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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.729036
Energy at 298.15K-152.732053
HF Energy-152.729036
Nuclear repulsion energy98.012443
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/STO-3G
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 3532 3126 0.00      
2 Ag 1767 1564 0.00      
3 Ag 1237 1094 0.00      
4 Ag 1042 922 0.00      
5 Au 923 817 0.00      
6 Au 567 502 0.00      
7 B1g 946 837 0.00      
8 B1u 3515 3110 1.44      
9 B1u 1784 1578 0.03      
10 B1u 1121 992 2.69      
11 B2g 679 601 0.00      
12 B2u 3479 3079 26.45      
13 B2u 1371 1214 35.04      
14 B2u 820 725 0.88      
15 B3g 3457 3059 0.00      
16 B3g 1253 1109 0.00      
17 B3g 930 823 0.00      
18 B3u 654 579 65.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14537.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.885) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12865.9 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 B3PW91/STO-3G
ABC
0.55937 0.42088 0.24017

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.794
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.794
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.794
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.794
H5 0.000 1.458 1.557
H6 0.000 1.458 -1.557
H7 0.000 -1.458 1.557
H8 0.000 -1.458 -1.557

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58851.34072.07861.09642.47972.26083.1715
C21.58852.07861.34072.47971.09643.17152.2608
C31.34072.07861.58852.26083.17151.09642.4797
C42.07861.34071.58853.17152.26082.47971.0964
H51.09642.47972.26083.17153.11412.91594.2661
H62.47971.09643.17152.26083.11414.26612.9159
H72.26083.17151.09642.47972.91594.26613.1141
H83.17152.26082.47971.09644.26612.91593.1141

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 134.084
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.916
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.084
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.916
C4 C2 H6 135.916 C4 C3 H7 134.084
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.085      
2 C -0.085      
3 C -0.085      
4 C -0.085      
5 H 0.085      
6 H 0.085      
7 H 0.085      
8 H 0.085      


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 -23.425 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.078 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.311
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.231 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.790 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.441
Polar
3z2-r22.881
x2-y2-3.347
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.858 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.219 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.238


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.410
(<r2>)1/2 7.577