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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.534366
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-551.534366
Nuclear repulsion energy355.019717
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.07367 0.07367 0.03684

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.012 0.000
C2 1.012 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.012 0.000
C4 -1.012 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.319 0.000
F6 2.319 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.319 0.000
F8 -2.319 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.43072.02331.43071.30692.52973.33022.5297
C21.43071.43072.02332.52971.30692.52973.3302
C32.02331.43071.43073.33022.52971.30692.5297
C41.43072.02331.43072.52973.33022.52971.3069
F51.30692.52973.33022.52973.27904.63723.2790
F62.52971.30692.52973.33023.27903.27904.6372
F73.33022.52971.30692.52974.63723.27903.2790
F82.52973.33022.52971.30693.27904.63723.2790

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 mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.050      
2 C 0.363      
3 C -0.050      
4 C 0.363      
5 F -0.196      
6 F -0.117      
7 F -0.196      
8 F -0.117      


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 -37.807 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -48.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.534
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.648 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.206 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.558
Polar
3z2-r25.116
x2-y210.570
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.549 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.238


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 244.473
(<r2>)1/2 15.636

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.613315
Energy at 298.15K-551.613320
HF Energy-551.613315
Nuclear repulsion energy355.563393
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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 1888 1807 0.00      
2 Ag 1239 1186 0.00      
3 Ag 710 679 0.00      
4 Ag 297 284 0.00      
5 Ag 174 166 0.00      
6 Au 1332 1274 560.26      
7 Au 941 900 52.43      
8 Au 615 588 58.18      
9 Au 240 229 0.06      
10 Au 157 151 0.05      
11 Bg 1364 1305 0.00      
12 Bg 773 740 0.00      
13 Bg 495 474 0.00      
14 Bg 404 386 0.00      
15 Bu 1862 1781 200.83      
16 Bu 999 956 209.84      
17 Bu 313 300 5.79      
18 Bu 188 180 2.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6995.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6692.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.07744 0.07090 0.03719

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.108 0.769 0.662
C2 -0.108 -0.769 0.662
C3 -0.108 -0.769 -0.662
C4 0.108 0.769 -0.662
F5 -0.108 1.654 1.604
F6 0.108 -1.654 1.604
F7 0.108 -1.654 -1.604
F8 -0.108 1.654 -1.604

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.55352.04101.32381.31052.60013.31782.4423
C21.55351.32382.04102.60011.31052.44233.3178
C32.04101.32381.55353.31782.44231.31052.6001
C41.32382.04101.55352.44233.31782.60011.3105
F51.31052.60013.31782.44233.31514.61363.2086
F62.60011.31052.44233.31783.31513.20864.6136
F73.31782.44231.31052.60014.61363.20863.3151
F82.44233.31782.60011.31053.20864.61363.3151

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 130.228
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.982
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.228
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.982
C3 C2 F6 135.982 C3 C4 F8 130.228
C4 C1 F5 135.982 C4 C3 F7 130.228
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.165      
2 C 0.165      
3 C 0.165      
4 C 0.165      
5 F -0.165      
6 F -0.165      
7 F -0.165      
8 F -0.165      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.237 -0.072 0.000
y -0.072 -43.543 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.151
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.110 -0.072 0.000
y -0.072 -1.849 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.261
Polar
3z2-r2-2.523
x2-y23.306
xy-0.072
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.168 -0.002 0.000
y -0.002 5.842 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 242.989
(<r2>)1/2 15.588