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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCSD(T)=FULL/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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.474458
Energy at 298.15K-154.477480
HF Energy-153.697115
Nuclear repulsion energy98.857071
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-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 3264 3146        
2 Ag 1555 1498        
3 Ag 1118 1077        
4 Ag 951 916        
5 Au 820 790        
6 Au 489 471        
7 B1g 854 823        
8 B1u 3245 3127        
9 B1u 1580 1522        
10 B1u 1050 1011        
11 B2g 595 573        
12 B2u 3219 3102        
13 B2u 1248 1203        
14 B2u 723 696        
15 B3g 3199 3083        
16 B3g 1170 1127        
17 B3g 852 821        
18 B3u 607 585        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13267.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12785.6 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 CCSD(T)=FULL/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56356 0.43192 0.24452

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.671 0.783
C2 0.000 0.671 -0.783
C3 0.000 -0.671 0.783
C4 0.000 -0.671 -0.783
H5 0.000 1.433 1.543
H6 0.000 1.433 -1.543
H7 0.000 -1.433 1.543
H8 0.000 -1.433 -1.543

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56621.34262.06291.07592.44742.23743.1366
C21.56622.06291.34262.44741.07593.13662.2374
C31.34262.06291.56622.23743.13661.07592.4474
C42.06291.34261.56623.13662.23742.44741.0759
H51.07592.44742.23743.13663.08542.86644.2114
H62.44741.07593.13662.23743.08544.21142.8664
H72.23743.13661.07592.44742.86644.21143.0854
H83.13662.23742.44741.07594.21142.86643.0854

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 134.913
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.087
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.913
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.087
C4 C2 H6 135.087 C4 C3 H7 134.913
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability