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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.208879
Energy at 298.15K-154.211878
HF Energy-153.647481
Nuclear repulsion energy98.786531
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 CCD/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 3339 3131 0.00      
2 Ag 1631 1530 0.00      
3 Ag 1161 1089 0.00      
4 Ag 988 926 0.00      
5 Au 766 718 0.00      
6 Au 502 470 0.00      
7 B1g 826 774 0.00      
8 B1u 3327 3120 23.09      
9 B1u 1662 1559 2.62      
10 B1u 1090 1022 0.03      
11 B2g 547 513 0.00      
12 B2u 3307 3101 12.91      
13 B2u 1319 1237 26.64      
14 B2u 766 719 6.38      
15 B3g 3295 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1228 1151 0.00      
17 B3g 894 838 0.00      
18 B3u 589 552 114.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13619.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12769.5 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
0.56301 0.43117 0.24417

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.671 0.784
C2 0.000 0.671 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.671 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.671 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.438 1.542
H6 0.000 1.438 -1.542
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.542
H8 0.000 -1.438 -1.542

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56811.34192.06391.07842.44952.24093.1399
C21.56812.06391.34192.44951.07843.13992.2409
C31.34192.06391.56812.24093.13991.07842.4495
C42.06391.34191.56813.13992.24092.44951.0784
H51.07842.44952.24093.13993.08462.87564.2171
H62.44951.07843.13992.24093.08464.21712.8756
H72.24093.13991.07842.44952.87564.21713.0846
H83.13992.24092.44951.07844.21712.87563.0846

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 134.674
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.326
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.674
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.326
C4 C2 H6 135.326 C4 C3 H7 134.674
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability