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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.707276
Energy at 298.15K-153.710653
HF Energy-153.707276
Nuclear repulsion energy99.927329
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/cc-pVQZ
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 3401 3089 0.00      
2 Ag 1750 1589 0.00      
3 Ag 1207 1097 0.00      
4 Ag 1025 931 0.00      
5 Au 1014 921 0.00      
6 Au 600 545 0.00      
7 B1g 1011 918 0.00      
8 B1u 3390 3080 14.37      
9 B1u 1772 1609 10.97      
10 B1u 1150 1045 0.03      
11 B2g 704 639 0.00      
12 B2u 3368 3059 9.63      
13 B2u 1395 1267 41.79      
14 B2u 802 729 14.76      
15 B3g 3352 3045 0.00      
16 B3g 1300 1181 0.00      
17 B3g 924 839 0.00      
18 B3u 676 614 165.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14419.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9084) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13098.5 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/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.58518 0.43438 0.24932

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.657 0.781
C2 0.000 0.657 -0.781
C3 0.000 -0.657 0.781
C4 0.000 -0.657 -0.781
H5 0.000 1.415 1.536
H6 0.000 1.415 -1.536
H7 0.000 -1.415 1.536
H8 0.000 -1.415 -1.536

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56241.31462.04191.06952.43812.20543.1087
C21.56242.04191.31462.43811.06953.10872.2054
C31.31462.04191.56242.20543.10871.06952.4381
C42.04191.31461.56243.10872.20542.43811.0695
H51.06952.43812.20543.10873.07252.82964.1770
H62.43811.06953.10872.20543.07254.17702.8296
H72.20543.10871.06952.43812.82964.17703.0725
H83.10872.20542.43811.06954.17702.82963.0725

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 134.908
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.092
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.908
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.092
C4 C2 H6 135.092 C4 C3 H7 134.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.150      
2 C -0.150      
3 C -0.150      
4 C -0.150      
5 H 0.150      
6 H 0.150      
7 H 0.150      
8 H 0.150      


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 -27.256 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.613 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.505
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.697 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.268 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.429
Polar
3z2-r22.858
x2-y2-6.643
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.294 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.542 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.267


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.115
(<r2>)1/2 7.557