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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.589985
Energy at 298.15K-153.593395
HF Energy-153.589985
Nuclear repulsion energy98.747775
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/LANL2DZ
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 3489 3140 0.00      
2 Ag 1732 1558 0.00      
3 Ag 1215 1094 0.00      
4 Ag 1037 933 0.00      
5 Au 1022 920 0.00      
6 Au 602 542 0.00      
7 B1g 1022 920 0.00      
8 B1u 3472 3125 25.45      
9 B1u 1739 1565 13.52      
10 B1u 1161 1045 2.92      
11 B2g 760 684 0.00      
12 B2u 3448 3103 7.34      
13 B2u 1396 1256 39.53      
14 B2u 782 704 16.79      
15 B3g 3432 3088 0.00      
16 B3g 1312 1181 0.00      
17 B3g 976 878 0.00      
18 B3u 719 647 261.82      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14657.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13190.4 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.56658 0.42653 0.24334

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.790
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.790
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.790
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.790
H5 0.000 1.429 1.541
H6 0.000 1.429 -1.541
H7 0.000 -1.429 1.541
H8 0.000 -1.429 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57981.33912.07101.06832.45152.22913.1365
C21.57982.07101.33912.45151.06833.13652.2291
C31.33912.07101.57982.22913.13651.06832.4515
C42.07101.33911.57983.13652.22912.45151.0683
H51.06832.45152.22913.13653.08192.85854.2035
H62.45151.06833.13652.22913.08194.20352.8585
H72.22913.13651.06832.45152.85854.20353.0819
H83.13652.22912.45151.06834.20352.85853.0819

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 134.670
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.330
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.670
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.330
C4 C2 H6 135.330 C4 C3 H7 134.670
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.229      
2 C -0.229      
3 C -0.229      
4 C -0.229      
5 H 0.229      
6 H 0.229      
7 H 0.229      
8 H 0.229      


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 -28.024 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.974 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.444
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.314 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.260 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.054
Polar
3z2-r24.109
x2-y2-7.049
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.506 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.408 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.144


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.277
(<r2>)1/2 7.634