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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.257859
Energy at 298.15K-154.260882
HF Energy-153.676656
Nuclear repulsion energy98.478376
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 CCD/6-311G**
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 3282 3135 0.00      
2 Ag 1606 1534 0.00      
3 Ag 1136 1085 0.00      
4 Ag 971 927 0.00      
5 Au 791 756 0.00      
6 Au 501 478 0.00      
7 B1g 847 809 0.00      
8 B1u 3270 3123 19.85      
9 B1u 1628 1554 3.23      
10 B1u 1062 1014 0.09      
11 B2g 566 540 0.00      
12 B2u 3249 3103 11.08      
13 B2u 1283 1226 30.61      
14 B2u 754 720 7.90      
15 B3g 3236 3091 0.00      
16 B3g 1196 1142 0.00      
17 B3g 883 843 0.00      
18 B3u 591 565 130.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13425.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12822.3 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
0.56156 0.42698 0.24255

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.788
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.788
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.788
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.788
H5 0.000 1.441 1.550
H6 0.000 1.441 -1.550
H7 0.000 -1.441 1.550
H8 0.000 -1.441 -1.550

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57571.34322.07051.08312.46142.24583.1511
C21.57572.07051.34322.46141.08313.15112.2458
C31.34322.07051.57572.24583.15111.08312.4614
C42.07051.34321.57573.15112.24582.46141.0831
H51.08312.46142.24583.15113.10052.88174.2329
H62.46141.08313.15112.24583.10054.23292.8817
H72.24583.15111.08312.46142.88174.23293.1005
H83.15112.24582.46141.08314.23292.88173.1005

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 134.744
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.256
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.744
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.256
C4 C2 H6 135.256 C4 C3 H7 134.744
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability