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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.969786
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-550.969786
Nuclear repulsion energy350.251107
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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.07171 0.07171 0.03585

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.024 0.000
C2 1.024 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.024 0.000
C4 -1.024 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.350 0.000
F6 2.350 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.350 0.000
F8 -2.350 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.44882.04891.44881.32592.56393.37482.5639
C21.44881.44882.04892.56391.32592.56393.3748
C32.04891.44881.44883.37482.56391.32592.5639
C41.44882.04891.44882.56393.37482.56391.3259
F51.32592.56393.37482.56393.32394.70073.3239
F62.56391.32592.56393.37483.32393.32394.7007
F73.37482.56391.32592.56394.70073.32393.3239
F82.56393.37482.56391.32593.32394.70073.3239

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.045      
2 C 0.336      
3 C 0.045      
4 C 0.336      
5 F -0.227      
6 F -0.153      
7 F -0.227      
8 F -0.153      


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 -36.070 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -46.493 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.003
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.178 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.457 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.279
Polar
3z2-r22.559
x2-y210.423
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 249.574
(<r2>)1/2 15.798

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.048887
Energy at 298.15K-551.048613
HF Energy-551.048887
Nuclear repulsion energy351.933114
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 PBEPBE/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 1783 1758 0.00      
2 Ag 1164 1148 0.00      
3 Ag 714 704 0.00      
4 Ag 328 323 0.00      
5 Ag 188 185 0.00      
6 Au 1274 1256 484.71      
7 Au 891 878 31.97      
8 Au 546 538 65.22      
9 Au 233 230 0.00      
10 Au 145 143 0.09      
11 Bg 1300 1282 0.00      
12 Bg 726 716 0.00      
13 Bg 467 461 0.00      
14 Bg 291 287 0.00      
15 Bu 1746 1722 213.62      
16 Bu 966 953 179.98      
17 Bu 300 296 3.29      
18 Bu 172 170 1.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6615.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9863) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6525.2 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 PBEPBE/6-31G**
ABC
0.07717 0.06876 0.03662

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.135 0.766 0.674
C2 -0.135 -0.766 0.674
C3 -0.135 -0.766 -0.674
C4 0.135 0.766 -0.674
F5 -0.135 1.681 1.602
F6 0.135 -1.681 1.602
F7 0.135 -1.681 -1.602
F8 -0.135 1.681 -1.602

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.55472.05711.34711.33182.61693.34132.4678
C21.55471.34712.05712.61691.33182.46783.3413
C32.05711.34711.55473.34132.46781.33182.6169
C41.34712.05711.55472.46783.34132.61691.3318
F51.33182.61693.34132.46783.37324.65243.2041
F62.61691.33182.46783.34133.37323.20414.6524
F73.34132.46781.33182.61694.65243.20413.3732
F82.46783.34132.61691.33183.20414.65243.3732

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 129.917
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 134.201
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 129.917
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 134.201
C3 C2 F6 134.201 C3 C4 F8 129.917
C4 C1 F5 134.201 C4 C3 F7 129.917
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.194      
2 C 0.194      
3 C 0.194      
4 C 0.194      
5 F -0.194      
6 F -0.194      
7 F -0.194      
8 F -0.194      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.756 -0.164 0.000
y -0.164 -41.793 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.556
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.918 -0.164 0.000
y -0.164 -1.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.782
Polar
3z2-r2-1.564
x2-y22.037
xy-0.164
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.074 -0.045 0.000
y -0.045 6.407 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.815


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 245.826
(<r2>)1/2 15.679