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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at QCISD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.273153
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.689362
Nuclear repulsion energy98.743374
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 QCISD/TZVP
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 3294 3147 0.00      
2 Ag 1592 1520 0.00      
3 Ag 1135 1084 0.00      
4 Ag 967 923 0.00      
5 Au 614 586 0.00      
6 Au 343i 327i 0.00      
7 B1g 775 741 0.00      
8 B1u 3282 3136 18.69      
9 B1u 1614 1542 5.88      
10 B1u 1068 1021 0.27      
11 B2g 461 440 0.00      
12 B2u 3263 3117 10.29      
13 B2u 1291 1233 31.70      
14 B2u 743 710 7.92      
15 B3g 3248 3103 0.00      
16 B3g 1204 1150 0.00      
17 B3g 869 831 0.00      
18 B3u 574 548 140.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12825.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12251.8 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 QCISD/TZVP
ABC
0.56379 0.42981 0.24388

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/TZVP

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.785
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.438 1.544
H6 0.000 1.438 -1.544
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.544
H8 0.000 -1.438 -1.544

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57081.34062.06511.07932.45282.24063.1419
C21.57082.06511.34062.45281.07933.14192.2406
C31.34062.06511.57082.24063.14191.07932.4528
C42.06511.34061.57083.14192.24062.45281.0793
H51.07932.45282.24063.14193.08852.87574.2200
H62.45281.07933.14192.24063.08854.22002.8757
H72.24063.14191.07932.45282.87574.22003.0885
H83.14192.24062.45281.07934.22002.87573.0885

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 134.675
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.325
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.675
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.325
C4 C2 H6 135.325 C4 C3 H7 134.675
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability