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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-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 MP2/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-24.361724
Energy at 298.15K-24.364665
HF Energy-24.038326
Nuclear repulsion energy48.711915
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 MP2/CEP-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 3252 3142 0.00      
2 Ag 1492 1442 0.00      
3 Ag 1104 1067 0.00      
4 Ag 947 916 0.00      
5 Au 748 722 0.00      
6 Au 510 493 0.00      
7 B1g 806 779 0.00      
8 B1u 3231 3122 44.41      
9 B1u 1492 1441 5.88      
10 B1u 1050 1015 2.40      
11 B2g 566 547 0.00      
12 B2u 3206 3098 20.70      
13 B2u 1259 1216 26.99      
14 B2u 691 668 9.67      
15 B3g 3185 3078 0.00      
16 B3g 1187 1147 0.00      
17 B3g 880 850 0.00      
18 B3u 609 589 257.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13107.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12665.4 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 MP2/CEP-31G
ABC
0.52013 0.40451 0.22754

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.701 0.811
C2 0.000 0.701 -0.811
C3 0.000 -0.701 0.811
C4 0.000 -0.701 -0.811
H5 0.000 1.478 1.584
H6 0.000 1.478 -1.584
H7 0.000 -1.478 1.584
H8 0.000 -1.478 -1.584

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.62161.40252.14391.09652.51812.31263.2384
C21.62162.14391.40252.51811.09653.23842.3126
C31.40252.14391.62162.31263.23841.09652.5181
C42.14391.40251.62163.23842.31262.51811.0965
H51.09652.51812.31263.23843.16902.95634.3338
H62.51811.09653.23842.31263.16904.33382.9563
H72.31263.23841.09652.51812.95634.33383.1690
H83.23842.31262.51811.09654.33382.95633.1690

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 134.882
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.118
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.882
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.118
C4 C2 H6 135.118 C4 C3 H7 134.882
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability