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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.004340
Energy at 298.15K-152.007353
HF Energy-151.739221
Nuclear repulsion energy97.219864
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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
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 3568 3172 0.00      
2 Ag 1642 1460 0.00      
3 Ag 1250 1111 0.00      
4 Ag 1054 937 0.00      
5 Au 908 807 0.00      
6 Au 565 502 0.00      
7 B1g 926 824 0.00      
8 B1u 3552 3157 0.07      
9 B1u 1663 1478 1.54      
10 B1u 1129 1003 5.53      
11 B2g 667 593 0.00      
12 B2u 3526 3134 8.39      
13 B2u 1410 1253 15.20      
14 B2u 848 753 0.07      
15 B3g 3519 3128 0.00      
16 B3g 1289 1146 0.00      
17 B3g 952 847 0.00      
18 B3u 642 571 44.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14553.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8889) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12936.7 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 MP2=FULL/STO-3G
ABC
0.54442 0.41842 0.23659

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/STO-3G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.681 0.796
C2 0.000 0.681 -0.796
C3 0.000 -0.681 0.796
C4 0.000 -0.681 -0.796
H5 0.000 1.468 1.563
H6 0.000 1.468 -1.563
H7 0.000 -1.468 1.563
H8 0.000 -1.468 -1.563

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.59261.36242.09581.09902.48752.28223.1919
C21.59262.09581.36242.48751.09903.19192.2822
C31.36242.09581.59262.28223.19191.09902.4875
C42.09581.36241.59263.19192.28222.48751.0990
H51.09902.48752.28223.19193.12692.93634.2895
H62.48751.09903.19192.28223.12694.28952.9363
H72.28223.19191.09902.48752.93634.28953.1269
H83.19192.28222.48751.09904.28952.93633.1269

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 134.271
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.729
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.271
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.729
C4 C2 H6 135.729 C4 C3 H7 134.271
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability