.62853.4527
C32.07531.46751.46753.45272.62851.37742.6285
C41.46752.07531.46752.62853.45272.62851.3774
F51.37742.62853.45272.62853.41544.83013.4154
F62.62851.37742.62853.45273.41543.41544.8301
F73.45272.62851.37742.62854.83013.41543.4154
F82.62853.45272.62851.37743.41544.83013.4154

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

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at MP2/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-549.747832
Energy at 298.15K-549.747266
HF Energy-548.927400
Nuclear repulsion energy339.905447
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/SDD
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 1749 1688 0.00      
2 Ag 1169 1128 0.00      
3 Ag 584 563 0.00      
4 Ag 224 216 0.00      
5 Ag 112 108 0.00      
6 Au 1201 1160 298.23      
7 Au 843 814 56.43      
8 Au 529 511 19.95      
9 Au 207 200 1.33      
10 Au 149 144 0.01      
11 Bg 1248 1204 0.00      
12 Bg 711 686 0.00      
13 Bg 478 462 0.00      
14 Bg 433 418 0.00      
15 Bu 1715 1656 75.41      
16 Bu 863 833 160.02      
17 Bu 275 266 10.66      
18 Bu 180 173 3.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6333.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6114.0 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/SDD
ABC
0.06954 0.06566 0.03384

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.075 0.799 0.681
C2 -0.075 -0.799 0.681
C3 -0.075 -0.799 -0.681
C4 0.075 0.799 -0.681
F5 -0.075 1.722 1.700
F6 0.075 -1.722 1.700
F7 0.075 -1.722 -1.700
F8 -0.075 1.722 -1.700

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.60592.10631.36291.38242.71953.46842.5583
C21.60591.36292.10632.71951.38242.55833.4684
C32.10631.36291.60593.46842.55831.38242.7195
C41.36292.10631.60592.55833.46842.71951.3824
F51.38242.71953.46842.55833.44734.84203.4001
F62.71951.38242.55833.46843.44733.40014.8420
F73.46842.55831.38242.71954.84203.40013.4473
F82.55833.46842.71951.38243.40014.84203.4473

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 130.879
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 137.463
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.879
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 137.463
C3 C2 F6 137.463 C3 C4 F8 130.879
C4 C1 F5 137.463 C4 C3 F7 130.879
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability