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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.818322
Energy at 298.15K-153.821434
HF Energy-153.818322
Nuclear repulsion energy97.742660
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 B3LYP/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3293 3177 0.00      
2 Ag 1613 1557 0.00      
3 Ag 1109 1070 0.00      
4 Ag 921 889 0.00      
5 Au 924 891 0.00      
6 Au 555 536 0.00      
7 B1g 914 882 0.00      
8 B1u 3277 3162 17.84      
9 B1u 1603 1547 2.59      
10 B1u 1072 1035 0.32      
11 B2g 648 625 0.00      
12 B2u 3254 3140 6.35      
13 B2u 1264 1220 39.10      
14 B2u 629 607 5.72      
15 B3g 3239 3125 0.00      
16 B3g 1206 1163 0.00      
17 B3g 895 864 0.00      
18 B3u 633 611 171.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13524.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13050.0 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.56382 0.41083 0.23766

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.806
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.806
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.806
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.806
H5 0.000 1.439 1.562
H6 0.000 1.439 -1.562
H7 0.000 -1.439 1.562
H8 0.000 -1.439 -1.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.61241.34022.09661.07822.48992.24033.1712
C21.61242.09661.34022.48991.07823.17122.2403
C31.34022.09661.61242.24033.17121.07822.4899
C42.09661.34021.61243.17122.24032.48991.0782
H51.07822.48992.24033.17123.12412.87784.2476
H62.48991.07823.17122.24033.12414.24762.8778
H72.24033.17121.07822.48992.87784.24763.1241
H83.17122.24032.48991.07824.24762.87783.1241

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 134.512
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.488
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.512
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.488
C4 C2 H6 135.488 C4 C3 H7 134.512
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.180      
2 C -0.180      
3 C -0.180      
4 C -0.180      
5 H 0.180      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.180      
8 H 0.180      


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 -26.889 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.323
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.852 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.356 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.497
Polar
3z2-r24.994
x2-y2-6.139
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.785 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.606 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.255


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.774
(<r2>)1/2 7.666