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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.275744
Energy at 298.15K-154.278572
HF Energy-153.657215
Nuclear repulsion energy97.465064
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 CCSD(T)=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 3253 3159        
2 Ag 1518 1474        
3 Ag 1107 1075        
4 Ag 934 907        
5 Au 695 675        
6 Au 472 459        
7 B1g 773 751        
8 B1u 3240 3147        
9 B1u 1546 1502        
10 B1u 1035 1005        
11 B2g 511 496        
12 B2u 3221 3129        
13 B2u 1249 1213        
14 B2u 711 690        
15 B3g 3207 3115        
16 B3g 1150 1117        
17 B3g 849 824        
18 B3u 551 536        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13010.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9712) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12636.1 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.54542 0.42199 0.23792

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.683 0.792
C2 0.000 0.683 -0.792
C3 0.000 -0.683 0.792
C4 0.000 -0.683 -0.792
H5 0.000 1.455 1.565
H6 0.000 1.455 -1.565
H7 0.000 -1.455 1.565
H8 0.000 -1.455 -1.565

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58331.36532.09061.09302.47972.27353.1817
C21.58332.09061.36532.47971.09303.18172.2735
C31.36532.09061.58332.27353.18171.09302.4797
C42.09061.36531.58333.18172.27352.47971.0930
H51.09302.47972.27353.18173.12912.91094.2737
H62.47971.09303.18172.27353.12914.27372.9109
H72.27353.18171.09302.47972.91094.27373.1291
H83.18172.27352.47971.09304.27372.91093.1291

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 135.003
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.997
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.003
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.997
C4 C2 H6 134.997 C4 C3 H7 135.003
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability