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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.265771
Energy at 298.15K-154.268586
HF Energy-153.656833
Nuclear repulsion energy97.368338
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3245 3173        
2 Ag 1514 1481        
3 Ag 1105 1080        
4 Ag 932 911        
5 Au 693 677        
6 Au 471 460        
7 B1g 769 752        
8 B1u 3232 3161        
9 B1u 1542 1507        
10 B1u 1032 1009        
11 B2g 507 496        
12 B2u 3214 3143        
13 B2u 1247 1219        
14 B2u 708 693        
15 B3g 3199 3128        
16 B3g 1146 1121        
17 B3g 847 828        
18 B3u 548 536        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12974.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12686.4 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.54449 0.42103 0.23743

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.683 0.793
C2 0.000 0.683 -0.793
C3 0.000 -0.683 0.793
C4 0.000 -0.683 -0.793
H5 0.000 1.457 1.566
H6 0.000 1.457 -1.566
H7 0.000 -1.457 1.566
H8 0.000 -1.457 -1.566

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58501.36642.09271.09412.48242.27553.1849
C21.58502.09271.36642.48241.09413.18492.2755
C31.36642.09271.58502.27553.18491.09412.4824
C42.09271.36641.58503.18492.27552.48241.0941
H51.09412.48242.27553.18493.13272.91344.2781
H62.48241.09413.18492.27553.13274.27812.9134
H72.27553.18491.09412.48242.91344.27813.1327
H83.18492.27552.48241.09414.27812.91343.1327

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 135.013
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.987
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.013
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.987
C4 C2 H6 134.987 C4 C3 H7 135.013
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability