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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.969776
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-550.969776
Nuclear repulsion energy350.252807
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*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.07171 0.07171 0.03585

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.024 0.000
C2 1.024 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.024 0.000
C4 -1.024 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.350 0.000
F6 2.350 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.350 0.000
F8 -2.350 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.44882.04891.44881.32592.56393.37482.5639
C21.44881.44882.04892.56391.32592.56393.3748
C32.04891.44881.44883.37482.56391.32592.5639
C41.44882.04891.44882.56393.37482.56391.3259
F51.32592.56393.37482.56393.32394.70073.3239
F62.56391.32592.56393.37483.32393.32394.7007
F73.37482.56391.32592.56394.70073.32393.3239
F82.56393.37482.56391.32593.32394.70073.3239

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
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 0.045      
2 C 0.336      
3 C 0.045      
4 C 0.336      
5 F -0.227      
6 F -0.153      
7 F -0.227      
8 F -0.153      


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 -36.071 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -46.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.002
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.177 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.457 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.280
Polar
3z2-r22.559
x2-y210.423
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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> 249.572
(<r2>)1/2 15.798

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.048887
Energy at 298.15K-551.048592
HF Energy-551.048887
Nuclear repulsion energy351.919828
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
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 1782 1753 0.00      
2 Ag 1164 1144 0.00      
3 Ag 714 702 0.00      
4 Ag 327 322 0.00      
5 Ag 187 184 0.00      
6 Au 1274 1253 484.55      
7 Au 891 876 32.01      
8 Au 546 537 65.21      
9 Au 233 229 0.00      
10 Au 145 142 0.09      
11 Bg 1300 1279 0.00      
12 Bg 726 714 0.00      
13 Bg 467 460 0.00      
14 Bg 292 287 0.00      
15 Bu 1745 1716 213.46      
16 Bu 966 950 179.78      
17 Bu 300 295 3.29      
18 Bu 172 169 1.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6615.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6505.9 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
0.07715 0.06876 0.03661

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.135 0.766 0.674
C2 -0.135 -0.766 0.674
C3 -0.135 -0.766 -0.674
C4 0.135 0.766 -0.674
F5 -0.135 1.681 1.602
F6 0.135 -1.681 1.602
F7 0.135 -1.681 -1.602
F8 -0.135 1.681 -1.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.55482.05721.34711.33192.61713.34152.4679
C21.55481.34712.05722.61711.33192.46793.3415
C32.05721.34711.55483.34152.46791.33192.6171
C41.34712.05721.55482.46793.34152.61711.3319
F51.33192.61713.34152.46793.37314.65273.2046
F62.61711.33192.46793.34153.37313.20464.6527
F73.34152.46791.33192.61714.65273.20463.3731
F82.46793.34152.61711.33193.20464.65273.3731

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 129.920
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 134.215
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 129.920
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 134.215
C3 C2 F6 134.215 C3 C4 F8 129.920
C4 C1 F5 134.215 C4 C3 F7 129.920
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 0.194      
2 C 0.194      
3 C 0.194      
4 C 0.194      
5 F -0.194      
6 F -0.194      
7 F -0.194      
8 F -0.194      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.756 -0.165 0.000
y -0.165 -41.792 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.556
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.918 -0.165 0.000
y -0.165 -1.136 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.782
Polar
3z2-r2-1.564
x2-y22.036
xy-0.165
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.074 -0.045 0.000
y -0.045 6.406 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.815


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 245.848
(<r2>)1/2 15.680