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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/aug-cc-pVTZ

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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.338799
Energy at 298.15K-154.341767
HF Energy-153.696883
Nuclear repulsion energy98.745416
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3281 3126 0.00      
2 Ag 1566 1493 0.00      
3 Ag 1121 1068 0.00      
4 Ag 967 921 0.00      
5 Au 791 754 0.00      
6 Au 476 453 0.00      
7 B1g 857 817 0.00      
8 B1u 3270 3116 11.73      
9 B1u 1574 1500 5.49      
10 B1u 1052 1002 0.10      
11 B2g 566 539 0.00      
12 B2u 3248 3095 5.86      
13 B2u 1256 1197 33.72      
14 B2u 722 688 8.26      
15 B3g 3234 3082 0.00      
16 B3g 1178 1122 0.00      
17 B3g 846 807 0.00      
18 B3u 574 547 133.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13288.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9529) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12662.8 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56311 0.43055 0.24399

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.784
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.434 1.548
H6 0.000 1.434 -1.548
H7 0.000 -1.434 1.548
H8 0.000 -1.434 -1.548

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56781.34322.06451.07902.45302.23963.1415
C21.56782.06451.34322.45301.07903.14152.2396
C31.34322.06451.56782.23963.14151.07902.4530
C42.06451.34321.56783.14152.23962.45301.0790
H51.07902.45302.23963.14153.09552.86734.2194
H62.45301.07903.14152.23963.09554.21942.8673
H72.23963.14151.07902.45302.86734.21943.0955
H83.14152.23962.45301.07904.21942.86733.0955

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 135.069
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.931
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.069
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.931
C4 C2 H6 134.931 C4 C3 H7 135.069
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability