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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.468834
Energy at 298.15K-154.471727
HF Energy-154.468834
Nuclear repulsion energy98.169311
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3191 3138 0.00      
2 Ag 1603 1577 0.00      
3 Ag 1091 1073 0.00      
4 Ag 945 929 0.00      
5 Au 824 811 0.00      
6 Au 517 508 0.00      
7 B1g 793 780 0.00      
8 B1u 3180 3127 34.32      
9 B1u 1611 1584 2.32      
10 B1u 1035 1018 0.24      
11 B2g 552 543 0.00      
12 B2u 3159 3107 19.22      
13 B2u 1228 1207 34.87      
14 B2u 696 685 6.16      
15 B3g 3142 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1139 1120 0.00      
17 B3g 807 794 0.00      
18 B3u 559 550 111.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13034.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12819.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.55939 0.42369 0.24109

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.791
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.791
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.791
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.791
H5 0.000 1.450 1.558
H6 0.000 1.450 -1.558
H7 0.000 -1.450 1.558
H8 0.000 -1.450 -1.558

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58141.34362.07511.09242.47372.25593.1647
C21.58142.07511.34362.47371.09243.16472.2559
C31.34362.07511.58142.25593.16471.09242.4737
C42.07511.34361.58143.16472.25592.47371.0924
H51.09242.47372.25593.16473.11502.89964.2557
H62.47371.09243.16472.25593.11504.25572.8996
H72.25593.16471.09242.47372.89964.25573.1150
H83.16472.25592.47371.09244.25572.89963.1150

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 134.586
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.414
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.586
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.414
C4 C2 H6 135.414 C4 C3 H7 134.586
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.141      
2 C -0.141      
3 C -0.141      
4 C -0.141      
5 H 0.141      
6 H 0.141      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.141      


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 -25.980 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.529 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.548
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.941 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.235 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.706
Polar
3z2-r23.412
x2-y2-5.451
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.340 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.008 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.696


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.115
(<r2>)1/2 7.623