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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.649667
Energy at 298.15K-154.652773
HF Energy-154.649667
Nuclear repulsion energy97.605352
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/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 3295 3167 0.00      
2 Ag 1602 1540 0.00      
3 Ag 1115 1071 0.00      
4 Ag 965 928 0.00      
5 Au 900 866 0.00      
6 Au 538 517 0.00      
7 B1g 904 869 0.00      
8 B1u 3276 3149 27.21      
9 B1u 1598 1536 6.26      
10 B1u 1060 1019 4.11      
11 B2g 647 621 0.00      
12 B2u 3251 3125 8.28      
13 B2u 1259 1210 41.71      
14 B2u 693 667 12.31      
15 B3g 3235 3109 0.00      
16 B3g 1194 1148 0.00      
17 B3g 878 844 0.00      
18 B3u 630 605 240.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13519.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12995.0 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.55189 0.41825 0.23793

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.678 0.797
C2 0.000 0.678 -0.797
C3 0.000 -0.678 0.797
C4 0.000 -0.678 -0.797
H5 0.000 1.449 1.558
H6 0.000 1.449 -1.558
H7 0.000 -1.449 1.558
H8 0.000 -1.449 -1.558

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.59471.35652.09361.08302.47852.25923.1739
C21.59472.09361.35652.47851.08303.17392.2592
C31.35652.09361.59472.25923.17391.08302.4785
C42.09361.35651.59473.17392.25922.47851.0830
H51.08302.47852.25923.17393.11662.89784.2556
H62.47851.08303.17392.25923.11664.25562.8978
H72.25923.17391.08302.47852.89784.25563.1166
H83.17392.25922.47851.08304.25562.89783.1166

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 134.639
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.361
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.639
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.361
C4 C2 H6 135.361 C4 C3 H7 134.639
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.250      
2 C -0.250      
3 C -0.250      
4 C -0.250      
5 H 0.250      
6 H 0.250      
7 H 0.250      
8 H 0.250      


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 -27.155 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.442 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.510
Traceless
 xyz
x -6.179 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.891 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.288
Polar
3z2-r24.576
x2-y2-6.714
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.542 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.090 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.247


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.797
(<r2>)1/2 7.668