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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.215432
Energy at 298.15K-154.218407
HF Energy-153.647028
Nuclear repulsion energy98.649055
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 QCISD/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 3329 3134 0.00      
2 Ag 1610 1516 0.00      
3 Ag 1155 1087 0.00      
4 Ag 981 923 0.00      
5 Au 758 713 0.00      
6 Au 498 469 0.00      
7 B1g 815 767 0.00      
8 B1u 3316 3122 24.57      
9 B1u 1641 1545 2.96      
10 B1u 1084 1021 0.02      
11 B2g 546 514 0.00      
12 B2u 3297 3104 13.06      
13 B2u 1313 1236 27.00      
14 B2u 759 715 7.02      
15 B3g 3283 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1214 1143 0.00      
17 B3g 872 821 0.00      
18 B3u 586 552 112.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13528.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12735.5 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.56056 0.43059 0.24353

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.673 0.785
C2 0.000 0.673 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.673 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.673 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.440 1.543
H6 0.000 1.440 -1.543
H7 0.000 -1.440 1.543
H8 0.000 -1.440 -1.543

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56921.34522.06691.07902.45102.24463.1435
C21.56922.06691.34522.45101.07903.14352.2446
C31.34522.06691.56922.24463.14351.07902.4510
C42.06691.34521.56923.14352.24462.45101.0790
H51.07902.45102.24463.14353.08642.87984.2213
H62.45101.07903.14352.24463.08644.22132.8798
H72.24463.14351.07902.45102.87984.22133.0864
H83.14352.24462.45101.07904.22132.87983.0864

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 134.672
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.328
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.672
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.328
C4 C2 H6 135.328 C4 C3 H7 134.672
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability