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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.943980
Energy at 298.15K-155.950240
Nuclear repulsion energy113.467143
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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 3250 3092 22.97      
2 A1 3081 2932 43.41      
3 A1 1677 1596 0.71      
4 A1 1506 1433 0.04      
5 A1 1239 1179 1.69      
6 A1 1158 1102 0.02      
7 A1 1024 975 0.03      
8 A1 924 879 1.38      
9 A2 3122 2971 0.00      
10 A2 1184 1126 0.00      
11 A2 1048 997 0.00      
12 A2 951 905 0.00      
13 A2 319 304 0.00      
14 B1 3136 2984 51.48      
15 B1 1113 1059 4.20      
16 B1 883 841 13.98      
17 B1 657 625 45.47      
18 B2 3217 3061 14.94      
19 B2 3075 2926 43.86      
20 B2 1481 1410 0.13      
21 B2 1348 1282 12.50      
22 B2 1247 1187 4.06      
23 B2 927 882 14.08      
24 B2 863 821 1.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19214.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18282.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.43438 0.41191 0.22975

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.811
C2 0.000 -0.669 0.811
C3 0.000 0.781 -0.696
C4 0.000 -0.781 -0.696
H5 0.000 1.418 1.596
H6 0.000 -1.418 1.596
H7 0.888 1.240 -1.141
H8 -0.888 -1.240 -1.141
H9 -0.888 1.240 -1.141
H10 0.888 -1.240 -1.141

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.33781.51082.09091.08482.22942.21942.87122.21942.8712
C21.33782.09091.51082.22941.08482.87122.21942.87122.2194
C31.51082.09091.56192.37843.17581.09462.25211.09462.2521
C42.09091.51081.56193.17582.37842.25211.09462.25211.0946
H51.08482.22942.37843.17582.83552.88293.91712.88293.9171
H62.22941.08483.17582.37842.83553.91712.88293.91712.8829
H72.21942.87121.09462.25212.88293.91713.05081.77652.4802
H82.87122.21942.25211.09463.91712.88293.05082.48021.7765
H92.21942.87121.09462.25212.88293.91711.77652.48023.0508
H102.87122.21942.25211.09463.91712.88292.48021.77653.0508

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.253 C1 C2 H6 133.650
C1 C3 C4 85.747 C1 C3 H7 115.904
C1 C3 H9 115.904 C2 C1 C3 94.253
C2 C1 H5 133.650 C2 C4 C3 85.747
C2 C4 H8 115.904 C2 C4 H10 115.904
C3 C1 H5 132.096 C3 C4 H8 114.801
C3 C4 H10 114.801 C4 C2 H6 132.096
C4 C3 H7 114.801 C4 C3 H9 114.801
H7 C3 H9 108.482 H8 C4 H10 108.482
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.101      
2 C -0.101      
3 C -0.281      
4 C -0.281      
5 H 0.113      
6 H 0.113      
7 H 0.135      
8 H 0.135      
9 H 0.135      
10 H 0.135      


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 -0.143 0.143
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.481 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.624 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.042
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.648 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.137 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.510
Polar
3z2-r21.020
x2-y2-1.857
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> 65.245
(<r2>)1/2 8.077