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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.598646
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-551.598646
Nuclear repulsion energy355.328095
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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
0.07380 0.07380 0.03690

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.011 0.000
C2 1.011 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.011 0.000
C4 -1.011 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.316 0.000
F6 2.316 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.316 0.000
F8 -2.316 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.43012.02251.43011.30522.52763.32772.5276
C21.43011.43012.02252.52761.30522.52763.3277
C32.02251.43011.43013.32772.52761.30522.5276
C41.43012.02251.43012.52763.32772.52761.3052
F51.30522.52763.32772.52763.27604.63293.2760
F62.52761.30522.52763.32773.27603.27604.6329
F73.32772.52761.30522.52764.63293.27603.2760
F82.52763.32772.52761.30523.27604.63293.2760

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.354      
2 C -0.107      
3 C 0.354      
4 C -0.107      
5 F -0.088      
6 F -0.159      
7 F -0.088      
8 F -0.159      


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 -49.410 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -38.431 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.821
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.784 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.099
Polar
3z2-r26.198
x2-y2-10.979
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.436 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.945 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.195


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 244.506
(<r2>)1/2 15.637

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.680700
Energy at 298.15K-551.680802
HF Energy-551.680700
Nuclear repulsion energy356.962878
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 mPW1PW91/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 1864 1778 0.00      
2 Ag 1234 1177 0.00      
3 Ag 745 710 0.00      
4 Ag 348 332 0.00      
5 Ag 204 194 0.00      
6 Au 1327 1266 599.09      
7 Au 947 904 52.37      
8 Au 620 591 79.61      
9 Au 252 240 0.16      
10 Au 151 144 0.03      
11 Bg 1355 1293 0.00      
12 Bg 783 747 0.00      
13 Bg 495 473 0.00      
14 Bg 372 355 0.00      
15 Bu 1829 1745 266.90      
16 Bu 1012 966 221.65      
17 Bu 320 305 5.99      
18 Bu 179 171 3.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7018.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.954) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6695.5 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 mPW1PW91/TZVP
ABC
0.07951 0.07056 0.03764

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.132 0.759 0.663
C2 -0.132 -0.759 0.663
C3 -0.132 -0.759 -0.663
C4 0.132 0.759 -0.663
F5 -0.132 1.659 1.579
F6 0.132 -1.659 1.579
F7 0.132 -1.659 -1.579
F8 -0.132 1.659 -1.579

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.54162.03351.32621.30992.58563.29732.4295
C21.54161.32622.03352.58561.30992.42953.2973
C32.03351.32621.54163.29732.42951.30992.5856
C41.32622.03351.54162.42953.29732.58561.3099
F51.30992.58563.29732.42953.32784.58703.1570
F62.58561.30992.42953.29733.32783.15704.5870
F73.29732.42951.30992.58564.58703.15703.3278
F82.42953.29732.58561.30993.15704.58703.3278

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 129.944
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 134.333
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 129.944
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 134.333
C3 C2 F6 134.333 C3 C4 F8 129.944
C4 C1 F5 134.333 C4 C3 F7 129.944
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.130      
2 C 0.130      
3 C 0.130      
4 C 0.130      
5 F -0.130      
6 F -0.130      
7 F -0.130      
8 F -0.130      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.745 -0.020 0.000
y -0.020 -44.427 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.902
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.419 -0.020 0.000
y -0.020 -2.104 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.315
Polar
3z2-r2-2.631
x2-y23.682
xy-0.020
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.033 0.019 0.000
y 0.019 6.487 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 8.011


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 241.053
(<r2>)1/2 15.526