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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-24.812950
Energy at 298.15K-24.816056
HF Energy-24.812950
Nuclear repulsion energy49.610322
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 B3LYP/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 3229 3147 0.00      
2 Ag 1573 1533 0.00      
3 Ag 1107 1079 0.00      
4 Ag 952 927 0.00      
5 Au 887 864 0.00      
6 Au 531 518 0.00      
7 B1g 869 847 0.00      
8 B1u 3212 3130 42.18      
9 B1u 1569 1529 8.28      
10 B1u 1055 1028 1.41      
11 B2g 642 625 0.00      
12 B2u 3188 3106 19.76      
13 B2u 1254 1222 39.69      
14 B2u 683 666 9.61      
15 B3g 3170 3089 0.00      
16 B3g 1168 1138 0.00      
17 B3g 876 853 0.00      
18 B3u 620 604 201.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13291.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12952.7 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
ABC
0.54918 0.41367 0.23594

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.680 0.802
C2 0.000 0.680 -0.802
C3 0.000 -0.680 0.802
C4 0.000 -0.680 -0.802
H5 0.000 1.452 1.565
H6 0.000 1.452 -1.565
H7 0.000 -1.452 1.565
H8 0.000 -1.452 -1.565

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.60421.36012.10321.08502.48942.26423.1854
C21.60422.10321.36012.48941.08503.18542.2642
C31.36012.10321.60422.26423.18541.08502.4894
C42.10321.36011.60423.18542.26422.48941.0850
H51.08502.48942.26423.18543.12922.90384.2690
H62.48941.08503.18542.26423.12924.26902.9038
H72.26423.18541.08502.48942.90384.26903.1292
H83.18542.26422.48941.08504.26902.90383.1292

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 134.650
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.350
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.650
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.350
C4 C2 H6 135.350 C4 C3 H7 134.650
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.189      
2 C -0.189      
3 C -0.189      
4 C -0.189      
5 H 0.189      
6 H 0.189      
7 H 0.189      
8 H 0.189      


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 -27.182 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.906 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.131
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.664 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.750 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.913
Polar
3z2-r23.827
x2-y2-6.276
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.156 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.724 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.851


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 50.537
(<r2>)1/2 7.109