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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.182724
Energy at 298.15K-154.185640
HF Energy-153.638673
Nuclear repulsion energy98.516642
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 QCISD/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 3280 3124 0.00      
2 Ag 1604 1528 0.00      
3 Ag 1146 1092 0.00      
4 Ag 976 930 0.00      
5 Au 731 696 0.00      
6 Au 499 475 0.00      
7 B1g 789 751 0.00      
8 B1u 3269 3113 24.02      
9 B1u 1632 1554 2.07      
10 B1u 1074 1023 0.37      
11 B2g 529 503 0.00      
12 B2u 3250 3095 13.04      
13 B2u 1296 1234 29.88      
14 B2u 756 720 7.67      
15 B3g 3235 3081 0.00      
16 B3g 1193 1136 0.00      
17 B3g 873 831 0.00      
18 B3u 576 549 123.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13353.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12716.4 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.55919 0.42976 0.24300

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.673 0.785
C2 0.000 0.673 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.673 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.673 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.446 1.547
H6 0.000 1.446 -1.547
H7 0.000 -1.446 1.547
H8 0.000 -1.446 -1.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57001.34542.06761.08542.45672.25123.1504
C21.57002.06761.34542.45671.08543.15042.2512
C31.34542.06761.57002.25123.15041.08542.4567
C42.06761.34541.57003.15042.25122.45671.0854
H51.08542.45672.25123.15043.09392.89134.2346
H62.45671.08543.15042.25123.09394.23462.8913
H72.25123.15041.08542.45672.89134.23463.0939
H83.15042.25122.45671.08544.23462.89133.0939

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 134.588
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.412
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.588
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.412
C4 C2 H6 135.412 C4 C3 H7 134.588
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability