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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP4/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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.262718
Energy at 298.15K-154.265550
HF Energy-153.657073
Nuclear repulsion energy97.359478
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 MP4/6-31G*
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 3263 3188        
2 Ag 1569 1533        
3 Ag 1132 1106        
4 Ag 967 945        
5 Au 688 672        
6 Au 468 458        
7 B1g 753 735        
8 B1u 3252 3177        
9 B1u 1588 1552        
10 B1u 1062 1037        
11 B2g 483 472        
12 B2u 3232 3158        
13 B2u 1278 1248        
14 B2u 730 713        
15 B3g 3218 3144        
16 B3g 1180 1152        
17 B3g 865 845        
18 B3u 549 536        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13138.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9769) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12835.2 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 MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.54574 0.41986 0.23730

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.682 0.794
C2 0.000 0.682 -0.794
C3 0.000 -0.682 0.794
C4 0.000 -0.682 -0.794
H5 0.000 1.456 1.568
H6 0.000 1.456 -1.568
H7 0.000 -1.456 1.568
H8 0.000 -1.456 -1.568

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58761.36462.09341.09422.48492.27383.1856
C21.58762.09341.36462.48491.09423.18562.2738
C31.36462.09341.58762.27383.18561.09422.4849
C42.09341.36461.58763.18562.27382.48491.0942
H51.09422.48492.27383.18563.13532.91164.2787
H62.48491.09423.18562.27383.13534.27872.9116
H72.27383.18561.09422.48492.91164.27873.1353
H83.18562.27382.48491.09424.27872.91163.1353

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