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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

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

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)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-549.078116
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-549.078116
Nuclear repulsion energy358.720925
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 HF/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.07521 0.07521 0.03761

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.002 0.000
C2 1.002 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.002 0.000
C4 -1.002 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.294 0.000
F6 2.294 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.294 0.000
F8 -2.294 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.41742.00451.41741.29222.50383.29672.5038
C21.41741.41742.00452.50381.29222.50383.2967
C32.00451.41741.41743.29672.50381.29222.5038
C41.41742.00451.41742.50383.29672.50381.2922
F51.29222.50383.29672.50383.24484.58893.2448
F62.50381.29222.50383.29673.24483.24484.5889
F73.29672.50381.29222.50384.58893.24483.2448
F82.50383.29672.50381.29223.24484.58893.2448

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
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.520      
2 C -0.056      
3 C 0.520      
4 C -0.056      
5 F -0.197      
6 F -0.267      
7 F -0.197      
8 F -0.267      


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 -50.173 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.155 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.556
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.317 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.108
Polar
3z2-r28.216
x2-y2-11.017
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.095 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.568 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.147


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 240.670
(<r2>)1/2 15.514

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-549.154980
Energy at 298.15K-549.155282
HF Energy-549.154980
Nuclear repulsion energy357.301167
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 HF/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 2084 1894 0.00      
2 Ag 1374 1248 0.00      
3 Ag 690 627 0.00      
4 Ag 243 221 0.00      
5 Ag 138 126 0.00      
6 Au 1463 1329 558.42      
7 Au 1026 932 98.65      
8 Au 745 677 0.00      
9 Au 244 222 0.35      
10 Au 181 164 0.00      
11 Bg 1506 1368 0.00      
12 Bg 831 755 0.00      
13 Bg 601 546 0.00      
14 Bg 516 469 0.00      
15 Bu 2086 1895 102.78      
16 Bu 1059 962 240.47      
17 Bu 331 300 11.93      
18 Bu 238 216 1.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7677.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6974.8 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.07596 0.07292 0.03721

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.785 0.649
C2 -0.000 -0.785 0.649
C3 -0.000 -0.785 -0.649
C4 0.000 0.785 -0.649
F5 -0.000 1.629 1.629
F6 0.000 -1.629 1.629
F7 0.000 -1.629 -1.629
F8 -0.000 1.629 -1.629

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.56912.03671.29851.29342.60473.31892.4298
C21.56911.29852.03672.60471.29342.42983.3189
C32.03671.29851.56913.31892.42981.29342.6047
C41.29852.03671.56912.42983.31892.60471.2934
F51.29342.60473.31892.42983.25774.60743.2582
F62.60471.29342.42983.31893.25773.25824.6074
F73.31892.42981.29342.60474.60743.25823.2577
F82.42983.31892.60471.29343.25824.60743.2577

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 130.752
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 139.248
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.752
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 139.248
C3 C2 F6 139.248 C3 C4 F8 130.752
C4 C1 F5 139.248 C4 C3 F7 130.752
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.242      
2 C 0.242      
3 C 0.242      
4 C 0.242      
5 F -0.242      
6 F -0.242      
7 F -0.242      
8 F -0.242      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.064 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -44.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -44.620
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.675 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.516 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.159
Polar
3z2-r2-4.318
x2-y24.794
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.037 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.922


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 242.913
(<r2>)1/2 15.586