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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.217444
Energy at 298.15K-154.220402
HF Energy-153.654535
Nuclear repulsion energy98.691716
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/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 3334 3141 0.00      
2 Ag 1622 1528 0.00      
3 Ag 1156 1089 0.00      
4 Ag 983 926 0.00      
5 Au 734 692 0.00      
6 Au 483 455 0.00      
7 B1g 831 783 0.00      
8 B1u 3322 3131 19.68      
9 B1u 1649 1554 6.47      
10 B1u 1084 1021 0.33      
11 B2g 528 498 0.00      
12 B2u 3302 3112 12.23      
13 B2u 1314 1238 30.41      
14 B2u 761 717 7.42      
15 B3g 3290 3100 0.00      
16 B3g 1227 1156 0.00      
17 B3g 893 841 0.00      
18 B3u 585 551 162.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13548.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12766.4 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/6-31+G**
ABC
0.56143 0.43075 0.24374

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.784
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.784
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.784
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.784
H5 0.000 1.438 1.544
H6 0.000 1.438 -1.544
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.544
H8 0.000 -1.438 -1.544

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56851.34442.06581.07892.45122.24293.1425
C21.56852.06581.34442.45121.07893.14252.2429
C31.34442.06581.56852.24293.14251.07892.4512
C42.06581.34441.56853.14252.24292.45121.0789
H51.07892.45122.24293.14253.08862.87604.2203
H62.45121.07893.14252.24293.08864.22032.8760
H72.24293.14251.07892.45122.87604.22033.0886
H83.14252.24292.45121.07894.22032.87603.0886

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 134.784
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.216
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.784
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.216
C4 C2 H6 135.216 C4 C3 H7 134.784
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability