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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.527193
Energy at 298.15K-154.530161
HF Energy-154.527193
Nuclear repulsion energy98.464733
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3167 3131 0.00      
2 Ag 1581 1563 0.00      
3 Ag 1079 1067 0.00      
4 Ag 933 923 0.00      
5 Au 851 842 0.00      
6 Au 512 506 0.00      
7 B1g 858 848 0.00      
8 B1u 3156 3121 20.37      
9 B1u 1584 1566 6.29      
10 B1u 1023 1012 0.12      
11 B2g 578 571 0.00      
12 B2u 3135 3100 14.37      
13 B2u 1214 1201 40.24      
14 B2u 684 677 8.07      
15 B3g 3119 3084 0.00      
16 B3g 1146 1133 0.00      
17 B3g 814 805 0.00      
18 B3u 565 559 130.97      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12999.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9888) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12853.7 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 PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56442 0.42497 0.24243

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.789
C2 0.000 0.669 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.669 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.669 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.440 1.557
H6 0.000 1.440 -1.557
H7 0.000 -1.440 1.557
H8 0.000 -1.440 -1.557

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57841.33862.06961.08812.46962.24513.1552
C21.57842.06961.33862.46961.08813.15522.2451
C31.33862.06961.57842.24513.15521.08812.4696
C42.06961.33861.57843.15522.24512.46961.0881
H51.08812.46962.24513.15523.11372.88094.2420
H62.46961.08813.15522.24513.11374.24202.8809
H72.24513.15521.08812.46962.88094.24203.1137
H83.15522.24512.46961.08814.24202.88093.1137

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 134.872
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.128
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.872
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.128
C4 C2 H6 135.128 C4 C3 H7 134.872
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.461      
2 C -0.461      
3 C -0.461      
4 C -0.461      
5 H 0.461      
6 H 0.461      
7 H 0.461      
8 H 0.461      


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 -27.024 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.664
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.105 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.670 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.436
Polar
3z2-r22.871
x2-y2-5.850
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.111 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.002 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.496


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.447
(<r2>)1/2 7.645