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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.600655
Energy at 298.15K-154.603735
HF Energy-154.600655
Nuclear repulsion energy99.192758
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 B1B95/6-31G**
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 3295 3146 0.00      
2 Ag 1677 1601 0.00      
3 Ag 1139 1088 0.00      
4 Ag 982 938 0.00      
5 Au 885 845 0.00      
6 Au 539 515 0.00      
7 B1g 863 824 0.00      
8 B1u 3284 3135 27.05      
9 B1u 1687 1611 2.62      
10 B1u 1073 1025 0.27      
11 B2g 598 571 0.00      
12 B2u 3262 3115 14.34      
13 B2u 1282 1224 35.02      
14 B2u 747 713 7.55      
15 B3g 3245 3098 0.00      
16 B3g 1190 1137 0.00      
17 B3g 836 798 0.00      
18 B3u 599 572 121.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13592.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12977.6 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 B1B95/6-31G**
ABC
0.57137 0.43246 0.24615

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.665 0.782
C2 0.000 0.665 -0.782
C3 0.000 -0.665 0.782
C4 0.000 -0.665 -0.782
H5 0.000 1.435 1.543
H6 0.000 1.435 -1.543
H7 0.000 -1.435 1.543
H8 0.000 -1.435 -1.543

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56491.32942.05341.08192.44922.23263.1325
C21.56492.05341.32942.44921.08193.13252.2326
C31.32942.05341.56492.23263.13251.08192.4492
C42.05341.32941.56493.13252.23262.44921.0819
H51.08192.44922.23263.13253.08522.86914.2131
H62.44921.08193.13252.23263.08524.21312.8691
H72.23263.13251.08192.44922.86914.21313.0852
H83.13252.23262.44921.08194.21312.86913.0852

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 134.637
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.363
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.637
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.363
C4 C2 H6 135.363 C4 C3 H7 134.637
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.160      
2 C -0.160      
3 C -0.160      
4 C -0.160      
5 H 0.160      
6 H 0.160      
7 H 0.160      
8 H 0.160      


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 -25.917 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.350 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.457
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.014 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.337 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.677
Polar
3z2-r23.354
x2-y2-5.567
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.302 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.865 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.486


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.147
(<r2>)1/2 7.560