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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.487954
Energy at 298.15K-154.491020
HF Energy-153.706103
Nuclear repulsion energy99.240688
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 MP2=FULL/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 3300 3158 0.00      
2 Ag 1586 1518 0.00      
3 Ag 1130 1081 0.00      
4 Ag 974 932 0.00      
5 Au 865 828 0.00      
6 Au 530 507 0.00      
7 B1g 875 838 0.00      
8 B1u 3290 3149 10.71      
9 B1u 1596 1528 3.25      
10 B1u 1061 1016 0.33      
11 B2g 590 565 0.00      
12 B2u 3269 3129 5.39      
13 B2u 1271 1216 34.73      
14 B2u 733 701 8.51      
15 B3g 3256 3116 0.00      
16 B3g 1203 1152 0.00      
17 B3g 857 820 0.00      
18 B3u 580 555 127.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13482.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9571) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12904.5 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.56926 0.43462 0.24645

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.668 0.780
C2 0.000 0.668 -0.780
C3 0.000 -0.668 0.780
C4 0.000 -0.668 -0.780
H5 0.000 1.427 1.541
H6 0.000 1.427 -1.541
H7 0.000 -1.427 1.541
H8 0.000 -1.427 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56031.33562.05381.07492.44222.22873.1267
C21.56032.05381.33562.44221.07493.12672.2287
C31.33562.05381.56032.22873.12671.07492.4422
C42.05381.33561.56033.12672.22872.44221.0749
H51.07492.44222.22873.12673.08222.85394.2006
H62.44221.07493.12672.22873.08224.20062.8539
H72.22873.12671.07492.44222.85394.20063.0822
H83.12672.22872.44221.07494.20062.85393.0822

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 135.067
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.933
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.067
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.933
C4 C2 H6 134.933 C4 C3 H7 135.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability