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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.982324
Energy at 298.15K-155.988563
Nuclear repulsion energy113.033320
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 B3LYP/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 3216 3090 26.29      
2 A1 3049 2929 48.35      
3 A1 1657 1592 1.00      
4 A1 1504 1445 0.03      
5 A1 1228 1179 0.83      
6 A1 1141 1096 0.01      
7 A1 1009 969 0.00      
8 A1 895 860 0.94      
9 A2 3083 2962 0.00      
10 A2 1176 1130 0.00      
11 A2 1045 1004 0.00      
12 A2 943 906 0.00      
13 A2 322 310 0.00      
14 B1 3097 2976 61.95      
15 B1 1105 1062 4.01      
16 B1 877 843 11.98      
17 B1 654 629 39.21      
18 B2 3185 3060 17.11      
19 B2 3043 2924 47.83      
20 B2 1483 1425 0.00      
21 B2 1335 1283 10.81      
22 B2 1242 1194 3.18      
23 B2 907 871 11.23      
24 B2 864 830 1.38      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19029.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18283.8 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.43093 0.40845 0.22776

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.814
C2 0.000 -0.670 0.814
C3 0.000 0.786 -0.699
C4 0.000 -0.786 -0.699
H5 0.000 1.419 1.601
H6 0.000 -1.419 1.601
H7 0.889 1.246 -1.146
H8 -0.889 -1.246 -1.146
H9 -0.889 1.246 -1.146
H10 0.889 -1.246 -1.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.34031.51832.10061.08622.23272.22832.88212.22832.8821
C21.34032.10061.51832.23271.08622.88212.22832.88212.2283
C31.51832.10061.57212.38593.18681.09632.26291.09632.2629
C42.10061.51831.57213.18682.38592.26291.09632.26291.0963
H51.08622.23272.38593.18682.83882.89223.92962.89223.9296
H62.23271.08623.18682.38592.83883.92962.89223.92962.8922
H72.22832.88211.09632.26292.89223.92963.06221.77842.4929
H82.88212.22832.26291.09633.92962.89223.06222.49291.7784
H92.22832.88211.09632.26292.89223.92961.77842.49293.0622
H102.88212.22832.26291.09633.92962.89222.49291.77843.0622

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.378 C1 C2 H6 133.613
C1 C3 C4 85.622 C1 C3 H7 115.978
C1 C3 H9 115.978 C2 C1 C3 94.378
C2 C1 H5 133.613 C2 C4 C3 85.622
C2 C4 H8 115.978 C2 C4 H10 115.978
C3 C1 H5 132.009 C3 C4 H8 114.832
C3 C4 H10 114.832 C4 C2 H6 132.009
C4 C3 H7 114.832 C4 C3 H9 114.832
H7 C3 H9 108.405 H8 C4 H10 108.405
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.064      
2 C -0.064      
3 C -0.218      
4 C -0.218      
5 H 0.076      
6 H 0.076      
7 H 0.103      
8 H 0.103      
9 H 0.103      
10 H 0.103      


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 -0.121 0.121
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.581 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -23.897 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.306
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.480 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.047 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.433
Polar
3z2-r20.866
x2-y2-1.685
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.125 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.973 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.157


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.779
(<r2>)1/2 8.110