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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-547.971356
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-547.971356
Nuclear repulsion energy346.036881
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 PBEPBE/3-21G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.07000 0.07000 0.03500

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.034 0.000
C2 1.034 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.034 0.000
C4 -1.034 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.380 0.000
F6 2.380 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.380 0.000
F8 -2.380 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.46232.06801.46231.34562.59453.41362.5945
C21.46231.46232.06802.59451.34562.59453.4136
C32.06801.46231.46233.41362.59451.34562.5945
C41.46232.06801.46232.59453.41362.59451.3456
F51.34562.59453.41362.59453.36524.75923.3652
F62.59451.34562.59453.41363.36523.36524.7592
F73.41362.59451.34562.59454.75923.36523.3652
F82.59453.41362.59451.34563.36524.75923.3652

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.099      
2 C 0.299      
3 C 0.099      
4 C 0.299      
5 F -0.237      
6 F -0.162      
7 F -0.237      
8 F -0.162      


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 -37.032 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -47.390 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.991
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.159 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.378 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.220
Polar
3z2-r22.439
x2-y210.358
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 255.617
(<r2>)1/2 15.988

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-548.053843
Energy at 298.15K-548.053704
HF Energy-548.053843
Nuclear repulsion energy344.577045
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 PBEPBE/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 1852 1835 0.00      
2 Ag 1143 1133 0.00      
3 Ag 592 586 0.00      
4 Ag 227 225 0.00      
5 Ag 212 210 0.00      
6 Au 1299 1287 296.25      
7 Au 840 833 6.35      
8 Au 619 613 0.00      
9 Au 189 187 0.17      
10 Au 161 159 0.00      
11 Bg 1387 1374 0.00      
12 Bg 736 729 0.00      
13 Bg 494 489 0.00      
14 Bg 473 468 0.00      
15 Bu 1818 1801 64.98      
16 Bu 953 944 102.20      
17 Bu 288 285 4.37      
18 Bu 229 227 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6754.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6692.9 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.07068 0.06780 0.03461

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.813 0.669
C2 0.000 -0.813 0.669
C3 0.000 -0.813 -0.669
C4 0.000 0.813 -0.669
F5 0.000 1.689 1.690
F6 -0.000 -1.689 1.690
F7 -0.000 -1.689 -1.690
F8 0.000 1.689 -1.690

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.62622.10641.33881.34512.70263.43922.5167
C21.62621.33882.10642.70261.34512.51673.4392
C32.10641.33881.62623.43922.51671.34512.7026
C41.33882.10641.62622.51673.43922.70261.3451
F51.34512.70263.43922.51673.37884.77903.3797
F62.70261.34512.51673.43923.37883.37974.7790
F73.43922.51671.34512.70264.77903.37973.3788
F82.51673.43922.70261.34513.37974.77903.3788

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 130.654
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 139.346
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.654
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 139.346
C3 C2 F6 139.346 C3 C4 F8 130.654
C4 C1 F5 139.346 C4 C3 F7 130.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.206      
2 C 0.206      
3 C 0.206      
4 C 0.206      
5 F -0.206      
6 F -0.206      
7 F -0.206      
8 F -0.206      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.698 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -41.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -42.464
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.525 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -0.402 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.123
Polar
3z2-r2-2.247
x2-y21.285
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.078 0.001 0.000
y 0.001 5.443 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.410


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 258.222
(<r2>)1/2 16.069