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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.695335
Energy at 298.15K-154.698329
HF Energy-154.695335
Nuclear repulsion energy98.382003
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/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 3247 3151 0.00      
2 Ag 1621 1573 0.00      
3 Ag 1104 1072 0.00      
4 Ag 950 922 0.00      
5 Au 823 798 0.00      
6 Au 526 510 0.00      
7 B1g 850 824 0.00      
8 B1u 3237 3141 16.55      
9 B1u 1625 1577 8.72      
10 B1u 1046 1015 0.05      
11 B2g 567 550 0.00      
12 B2u 3215 3120 11.02      
13 B2u 1246 1210 39.50      
14 B2u 702 682 9.92      
15 B3g 3199 3104 0.00      
16 B3g 1167 1132 0.00      
17 B3g 845 820 0.00      
18 B3u 562 546 143.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13265.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9704) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12872.6 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.56356 0.42416 0.24201

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.790
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.790
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.790
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.790
H5 0.000 1.441 1.559
H6 0.000 1.441 -1.559
H7 0.000 -1.441 1.559
H8 0.000 -1.441 -1.559

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57981.34002.07161.08842.47172.24613.1575
C21.57982.07161.34002.47171.08843.15752.2461
C31.34002.07161.57982.24613.15751.08842.4717
C42.07161.34001.57983.15752.24612.47171.0884
H51.08842.47172.24613.15753.11722.88104.2447
H62.47171.08843.15752.24613.11724.24472.8810
H72.24613.15751.08842.47172.88104.24473.1172
H83.15752.24612.47171.08844.24472.88103.1172

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 134.932
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.068
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.932
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.068
C4 C2 H6 135.068 C4 C3 H7 134.932
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.449      
2 C 0.449      
3 C 0.449      
4 C 0.449      
5 H -0.449      
6 H -0.449      
7 H -0.449      
8 H -0.449      


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 -27.128 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.226 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.822
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.105 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.749 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.355
Polar
3z2-r22.710
x2-y2-5.903
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.042 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.992 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.232


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.585
(<r2>)1/2 7.654