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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.622590
Energy at 298.15K-154.625648
HF Energy-154.622590
Nuclear repulsion energy98.854708
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3273 3137 0.00      
2 Ag 1655 1586 0.00      
3 Ag 1127 1080 0.00      
4 Ag 974 933 0.00      
5 Au 877 841 0.00      
6 Au 538 516 0.00      
7 B1g 861 825 0.00      
8 B1u 3261 3126 25.82      
9 B1u 1666 1597 2.60      
10 B1u 1067 1023 0.26      
11 B2g 594 569 0.00      
12 B2u 3240 3105 12.63      
13 B2u 1271 1218 36.15      
14 B2u 732 702 7.69      
15 B3g 3223 3089 0.00      
16 B3g 1187 1137 0.00      
17 B3g 838 803 0.00      
18 B3u 591 567 121.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13486.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12925.8 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.56789 0.42901 0.24439

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.667 0.786
C2 0.000 0.667 -0.786
C3 0.000 -0.667 0.786
C4 0.000 -0.667 -0.786
H5 0.000 1.438 1.547
H6 0.000 1.438 -1.547
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.547
H8 0.000 -1.438 -1.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57171.33392.06151.08352.45722.23823.1422
C21.57172.06151.33392.45721.08353.14222.2382
C31.33392.06151.57172.23823.14221.08352.4572
C42.06151.33391.57173.14222.23822.45721.0835
H51.08352.45722.23823.14223.09452.87554.2243
H62.45721.08353.14222.23823.09454.22432.8755
H72.23823.14221.08352.45722.87554.22433.0945
H83.14222.23822.45721.08354.22432.87553.0945

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 134.649
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.351
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.649
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.351
C4 C2 H6 135.351 C4 C3 H7 134.649
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.123      
2 C -0.123      
3 C -0.123      
4 C -0.123      
5 H 0.123      
6 H 0.123      
7 H 0.123      
8 H 0.123      


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 -25.937 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.374 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.429
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.035 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.309 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.726
Polar
3z2-r23.452
x2-y2-5.563
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.359 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.982 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.572


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.445
(<r2>)1/2 7.579