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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.342646
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.689628
Nuclear repulsion energy98.847520
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 CCSD=FULL/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 3297 3124 0.00      
2 Ag 1599 1515 0.00      
3 Ag 1137 1078 0.00      
4 Ag 969 919 0.00      
5 Au 617 585 0.00      
6 Au 341i 323i 0.00      
7 B1g 783 742 0.00      
8 B1u 3285 3113 17.79      
9 B1u 1621 1536 5.71      
10 B1u 1071 1014 0.30      
11 B2g 467 442 0.00      
12 B2u 3265 3094 10.35      
13 B2u 1293 1225 31.80      
14 B2u 747 707 7.96      
15 B3g 3251 3081 0.00      
16 B3g 1206 1143 0.00      
17 B3g 873 828 0.00      
18 B3u 578 548 140.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12859.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9475) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12184.6 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 CCSD=FULL/TZVP
ABC
0.56522 0.43055 0.24439

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD=FULL/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 1.543
H6 0.000 1.436 -1.543
H7 0.000 -1.436 1.543
H8 0.000 -1.436 -1.543

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56941.33882.06291.07852.45082.23813.1388
C21.56942.06291.33882.45081.07853.13882.2381
C31.33882.06291.56942.23813.13881.07852.4508
C42.06291.33881.56943.13882.23812.45081.0785
H51.07852.45082.23813.13883.08602.87254.2160
H62.45081.07853.13882.23813.08604.21602.8725
H72.23813.13881.07852.45082.87254.21603.0860
H83.13882.23812.45081.07854.21602.87253.0860

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 134.679
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.321
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.679
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.321
C4 C2 H6 135.321 C4 C3 H7 134.679
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability