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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.659874
Energy at 298.15K-153.663246
HF Energy-153.659874
Nuclear repulsion energy99.768167
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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3412 3089 0.00      
2 Ag 1773 1605 0.00      
3 Ag 1208 1094 0.00      
4 Ag 1028 931 0.00      
5 Au 1001 906 0.00      
6 Au 605 548 0.00      
7 B1g 982 889 0.00      
8 B1u 3400 3078 22.56      
9 B1u 1794 1624 5.06      
10 B1u 1156 1047 0.01      
11 B2g 711 644 0.00      
12 B2u 3375 3056 11.51      
13 B2u 1392 1260 37.39      
14 B2u 803 727 13.57      
15 B3g 3359 3041 0.00      
16 B3g 1289 1167 0.00      
17 B3g 918 831 0.00      
18 B3u 683 619 130.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14443.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13078.9 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 HF/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.58351 0.43273 0.24847

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.658 0.783
C2 0.000 0.658 -0.783
C3 0.000 -0.658 0.783
C4 0.000 -0.658 -0.783
H5 0.000 1.420 1.536
H6 0.000 1.420 -1.536
H7 0.000 -1.420 1.536
H8 0.000 -1.420 -1.536

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56651.31522.04541.07172.44142.21013.1140
C21.56652.04541.31522.44141.07173.11402.2101
C31.31522.04541.56652.21013.11401.07172.4414
C42.04541.31521.56653.11402.21012.44141.0717
H51.07172.44142.21013.11403.07202.84084.1842
H62.44141.07173.11402.21013.07204.18422.8408
H72.21013.11401.07172.44142.84084.18423.0720
H83.11402.21012.44141.07174.18422.84083.0720

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 134.619
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.381
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.619
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.381
C4 C2 H6 135.381 C4 C3 H7 134.619
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.158      
2 C -0.158      
3 C -0.158      
4 C -0.158      
5 H 0.158      
6 H 0.158      
7 H 0.158      
8 H 0.158      


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 -26.272 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.399 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.793
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.176 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.634 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.542
Polar
3z2-r23.085
x2-y2-5.874
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.795 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.617


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 56.862
(<r2>)1/2 7.541