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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.521726
Energy at 298.15K-154.524657
HF Energy-154.521726
Nuclear repulsion energy98.385384
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 PBEPBE/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 3177 3142 0.00      
2 Ag 1585 1567 0.00      
3 Ag 1077 1065 0.00      
4 Ag 933 923 0.00      
5 Au 833 824 0.00      
6 Au 505 500 0.00      
7 B1g 834 824 0.00      
8 B1u 3167 3132 21.75      
9 B1u 1588 1570 4.42      
10 B1u 1025 1014 1.02      
11 B2g 565 559 0.00      
12 B2u 3146 3111 11.93      
13 B2u 1214 1201 40.81      
14 B2u 679 672 7.80      
15 B3g 3130 3095 0.00      
16 B3g 1146 1133 0.00      
17 B3g 814 805 0.00      
18 B3u 560 554 137.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12990.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9888) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12844.6 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 PBEPBE/TZVP
ABC
0.56342 0.42430 0.24203

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.790
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.790
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.790
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.790
H5 0.000 1.443 1.557
H6 0.000 1.443 -1.557
H7 0.000 -1.443 1.557
H8 0.000 -1.443 -1.557

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58011.33942.07141.08892.47102.24733.1576
C21.58012.07141.33942.47101.08893.15762.2473
C31.33942.07141.58012.24733.15761.08892.4710
C42.07141.33941.58013.15762.24732.47101.0889
H51.08892.47102.24733.15763.11392.88544.2452
H62.47101.08893.15762.24733.11394.24522.8854
H72.24733.15761.08892.47102.88544.24523.1139
H83.15762.24732.47101.08894.24522.88543.1139

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 134.773
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.227
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.773
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.227
C4 C2 H6 135.227 C4 C3 H7 134.773
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.125      
2 C -0.125      
3 C -0.125      
4 C -0.125      
5 H 0.125      
6 H 0.125      
7 H 0.125      
8 H 0.125      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.987 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.318
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.294 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.584 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.710
Polar
3z2-r23.419
x2-y2-5.918
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.935 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.731 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.179


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.417
(<r2>)1/2 7.643