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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-541.787296
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-541.492503
Nuclear repulsion energy343.605104
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/STO-3G
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at MP2/STO-3G
ABC
0.06901 0.06901 0.03451

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.045 0.000
C2 1.045 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.045 0.000
C4 -1.045 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.396 0.000
F6 2.396 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.396 0.000
F8 -2.396 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.47762.08971.47761.35092.61363.44052.6136
C21.47761.47762.08972.61361.35092.61363.4405
C32.08971.47761.47763.44052.61361.35092.6136
C41.47762.08971.47762.61363.44052.61361.3509
F51.35092.61363.44052.61363.38804.79143.3880
F62.61361.35092.61363.44053.38803.38804.7914
F73.44052.61361.35092.61364.79143.38803.3880
F82.61363.44052.61361.35093.38804.79143.3880

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

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at MP2/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-541.915169
Energy at 298.15K-541.914788
HF Energy-541.584505
Nuclear repulsion energy341.765993
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/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 1912 1667 0.00      
2 Ag 1311 1143 0.00      
3 Ag 649 566 0.00      
4 Ag 282 246 0.00      
5 Ag 236 206 0.00      
6 Au 1474 1285 148.35      
7 Au 959 837 11.15      
8 Au 550 480 0.00      
9 Au 243 212 0.77      
10 Au 156 136 0.00      
11 Bg 1564 1364 0.00      
12 Bg 748 652 0.00      
13 Bg 514 448 0.00      
14 Bg 436 380 0.00      
15 Bu 1865 1626 36.80      
16 Bu 1014 884 43.72      
17 Bu 297 259 6.69      
18 Bu 208 182 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7209.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6286.0 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.07057 0.06577 0.03404

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 0.809 0.686
C2 0.000 -0.809 0.686
C3 0.000 -0.809 -0.686
C4 -0.000 0.809 -0.686
F5 0.000 1.720 1.687
F6 -0.000 -1.720 1.687
F7 -0.000 -1.720 -1.687
F8 0.000 1.720 -1.687

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.61762.12151.37261.35362.71993.46832.5423
C21.61761.37262.12152.71991.35362.54233.4683
C32.12151.37261.61763.46832.54231.35362.7199
C41.37262.12151.61762.54233.46832.71991.3536
F51.35362.71993.46832.54233.44074.81893.3739
F62.71991.35362.54233.46833.44073.37394.8189
F73.46832.54231.35362.71994.81893.37393.4407
F82.54233.46832.71991.35363.37394.81893.4407

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 132.332
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 137.668
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 132.332
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 137.668
C3 C2 F6 137.668 C3 C4 F8 132.332
C4 C1 F5 137.668 C4 C3 F7 132.332
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability