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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.189769
Energy at 298.15K-154.192762
HF Energy-153.653206
Nuclear repulsion energy97.910925
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
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 3299 3135 0.00      
2 Ag 1578 1500 0.00      
3 Ag 1125 1070 0.00      
4 Ag 965 917 0.00      
5 Au 814 773 0.00      
6 Au 509 484 0.00      
7 B1g 836 795 0.00      
8 B1u 3287 3124 15.46      
9 B1u 1589 1510 1.95      
10 B1u 1047 995 0.41      
11 B2g 566 538 0.00      
12 B2u 3266 3104 6.62      
13 B2u 1263 1201 32.20      
14 B2u 729 693 6.80      
15 B3g 3253 3091 0.00      
16 B3g 1182 1123 0.00      
17 B3g 850 808 0.00      
18 B3u 573 545 115.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13365.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9504) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12702.4 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.55200 0.42493 0.24010

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.678 0.789
C2 0.000 0.678 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.678 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.678 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.450 1.561
H6 0.000 1.450 -1.561
H7 0.000 -1.450 1.561
H8 0.000 -1.450 -1.561

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57731.35602.08001.09182.47282.26373.1697
C21.57732.08001.35602.47281.09183.16972.2637
C31.35602.08001.57732.26373.16971.09182.4728
C42.08001.35601.57733.16972.26372.47281.0918
H51.09182.47282.26373.16973.12122.90004.2605
H62.47281.09183.16972.26373.12124.26052.9000
H72.26373.16971.09182.47282.90004.26053.1212
H83.16972.26372.47281.09184.26052.90003.1212

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 134.999
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.001
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.999
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.001
C4 C2 H6 135.001 C4 C3 H7 134.999
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability