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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.768859
Energy at 298.15K-152.771853
HF Energy-152.768859
Nuclear repulsion energy97.738987
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/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 3509 3131 0.00      
2 Ag 1747 1559 0.00      
3 Ag 1221 1090 0.00      
4 Ag 1032 921 0.00      
5 Au 917 818 0.00      
6 Au 565 504 0.00      
7 B1g 939 838 0.00      
8 B1u 3491 3116 0.81      
9 B1u 1765 1575 0.22      
10 B1u 1117 997 3.66      
11 B2g 675 603 0.00      
12 B2u 3456 3084 21.89      
13 B2u 1365 1218 33.60      
14 B2u 803 717 0.90      
15 B3g 3435 3065 0.00      
16 B3g 1247 1113 0.00      
17 B3g 930 830 0.00      
18 B3u 647 578 64.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14431.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12878.3 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.55747 0.41738 0.23868

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.798
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.798
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.798
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.798
H5 0.000 1.460 1.562
H6 0.000 1.460 -1.562
H7 0.000 -1.460 1.562
H8 0.000 -1.460 -1.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.59581.34322.08581.09742.48762.26403.1796
C21.59582.08581.34322.48761.09743.17962.2640
C31.34322.08581.59582.26403.17961.09742.4876
C42.08581.34321.59583.17962.26402.48761.0974
H51.09742.48762.26403.17963.12322.91944.2752
H62.48761.09743.17962.26403.12324.27522.9194
H72.26403.17961.09742.48762.91944.27523.1232
H83.17962.26402.48761.09744.27522.91943.1232

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 134.101
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.899
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.101
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.899
C4 C2 H6 135.899 C4 C3 H7 134.101
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.080      
2 C -0.080      
3 C -0.080      
4 C -0.080      
5 H 0.080      
6 H 0.080      
7 H 0.080      
8 H 0.080      


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 -23.434 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.181 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.366
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.161 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.720 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.441
Polar
3z2-r22.882
x2-y2-3.253
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.868 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.282 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.314


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.702
(<r2>)1/2 7.596