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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-24.055671
Energy at 298.15K-24.059081
HF Energy-24.055671
Nuclear repulsion energy50.235795
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/CEP-121G
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 3419 3120 0.00      
2 Ag 1702 1553 0.00      
3 Ag 1208 1103 0.00      
4 Ag 1028 938 0.00      
5 Au 986 900 0.00      
6 Au 587 535 0.00      
7 B1g 1005 917 0.00      
8 B1u 3403 3105 27.31      
9 B1u 1709 1559 13.48      
10 B1u 1147 1046 1.54      
11 B2g 747 682 0.00      
12 B2u 3377 3082 9.56      
13 B2u 1385 1264 41.58      
14 B2u 785 716 14.41      
15 B3g 3359 3065 0.00      
16 B3g 1287 1174 0.00      
17 B3g 970 885 0.00      
18 B3u 713 651 263.49      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14407.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9125) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13146.9 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 HF/CEP-121G
ABC
0.56336 0.42401 0.24192

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-121G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.671 0.792
C2 0.000 0.671 -0.792
C3 0.000 -0.671 0.792
C4 0.000 -0.671 -0.792
H5 0.000 1.434 1.545
H6 0.000 1.434 -1.545
H7 0.000 -1.434 1.545
H8 0.000 -1.434 -1.545

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58461.34272.07701.07162.45882.23583.1459
C21.58462.07701.34272.45881.07163.14592.2358
C31.34272.07701.58462.23583.14591.07162.4588
C42.07701.34271.58463.14592.23582.45881.0716
H51.07162.45882.23583.14593.09072.86774.2161
H62.45881.07163.14592.23583.09074.21612.8677
H72.23583.14591.07162.45882.86774.21613.0907
H83.14592.23582.45881.07164.21612.86773.0907

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 134.644
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.356
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.644
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.356
C4 C2 H6 135.356 C4 C3 H7 134.644
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.218      
2 C -0.218      
3 C -0.218      
4 C -0.218      
5 H 0.218      
6 H 0.218      
7 H 0.218      
8 H 0.218      


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 -27.781 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.917 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.483
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.081 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.867
Polar
3z2-r23.733
x2-y2-6.864
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.147 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.409


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 49.851
(<r2>)1/2 7.061