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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CBS-Q

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CBS-Q
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.381146
Energy at 298.15K-154.376491
HF Energy-153.639422
Nuclear repulsion energy99.524548
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 CBS-Q
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3433 3433 0.00      
2 Ag 1782 1782 0.00      
3 Ag 1210 1210 0.00      
4 Ag 1030 1030 0.00      
5 Au 995 995 0.00      
6 Au 606 606 0.00      
7 B1g 980 980 0.00      
8 B1u 3422 3422 26.02      
9 B1u 1803 1803 5.31      
10 B1u 1153 1153 0.00      
11 B2g 696 696 0.00      
12 B2u 3398 3398 14.22      
13 B2u 1393 1393 36.83      
14 B2u 806 806 12.93      
15 B3g 3381 3381 0.00      
16 B3g 1287 1287 0.00      
17 B3g 921 921 0.00      
18 B3u 674 674 142.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14484.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14484.6 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 CBS-Q
ABC
0.55536 0.42742 0.24153

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CBS-Q

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.660 0.784
C2 0.000 0.660 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.660 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.660 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.425 1.540
H6 0.000 1.425 -1.540
H7 0.000 -1.425 1.540
H8 0.000 -1.425 -1.540

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56831.32062.05021.07522.44652.21823.1225
C21.56832.05021.32062.44651.07523.12252.2182
C31.32062.05021.56832.21823.12251.07522.4465
C42.05021.32061.56833.12252.21822.44651.0752
H51.07522.44652.21823.12253.07942.85054.1962
H62.44651.07523.12252.21823.07944.19622.8505
H72.21823.12251.07522.44652.85054.19623.0794
H83.12252.21822.44651.07524.19622.85053.0794

picture of cyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 90.000 C1 C2 H6 134.646
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.354
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.646
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.354
C4 C2 H6 135.354 C4 C3 H7 134.646
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability