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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.218574
Energy at 298.15K-154.221602
HF Energy-153.652974
Nuclear repulsion energy97.764596
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 QCISD/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 3278 3145 0.00      
2 Ag 1588 1524 0.00      
3 Ag 1125 1079 0.00      
4 Ag 954 915 0.00      
5 Au 816 783 0.00      
6 Au 518 497 0.00      
7 B1g 837 803 0.00      
8 B1u 3265 3133 18.57      
9 B1u 1612 1546 2.97      
10 B1u 1047 1005 0.08      
11 B2g 583 559 0.00      
12 B2u 3245 3114 8.82      
13 B2u 1276 1224 30.31      
14 B2u 739 709 8.46      
15 B3g 3231 3100 0.00      
16 B3g 1179 1132 0.00      
17 B3g 861 826 0.00      
18 B3u 590 566 109.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13372.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12829.3 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 QCISD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.55146 0.42272 0.23929

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.678 0.791
C2 0.000 0.678 -0.791
C3 0.000 -0.678 0.791
C4 0.000 -0.678 -0.791
H5 0.000 1.453 1.563
H6 0.000 1.453 -1.563
H7 0.000 -1.453 1.563
H8 0.000 -1.453 -1.563

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58201.35592.08361.09352.47802.26613.1749
C21.58202.08361.35592.47801.09353.17492.2661
C31.35592.08361.58202.26613.17491.09352.4780
C42.08361.35591.58203.17492.26612.47801.0935
H51.09352.47802.26613.17493.12542.90544.2673
H62.47801.09353.17492.26613.12544.26732.9054
H72.26613.17491.09352.47802.90544.26733.1254
H83.17492.26612.47801.09354.26732.90543.1254

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 134.886
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.114
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.886
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.114
C4 C2 H6 135.114 C4 C3 H7 134.886
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability