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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.917376
Energy at 298.15K-155.923611
Nuclear repulsion energy113.248251
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3230 3090 27.48      
2 A1 3065 2932 46.73      
3 A1 1666 1593 0.73      
4 A1 1514 1448 0.01      
5 A1 1236 1182 1.65      
6 A1 1151 1102 0.03      
7 A1 1018 974 0.03      
8 A1 917 877 1.38      
9 A2 3101 2967 0.00      
10 A2 1182 1131 0.00      
11 A2 1049 1003 0.00      
12 A2 940 899 0.00      
13 A2 319 305 0.00      
14 B1 3116 2981 57.49      
15 B1 1112 1064 3.88      
16 B1 881 843 13.06      
17 B1 653 625 46.88      
18 B2 3198 3059 19.30      
19 B2 3059 2926 46.61      
20 B2 1491 1427 0.06      
21 B2 1342 1284 12.74      
22 B2 1245 1191 4.11      
23 B2 921 881 13.51      
24 B2 859 822 1.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19131.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18303.5 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.43260 0.41046 0.22889

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.812
C2 0.000 -0.670 0.812
C3 0.000 0.783 -0.697
C4 0.000 -0.783 -0.697
H5 0.000 1.421 1.598
H6 0.000 -1.421 1.598
H7 0.890 1.243 -1.144
H8 -0.890 -1.243 -1.144
H9 -0.890 1.243 -1.144
H10 0.890 -1.243 -1.144

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.34001.51332.09471.08752.23432.22402.87702.22402.8770
C21.34002.09471.51332.23431.08752.87702.22402.87702.2240
C31.51332.09471.56532.38253.18211.09712.25711.09712.2571
C42.09471.51331.56533.18212.38252.25711.09712.25711.0971
H51.08752.23432.38253.18212.84292.88843.92552.88843.9255
H62.23431.08753.18212.38252.84293.92552.88843.92552.8884
H72.22402.87701.09712.25712.88843.92553.05751.78022.4858
H82.87702.22402.25711.09713.92552.88843.05752.48581.7802
H92.22402.87701.09712.25712.88843.92551.78022.48583.0575
H102.87702.22402.25711.09713.92552.88842.48581.78023.0575

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.269 C1 C2 H6 133.709
C1 C3 C4 85.731 C1 C3 H7 115.931
C1 C3 H9 115.931 C2 C1 C3 94.269
C2 C1 H5 133.709 C2 C4 C3 85.731
C2 C4 H8 115.931 C2 C4 H10 115.931
C3 C1 H5 132.022 C3 C4 H8 114.803
C3 C4 H10 114.803 C4 C2 H6 132.022
C4 C3 H7 114.803 C4 C3 H9 114.803
H7 C3 H9 108.446 H8 C4 H10 108.446
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.130     -0.152
2 C -0.130     -0.152
3 C -0.358     -0.097
4 C -0.358     -0.097
5 H 0.149     0.118
6 H 0.149     0.118
7 H 0.170     0.066
8 H 0.170     0.065
9 H 0.170     0.065
10 H 0.170     0.066


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 -0.133 0.133
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.008 0.000 -0.175 0.175


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.479 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.653 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.074
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.615 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.123 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.492
Polar
3z2-r20.983
x2-y2-1.825
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> 65.453
(<r2>)1/2 8.090