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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.718514
Energy at 298.15K-154.721584
HF Energy-154.718514
Nuclear repulsion energy98.788500
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/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 3240 3132 0.00      
2 Ag 1627 1573 0.00      
3 Ag 1109 1072 0.00      
4 Ag 953 921 0.00      
5 Au 889 859 0.00      
6 Au 540 522 0.00      
7 B1g 884 855 0.00      
8 B1u 3229 3122 25.00      
9 B1u 1634 1580 3.79      
10 B1u 1056 1021 0.27      
11 B2g 602 582 0.00      
12 B2u 3207 3101 14.26      
13 B2u 1257 1215 39.24      
14 B2u 702 678 8.92      
15 B3g 3192 3086 0.00      
16 B3g 1183 1144 0.00      
17 B3g 852 824 0.00      
18 B3u 587 568 136.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13370.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9668) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12926.3 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.57038 0.42563 0.24374

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-311G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.666 0.789
C2 0.000 0.666 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.666 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.666 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.433 1.551
H6 0.000 1.433 -1.551
H7 0.000 -1.433 1.551
H8 0.000 -1.433 -1.551

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57871.33162.06531.08122.46302.23273.1437
C21.57872.06531.33162.46301.08123.14372.2327
C31.33162.06531.57872.23273.14371.08122.4630
C42.06531.33161.57873.14372.23272.46301.0812
H51.08122.46302.23273.14373.10242.86594.2235
H62.46301.08123.14372.23273.10244.22352.8659
H72.23273.14371.08122.46302.86594.22353.1024
H83.14372.23272.46301.08124.22352.86593.1024

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 134.802
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.198
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.802
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.198
C4 C2 H6 135.198 C4 C3 H7 134.802
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.096      
2 C -0.096      
3 C -0.096      
4 C -0.096      
5 H 0.096      
6 H 0.096      
7 H 0.096      
8 H 0.096      


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 -26.666 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.959 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.075
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.149 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.411 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.737
Polar
3z2-r23.475
x2-y2-5.707
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.033 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.941
(<r2>)1/2 7.612