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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.691638
Energy at 298.15K-154.694684
HF Energy-154.691638
Nuclear repulsion energy98.597298
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 B3LYP/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 3259 3143 0.00      
2 Ag 1626 1568 0.00      
3 Ag 1115 1075 0.00      
4 Ag 959 925 0.00      
5 Au 875 843 0.00      
6 Au 532 513 0.00      
7 B1g 874 842 0.00      
8 B1u 3249 3133 21.67      
9 B1u 1637 1578 9.19      
10 B1u 1063 1025 0.62      
11 B2g 593 572 0.00      
12 B2u 3228 3113 11.97      
13 B2u 1265 1220 39.03      
14 B2u 710 684 8.42      
15 B3g 3213 3098 0.00      
16 B3g 1188 1146 0.00      
17 B3g 848 818 0.00      
18 B3u 588 567 164.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13410.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12930.1 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.56522 0.42632 0.24302

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.788
C2 0.000 0.669 -0.788
C3 0.000 -0.669 0.788
C4 0.000 -0.669 -0.788
H5 0.000 1.438 1.551
H6 0.000 1.438 -1.551
H7 0.000 -1.438 1.551
H8 0.000 -1.438 -1.551

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57701.33812.06821.08332.46292.24113.1488
C21.57702.06821.33812.46291.08333.14882.2411
C31.33812.06821.57702.24113.14881.08332.4629
C42.06821.33811.57703.14882.24112.46291.0833
H51.08332.46292.24113.14883.10242.87664.2308
H62.46291.08333.14882.24113.10244.23082.8766
H72.24113.14881.08332.46292.87664.23083.1024
H83.14882.24112.46291.08334.23082.87663.1024

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 134.755
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.245
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.755
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.245
C4 C2 H6 135.245 C4 C3 H7 134.755
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.133      
2 C -0.133      
3 C -0.133      
4 C -0.133      
5 H 0.133      
6 H 0.133      
7 H 0.133      
8 H 0.133      


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 -27.370 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.086 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.735
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.460 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.967 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.493
Polar
3z2-r22.986
x2-y2-6.284
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.501 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.316


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.385
(<r2>)1/2 7.641