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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-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/aug-cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.495981
Energy at 298.15K-154.499058
HF Energy-153.706726
Nuclear repulsion energy99.221110
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/aug-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 3301 3157 0.00      
2 Ag 1583 1514 0.00      
3 Ag 1128 1078 0.00      
4 Ag 973 931 0.00      
5 Au 874 836 0.00      
6 Au 521 498 0.00      
7 B1g 886 848 0.00      
8 B1u 3292 3148 10.64      
9 B1u 1593 1523 4.90      
10 B1u 1064 1018 0.19      
11 B2g 598 572 0.00      
12 B2u 3270 3128 5.25      
13 B2u 1267 1212 34.75      
14 B2u 731 700 8.57      
15 B3g 3255 3114 0.00      
16 B3g 1200 1147 0.00      
17 B3g 858 820 0.00      
18 B3u 593 567 133.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13493.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9564) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12905.5 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/aug-cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.56877 0.43472 0.24640

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-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 1.428 1.541
H6 0.000 1.428 -1.541
H7 0.000 -1.428 1.541
H8 0.000 -1.428 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.55991.33612.05391.07562.44262.22973.1275
C21.55992.05391.33612.44261.07563.12752.2297
C31.33612.05391.55992.22973.12751.07562.4426
C42.05391.33611.55993.12752.22972.44261.0756
H51.07562.44262.22973.12753.08302.85534.2020
H62.44261.07563.12752.22973.08304.20202.8553
H72.22973.12751.07562.44262.85534.20203.0830
H83.12752.22972.44261.07564.20202.85533.0830

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 135.072
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.928
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.072
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.928
C4 C2 H6 134.928 C4 C3 H7 135.072
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability