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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

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

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.890460
Energy at 298.15K-155.896596
Nuclear repulsion energy112.201186
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 BLYP/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 A1 3128 3104 32.72      
2 A1 2966 2943 53.07      
3 A1 1595 1582 1.43      
4 A1 1462 1450 0.12      
5 A1 1182 1173 0.56      
6 A1 1104 1095 0.00      
7 A1 976 969 0.00      
8 A1 856 849 0.72      
9 A2 2997 2974 0.00      
10 A2 1139 1130 0.00      
11 A2 1012 1004 0.00      
12 A2 904 897 0.00      
13 A2 315 312 0.00      
14 B1 3011 2988 67.41      
15 B1 1071 1063 3.33      
16 B1 852 845 10.05      
17 B1 632 627 35.95      
18 B2 3097 3073 22.28      
19 B2 2962 2939 50.58      
20 B2 1445 1434 0.06      
21 B2 1290 1280 9.22      
22 B2 1200 1191 2.78      
23 B2 874 867 9.32      
24 B2 841 834 1.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18454.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18312.2 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.42398 0.40300 0.22436

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.676 0.820
C2 0.000 -0.676 0.820
C3 0.000 0.793 -0.704
C4 0.000 -0.793 -0.704
H5 0.000 1.430 1.612
H6 0.000 -1.430 1.612
H7 0.895 1.257 -1.154
H8 -0.895 -1.257 -1.154
H9 -0.895 1.257 -1.154
H10 0.895 -1.257 -1.154

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.35141.52852.11651.09352.24982.24402.90382.24402.9038
C21.35142.11651.52852.24981.09352.90382.24402.90382.2440
C31.52852.11651.58572.40163.21001.10372.28101.10372.2810
C42.11651.52851.58573.21002.40162.28101.10372.28101.1037
H51.09352.24982.40163.21002.86062.91203.95842.91203.9584
H62.24981.09353.21002.40162.86063.95842.91203.95842.9120
H72.24402.90381.10372.28102.91203.95843.08501.78932.5130
H82.90382.24402.28101.10373.95842.91203.08502.51301.7893
H92.24402.90381.10372.28102.91203.95841.78932.51303.0850
H102.90382.24402.28101.10373.95842.91202.51301.78933.0850

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.396 C1 C2 H6 133.636
C1 C3 C4 85.604 C1 C3 H7 116.039
C1 C3 H9 116.039 C2 C1 C3 94.396
C2 C1 H5 133.636 C2 C4 C3 85.604
C2 C4 H8 116.039 C2 C4 H10 116.039
C3 C1 H5 131.968 C3 C4 H8 114.839
C3 C4 H10 114.839 C4 C2 H6 131.968
C4 C3 H7 114.839 C4 C3 H9 114.839
H7 C3 H9 108.311 H8 C4 H10 108.311
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.038      
2 C -0.038      
3 C -0.189      
4 C -0.189      
5 H 0.051      
6 H 0.051      
7 H 0.088      
8 H 0.088      
9 H 0.088      
10 H 0.088      


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 -0.144 0.144
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.630 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.059 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.450
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.375 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.394
Polar
3z2-r20.788
x2-y2-1.570
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> 66.606
(<r2>)1/2 8.161