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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.175791
Energy at 298.15K-154.178729
HF Energy-153.639146
Nuclear repulsion energy98.651495
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 CCD/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 3290 3114 0.00      
2 Ag 1626 1539 0.00      
3 Ag 1153 1091 0.00      
4 Ag 983 930 0.00      
5 Au 737 698 0.00      
6 Au 502 475 0.00      
7 B1g 798 756 0.00      
8 B1u 3279 3104 21.91      
9 B1u 1653 1564 1.77      
10 B1u 1079 1021 0.42      
11 B2g 527 499 0.00      
12 B2u 3259 3085 12.05      
13 B2u 1301 1232 29.32      
14 B2u 763 722 7.05      
15 B3g 3246 3073 0.00      
16 B3g 1207 1143 0.00      
17 B3g 895 847 0.00      
18 B3u 579 548 126.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13438.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12719.4 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.56161 0.43032 0.24364

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.671 0.784
C2 0.000 0.671 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.671 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.671 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.444 1.546
H6 0.000 1.444 -1.546
H7 0.000 -1.444 1.546
H8 0.000 -1.444 -1.546

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56891.34212.06461.08492.45532.24773.1470
C21.56892.06461.34212.45531.08493.14702.2477
C31.34212.06461.56892.24773.14701.08492.4553
C42.06461.34211.56893.14702.24772.45531.0849
H51.08492.45532.24773.14703.09222.88734.2306
H62.45531.08493.14702.24773.09224.23062.8873
H72.24773.14701.08492.45532.88734.23063.0922
H83.14702.24772.45531.08494.23062.88733.0922

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 134.589
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.411
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.589
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.411
C4 C2 H6 135.411 C4 C3 H7 134.589
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability