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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.628693
Energy at 298.15K-154.631762
HF Energy-154.628693
Nuclear repulsion energy98.929443
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 B3PW91/6-31G(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 3265 3139 0.00      
2 Ag 1647 1583 0.00      
3 Ag 1120 1077 0.00      
4 Ag 969 932 0.00      
5 Au 873 839 0.00      
6 Au 539 518 0.00      
7 B1g 850 817 0.00      
8 B1u 3253 3127 23.11      
9 B1u 1653 1589 2.43      
10 B1u 1065 1024 0.07      
11 B2g 609 586 0.00      
12 B2u 3229 3105 12.31      
13 B2u 1261 1212 36.35      
14 B2u 726 698 8.66      
15 B3g 3212 3088 0.00      
16 B3g 1167 1122 0.00      
17 B3g 837 805 0.00      
18 B3u 599 576 107.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13436.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12917.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.56965 0.42883 0.24465

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.666 0.786
C2 0.000 0.666 -0.786
C3 0.000 -0.666 0.786
C4 0.000 -0.666 -0.786
H5 0.000 1.437 1.545
H6 0.000 1.437 -1.545
H7 0.000 -1.437 1.545
H8 0.000 -1.437 -1.545

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57271.33132.06061.08212.45612.23543.1398
C21.57272.06061.33132.45611.08213.13982.2354
C31.33132.06061.57272.23543.13981.08212.4561
C42.06061.33131.57273.13982.23542.45611.0821
H51.08212.45612.23543.13983.09092.87394.2205
H62.45611.08213.13982.23543.09094.22052.8739
H72.23543.13981.08212.45612.87394.22053.0909
H83.13982.23542.45611.08214.22052.87393.0909

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 134.543
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.457
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.543
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.457
C4 C2 H6 135.457 C4 C3 H7 134.543
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.137      
2 C -0.137      
3 C -0.137      
4 C -0.137      
5 H 0.137      
6 H 0.137      
7 H 0.137      
8 H 0.137      


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 -25.729 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.348 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.448
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.831 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.240 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.591
Polar
3z2-r23.182
x2-y2-5.381
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.834 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.982 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.873


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.347
(<r2>)1/2 7.573