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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
1 2 no D4H 1A1g

Conformer 1 (D2H)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.628015
Energy at 298.15K-154.630984
HF Energy-154.628015
Nuclear repulsion energy98.436370
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 B97D3/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 3183 3134 0.00      
2 Ag 1580 1556 0.00      
3 Ag 1085 1068 0.00      
4 Ag 930 915 0.00      
5 Au 851 838 0.00      
6 Au 519 511 0.00      
7 B1g 857 844 0.00      
8 B1u 3172 3124 28.03      
9 B1u 1579 1555 8.52      
10 B1u 1034 1018 0.01      
11 B2g 574 565 0.00      
12 B2u 3151 3103 20.68      
13 B2u 1224 1205 39.21      
14 B2u 655 645 7.46      
15 B3g 3135 3087 0.00      
16 B3g 1156 1138 0.00      
17 B3g 853 840 0.00      
18 B3u 561 553 132.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13049.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9847) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12849.4 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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56530 0.42326 0.24204

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.792
C2 0.000 0.669 -0.792
C3 0.000 -0.669 0.792
C4 0.000 -0.669 -0.792
H5 0.000 1.439 1.554
H6 0.000 1.439 -1.554
H7 0.000 -1.439 1.554
H8 0.000 -1.439 -1.554

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58341.33772.07291.08382.46932.24153.1539
C21.58342.07291.33772.46931.08383.15392.2415
C31.33772.07291.58342.24153.15391.08382.4693
C42.07291.33771.58343.15392.24152.46931.0838
H51.08382.46932.24153.15393.10882.87794.2364
H62.46931.08383.15392.24153.10884.23642.8779
H72.24153.15391.08382.46932.87794.23643.1088
H83.15392.24152.46931.08384.23642.87793.1088

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 134.723
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.277
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.723
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.277
C4 C2 H6 135.277 C4 C3 H7 134.723
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.347      
2 C -0.347      
3 C -0.347      
4 C -0.347      
5 H 0.347      
6 H 0.347      
7 H 0.347      
8 H 0.347      


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 -26.896 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.102 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.637
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.027 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.664 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.362
Polar
3z2-r22.725
x2-y2-5.794
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.146 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 8.001 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.493


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.434
(<r2>)1/2 7.644

Conformer 2 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.524105
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-154.524105
Nuclear repulsion energy101.628180
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 B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56530 0.42326 0.24204

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D4h

Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability