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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.197924
Energy at 298.15K-154.200851
HF Energy-153.647313
Nuclear repulsion energy98.853516
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/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3344 3125 0.00      
2 Ag 1607 1502 0.00      
3 Ag 1157 1081 0.00      
4 Ag 996 930 0.00      
5 Au 750 701 0.00      
6 Au 481 449 0.00      
7 B1g 813 760 0.00      
8 B1u 3333 3114 19.88      
9 B1u 1625 1518 1.97      
10 B1u 1088 1016 0.26      
11 B2g 522 488 0.00      
12 B2u 3313 3095 9.13      
13 B2u 1306 1220 29.19      
14 B2u 754 704 5.40      
15 B3g 3299 3082 0.00      
16 B3g 1219 1139 0.00      
17 B3g 859 803 0.00      
18 B3u 569 532 119.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13516.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12630.2 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.56215 0.43312 0.24464

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.782
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.782
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.782
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.782
H5 0.000 1.437 1.541
H6 0.000 1.437 -1.541
H7 0.000 -1.437 1.541
H8 0.000 -1.437 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56391.34352.06181.07792.44572.24133.1374
C21.56392.06181.34352.44571.07793.13742.2413
C31.34352.06181.56392.24133.13741.07792.4457
C42.06181.34351.56393.13742.24132.44571.0779
H51.07792.44572.24133.13743.08172.87444.2141
H62.44571.07793.13742.24133.08174.21412.8744
H72.24133.13741.07792.44572.87444.21413.0817
H83.13742.24132.44571.07794.21412.87443.0817

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 134.753
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.247
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.753
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.247
C4 C2 H6 135.247 C4 C3 H7 134.753
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability