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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.358524
Energy at 298.15K-154.361593
HF Energy-153.697666
Nuclear repulsion energy98.912955
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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3283 3142 0.00      
2 Ag 1617 1547 0.00      
3 Ag 1135 1086 0.00      
4 Ag 969 928 0.00      
5 Au 820 785 0.00      
6 Au 500 479 0.00      
7 B1g 879 841 0.00      
8 B1u 3271 3130 12.36      
9 B1u 1634 1563 6.22      
10 B1u 1065 1019 0.01      
11 B2g 595 569 0.00      
12 B2u 3250 3110 7.56      
13 B2u 1283 1227 33.12      
14 B2u 744 712 9.58      
15 B3g 3236 3097 0.00      
16 B3g 1195 1144 0.00      
17 B3g 879 841 0.00      
18 B3u 606 580 131.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13480.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12900.4 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 CCD/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56771 0.42990 0.24464

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.668 0.785
C2 0.000 0.668 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.668 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.668 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.431 1.547
H6 0.000 1.431 -1.547
H7 0.000 -1.431 1.547
H8 0.000 -1.431 -1.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56981.33652.06171.07822.45322.23353.1375
C21.56982.06171.33652.45321.07823.13752.2335
C31.33652.06171.56982.23353.13751.07822.4532
C42.06171.33651.56983.13752.23352.45321.0782
H51.07822.45322.23353.13753.09332.86254.2146
H62.45321.07823.13752.23353.09334.21462.8625
H72.23353.13751.07822.45322.86254.21463.0933
H83.13752.23352.45321.07824.21462.86253.0933

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 134.954
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.046
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.954
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.046
C4 C2 H6 135.046 C4 C3 H7 134.954
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability