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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
1 2 no D4H 1A1g

Conformer 1 (D2H)

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Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.588296
Energy at 298.15K-154.583530
HF Energy-154.687384
Nuclear repulsion energy98.776682
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3255 3141 0.00      
2 Ag 1636 1579 0.00      
3 Ag 1113 1074 0.00      
4 Ag 958 925 0.00      
5 Au 865 835 0.00      
6 Au 541 522 0.00      
7 B1g 834 805 0.00      
8 B1u 3243 3130 25.41      
9 B1u 1643 1586 3.12      
10 B1u 1068 1030 0.00      
11 B2g 610 589 0.00      
12 B2u 3220 3108 13.57      
13 B2u 1261 1217 34.43      
14 B2u 705 680 8.12      
15 B3g 3204 3092 0.00      
16 B3g 1162 1121 0.00      
17 B3g 845 816 0.00      
18 B3u 597 576 100.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13381.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12912.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.56941 0.42604 0.24370

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.666 0.789
C2 0.000 0.666 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.666 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.666 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.437 1.547
H6 0.000 1.437 -1.547
H7 0.000 -1.437 1.547
H8 0.000 -1.437 -1.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57891.33172.06561.08122.46082.23523.1436
C21.57892.06561.33172.46081.08123.14362.2352
C31.33172.06561.57892.23523.14361.08122.4608
C42.06561.33171.57893.14362.23522.46081.0812
H51.08122.46082.23523.14363.09482.87384.2233
H62.46081.08123.14362.23523.09484.22332.8738
H72.23523.14361.08122.46082.87384.22333.0948
H83.14362.23522.46081.08124.22332.87383.0948

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 134.537
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.463
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.537
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.463
C4 C2 H6 135.463 C4 C3 H7 134.537
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.112      
2 C -0.112      
3 C -0.112      
4 C -0.112      
5 H 0.112      
6 H 0.112      
7 H 0.112      
8 H 0.112      


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


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.599
(<r2>)1/2 7.589

Conformer 2 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.520656
Energy at 298.15K-154.516357
HF Energy-154.628493
Nuclear repulsion energy99.572234
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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.56941 0.42604 0.24370

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2h

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability