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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.899623
Energy at 298.15K-154.906089
HF Energy-154.899623
Nuclear repulsion energy113.834078
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 HF/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 A1 3404 3058 25.82      
2 A1 3223 2896 59.83      
3 A1 1804 1621 1.15      
4 A1 1649 1482 0.42      
5 A1 1369 1230 0.24      
6 A1 1229 1104 0.02      
7 A1 1077 967 0.42      
8 A1 965 867 1.53      
9 A2 3248 2919 0.00      
10 A2 1296 1165 0.00      
11 A2 1156 1039 0.00      
12 A2 1053 946 0.00      
13 A2 348 313 0.00      
14 B1 3266 2934 90.29      
15 B1 1213 1090 8.22      
16 B1 953 856 20.59      
17 B1 727 653 43.86      
18 B2 3370 3028 19.49      
19 B2 3212 2886 67.21      
20 B2 1623 1458 0.65      
21 B2 1463 1315 13.77      
22 B2 1372 1233 3.17      
23 B2 972 873 13.37      
24 B2 935 840 1.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20462.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18385.6 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.43889 0.41177 0.23067

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.661 0.812
C2 0.000 -0.661 0.812
C3 0.000 0.781 -0.698
C4 0.000 -0.781 -0.698
H5 0.000 1.401 1.592
H6 0.000 -1.401 1.592
H7 0.882 1.238 -1.137
H8 -0.882 -1.238 -1.137
H9 -0.882 1.238 -1.137
H10 0.882 -1.238 -1.137

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.32231.51502.08831.07532.20502.21512.86032.21512.8603
C21.32232.08831.51502.20501.07532.86032.21512.86032.2151
C31.51502.08831.56242.37273.16361.08562.24661.08562.2466
C42.08831.51501.56243.16362.37272.24661.08562.24661.0856
H51.07532.20502.37273.16362.80252.87213.89732.87213.8973
H62.20501.07533.16362.37272.80253.89732.87213.89732.8721
H72.21512.86031.08562.24662.87213.89733.04021.76362.4764
H82.86032.21512.24661.08563.89732.87213.04022.47641.7636
H92.21512.86031.08562.24662.87213.89731.76362.47643.0402
H102.86032.21512.24661.08563.89732.87212.47641.76363.0402

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.544 C1 C2 H6 133.493
C1 C3 C4 85.456 C1 C3 H7 115.834
C1 C3 H9 115.834 C2 C1 C3 94.544
C2 C1 H5 133.493 C2 C4 C3 85.456
C2 C4 H8 115.834 C2 C4 H10 115.834
C3 C1 H5 131.963 C3 C4 H8 114.897
C3 C4 H10 114.897 C4 C2 H6 131.963
C4 C3 H7 114.897 C4 C3 H9 114.897
H7 C3 H9 108.641 H8 C4 H10 108.641
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.177      
2 C -0.177      
3 C -0.341      
4 C -0.341      
5 H 0.183      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.167      
8 H 0.167      
9 H 0.167      
10 H 0.167      


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 -0.029 0.029
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -0.029 0.029
AIM 0.000 0.000 0.103 0.103
ESP 0.008 0.000 -0.073 0.073


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.084 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.053 -0.022
z 0.000 -0.022 -24.560
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.778 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.269 -0.022
z 0.000 -0.022 0.509
Polar
3z2-r21.017
x2-y2-2.031
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz-0.022


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.963 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.906 -0.005
z 0.000 -0.005 5.719


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.287
(<r2>)1/2 8.080