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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.613761
Energy at 298.15K-154.616819
HF Energy-154.613761
Nuclear repulsion energy98.980333
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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
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 3265 3109 0.00      
2 Ag 1659 1580 0.00      
3 Ag 1130 1076 0.00      
4 Ag 973 926 0.00      
5 Au 887 844 0.00      
6 Au 528 502 0.00      
7 B1g 892 849 0.00      
8 B1u 3256 3100 13.16      
9 B1u 1670 1590 7.56      
10 B1u 1061 1010 0.84      
11 B2g 589 561 0.00      
12 B2u 3234 3079 3.89      
13 B2u 1270 1210 40.69      
14 B2u 745 709 8.03      
15 B3g 3218 3064 0.00      
16 B3g 1188 1131 0.00      
17 B3g 837 797 0.00      
18 B3u 576 549 167.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13487.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12843.1 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
0.56902 0.43047 0.24507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.667 0.784
C2 0.000 0.667 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.667 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.667 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.435 1.547
H6 0.000 1.435 -1.547
H7 0.000 -1.435 1.547
H8 0.000 -1.435 -1.547

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56831.33312.05831.08262.45442.23563.1384
C21.56832.05831.33312.45441.08263.13842.2356
C31.33312.05831.56832.23563.13841.08262.4544
C42.05831.33311.56833.13842.23562.45441.0826
H51.08262.45442.23563.13843.09382.86984.2198
H62.45441.08263.13842.23563.09384.21982.8698
H72.23563.13841.08262.45442.86984.21983.0938
H83.13842.23562.45441.08264.21982.86983.0938

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 134.791
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.209
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.791
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.209
C4 C2 H6 135.209 C4 C3 H7 134.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.162      
2 C -0.162      
3 C -0.162      
4 C -0.162      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.162      


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 -27.315 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.877 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.456
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.648 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.639
Polar
3z2-r23.279
x2-y2-6.438
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.227 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.745 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.217


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.936
(<r2>)1/2 7.612