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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

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 C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.117068
Energy at 298.15K-155.123313
Nuclear repulsion energy112.062886
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3253 3139 17.80      
2 A1 3083 2975 29.75      
3 A1 1621 1564 0.21      
4 A1 1528 1474 0.67      
5 A1 1218 1175 3.72      
6 A1 1129 1089 0.02      
7 A1 979 944 0.03      
8 A1 846 817 1.54      
9 A2 3124 3014 0.00      
10 A2 1193 1151 0.00      
11 A2 1045 1008 0.00      
12 A2 963 929 0.00      
13 A2 324 313 0.00      
14 B1 3139 3029 41.17      
15 B1 1130 1090 3.61      
16 B1 880 849 18.51      
17 B1 670 646 57.20      
18 B2 3216 3103 9.89      
19 B2 3076 2968 31.81      
20 B2 1515 1461 0.70      
21 B2 1317 1270 10.83      
22 B2 1259 1215 12.76      
23 B2 900 869 2.15      
24 B2 862 831 8.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19133.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18462.3 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
0.42339 0.39922 0.22316

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.825
C2 0.000 -0.672 0.825
C3 0.000 0.801 -0.711
C4 0.000 -0.801 -0.711
H5 0.000 1.418 1.608
H6 0.000 -1.418 1.608
H7 0.898 1.248 -1.146
H8 -0.898 -1.248 -1.146
H9 -0.898 1.248 -1.146
H10 0.898 -1.248 -1.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.34491.54232.12891.08082.23192.24162.89502.24162.8950
C21.34492.12891.54232.23191.08082.89502.24162.89502.2416
C31.54232.12891.60132.40023.20961.09332.27851.09332.2785
C42.12891.54231.60133.20962.40022.27851.09332.27851.0933
H51.08082.23192.40023.20962.83562.90203.93672.90203.9367
H62.23191.08083.20962.40022.83563.93672.90203.93672.9020
H72.24162.89501.09332.27852.90203.93673.07471.79602.4956
H82.89502.24162.27851.09333.93672.90203.07472.49561.7960
H92.24162.89501.09332.27852.90203.93671.79602.49563.0747
H102.89502.24162.27851.09333.93672.90202.49561.79603.0747

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.768 C1 C2 H6 133.602
C1 C3 C4 85.232 C1 C3 H7 115.484
C1 C3 H9 115.484 C2 C1 C3 94.768
C2 C1 H5 133.602 C2 C4 C3 85.232
C2 C4 H8 115.484 C2 C4 H10 115.484
C3 C1 H5 131.630 C3 C4 H8 114.142
C3 C4 H10 114.142 C4 C2 H6 131.630
C4 C3 H7 114.142 C4 C3 H9 114.142
H7 C3 H9 110.439 H8 C4 H10 110.439
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.170     -0.171
2 C -0.170     -0.171
3 C -0.393     -0.142
4 C -0.393     -0.142
5 H 0.167     0.138
6 H 0.167     0.138
7 H 0.198     0.088
8 H 0.198     0.087
9 H 0.198     0.087
10 H 0.198     0.088


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 -0.135 0.135
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.008 0.000 -0.177 0.177


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.119 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.961 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.247
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.015 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.793
Polar
3z2-r21.587
x2-y2-2.158
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.681 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.594 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.708


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 66.744
(<r2>)1/2 8.170