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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.615789
Energy at 298.15K-154.618825
HF Energy-154.615789
Nuclear repulsion energy98.836625
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3275 3133 0.00      
2 Ag 1656 1584 0.00      
3 Ag 1129 1080 0.00      
4 Ag 973 931 0.00      
5 Au 873 835 0.00      
6 Au 539 516 0.00      
7 B1g 850 813 0.00      
8 B1u 3264 3123 28.77      
9 B1u 1667 1595 2.53      
10 B1u 1069 1023 0.30      
11 B2g 588 563 0.00      
12 B2u 3243 3102 15.95      
13 B2u 1274 1219 36.04      
14 B2u 732 700 7.70      
15 B3g 3226 3086 0.00      
16 B3g 1186 1134 0.00      
17 B3g 838 802 0.00      
18 B3u 589 563 126.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13485.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12901.2 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.56770 0.42888 0.24431

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.667 0.786
C2 0.000 0.667 -0.786
C3 0.000 -0.667 0.786
C4 0.000 -0.667 -0.786
H5 0.000 1.439 1.548
H6 0.000 1.439 -1.548
H7 0.000 -1.439 1.548
H8 0.000 -1.439 -1.548

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57201.33382.06161.08432.45782.23923.1431
C21.57202.06161.33382.45781.08433.14312.2392
C31.33382.06161.57202.23923.14311.08432.4578
C42.06161.33381.57203.14312.23922.45781.0843
H51.08432.45782.23923.14313.09502.87764.2261
H62.45781.08433.14312.23923.09504.22612.8776
H72.23923.14311.08432.45782.87764.22613.0950
H83.14312.23922.45781.08434.22612.87763.0950

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 134.613
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.387
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.613
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.387
C4 C2 H6 135.387 C4 C3 H7 134.613
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.165      
2 C -0.165      
3 C -0.165      
4 C -0.165      
5 H 0.165      
6 H 0.165      
7 H 0.165      
8 H 0.165      


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 -25.986 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.315 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.407
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.126 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.382 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.743
Polar
3z2-r23.487
x2-y2-5.672
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.316 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.516


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.457
(<r2>)1/2 7.580