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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP4=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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.248467
Energy at 298.15K-154.251413
HF Energy-153.651932
Nuclear repulsion energy97.529459
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 MP4=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 3268 3154        
2 Ag 1551 1496        
3 Ag 1111 1073        
4 Ag 945 912        
5 Au 787 759        
6 Au 504 486        
7 B1g 810 782        
8 B1u 3256 3142        
9 B1u 1568 1513        
10 B1u 1035 998        
11 B2g 555 535        
12 B2u 3235 3122        
13 B2u 1257 1213        
14 B2u 714 689        
15 B3g 3222 3109        
16 B3g 1165 1124        
17 B3g 856 826        
18 B3u 569 549        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13203.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12742.3 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 MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.54777 0.42137 0.23816

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.681 0.792
C2 0.000 0.681 -0.792
C3 0.000 -0.681 0.792
C4 0.000 -0.681 -0.792
H5 0.000 1.455 1.565
H6 0.000 1.455 -1.565
H7 0.000 -1.455 1.565
H8 0.000 -1.455 -1.565

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58471.36122.08901.09422.48142.27153.1811
C21.58472.08901.36122.48141.09423.18112.2715
C31.36122.08901.58472.27153.18111.09422.4814
C42.08901.36121.58473.18112.27152.48141.0942
H51.09422.48142.27153.18113.12992.91094.2743
H62.48141.09423.18112.27153.12994.27432.9109
H72.27153.18111.09422.48142.91094.27433.1299
H83.18112.27152.48141.09424.27432.91093.1299

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 134.917
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.083
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.917
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.083
C4 C2 H6 135.083 C4 C3 H7 134.917
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability