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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.212907
Energy at 298.15K-154.215801
HF Energy-153.658698
Nuclear repulsion energy97.830523
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 MP2=FULL/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 3289 3188 0.00      
2 Ag 1559 1511 0.00      
3 Ag 1119 1085 0.00      
4 Ag 963 933 0.00      
5 Au 734 711 0.00      
6 Au 482 468 0.00      
7 B1g 813 788 0.00      
8 B1u 3278 3177 14.40      
9 B1u 1564 1516 6.02      
10 B1u 1048 1016 0.13      
11 B2g 528 512 0.00      
12 B2u 3257 3157 7.75      
13 B2u 1252 1214 31.93      
14 B2u 718 695 8.16      
15 B3g 3243 3143 0.00      
16 B3g 1168 1132 0.00      
17 B3g 843 817 0.00      
18 B3u 552 535 140.79      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13204.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12798.1 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.55062 0.42446 0.23969

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.679 0.789
C2 0.000 0.679 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.679 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.679 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.449 1.562
H6 0.000 1.449 -1.562
H7 0.000 -1.449 1.562
H8 0.000 -1.449 -1.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57811.35862.08241.09052.47342.26423.1710
C21.57812.08241.35862.47341.09053.17102.2642
C31.35862.08241.57812.26423.17101.09052.4734
C42.08241.35861.57813.17102.26422.47341.0905
H51.09052.47342.26423.17103.12302.89814.2606
H62.47341.09053.17102.26423.12304.26062.8981
H72.26423.17101.09052.47342.89814.26063.1230
H83.17102.26422.47341.09054.26062.89813.1230

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 135.101
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.899
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.101
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.899
C4 C2 H6 134.899 C4 C3 H7 135.101
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability