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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.265847
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.689787
Nuclear repulsion energy98.881406
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 CCD/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 3304 3132 0.00      
2 Ag 1615 1531 0.00      
3 Ag 1140 1081 0.00      
4 Ag 973 922 0.00      
5 Au 617 585 0.00      
6 Au 383i 363i 0.00      
7 B1g 786 745 0.00      
8 B1u 3293 3121 17.96      
9 B1u 1637 1552 5.33      
10 B1u 1073 1018 0.25      
11 B2g 457 433 0.00      
12 B2u 3272 3102 10.37      
13 B2u 1296 1229 31.09      
14 B2u 748 710 7.59      
15 B3g 3259 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1215 1152 0.00      
17 B3g 889 842 0.00      
18 B3u 578 548 142.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12884.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12214.4 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 CCD/TZVP
ABC
0.56637 0.43030 0.24452

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.785
C2 0.000 0.669 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.669 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.669 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.436 1.544
H6 0.000 1.436 -1.544
H7 0.000 -1.436 1.544
H8 0.000 -1.436 -1.544

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56981.33722.06211.07882.45152.23683.1383
C21.56982.06211.33722.45151.07883.13832.2368
C31.33722.06211.56982.23683.13831.07882.4515
C42.06211.33721.56983.13832.23682.45151.0788
H51.07882.45152.23683.13833.08712.87124.2159
H62.45151.07883.13832.23683.08714.21592.8712
H72.23683.13831.07882.45152.87124.21593.0871
H83.13832.23682.45151.07884.21592.87123.0871

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 134.687
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.313
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.687
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.313
C4 C2 H6 135.313 C4 C3 H7 134.687
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability