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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP4=FULL/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP4=FULL/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.182192
Energy at 298.15K-153.185036
HF Energy-152.765996
Nuclear repulsion energy96.501583
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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
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 3245 3176        
2 Ag 1500 1468        
3 Ag 1103 1079        
4 Ag 880 861        
5 Au 725 710        
6 Au 490 479        
7 B1g 805 787        
8 B1u 3228 3159        
9 B1u 1494 1463        
10 B1u 1053 1031        
11 B2g 550 538        
12 B2u 3206 3138        
13 B2u 1263 1236        
14 B2u 591 579        
15 B3g 3194 3126        
16 B3g 1195 1169        
17 B3g 892 873        
18 B3u 589 576        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12999.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9788) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12724.1 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 MP4=FULL/3-21G
ABC
0.54682 0.40189 0.23164

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/3-21G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.682 0.816
C2 0.000 0.682 -0.816
C3 0.000 -0.682 0.816
C4 0.000 -0.682 -0.816
H5 0.000 1.454 1.576
H6 0.000 1.454 -1.576
H7 0.000 -1.454 1.576
H8 0.000 -1.454 -1.576

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.63121.36332.12591.08432.51362.26733.2068
C21.63122.12591.36332.51361.08433.20682.2673
C31.36332.12591.63122.26733.20681.08432.5136
C42.12591.36331.63123.20682.26732.51361.0843
H51.08432.51362.26733.20683.15282.90844.2894
H62.51361.08433.20682.26733.15284.28942.9084
H72.26733.20681.08432.51362.90844.28943.1528
H83.20682.26732.51361.08434.28942.90843.1528

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 134.562
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.438
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.562
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.438
C4 C2 H6 135.438 C4 C3 H7 134.562
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability