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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.614963
Energy at 298.15K-154.618058
HF Energy-154.614963
Nuclear repulsion energy98.933654
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 B1B95/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 3279 3152 0.00      
2 Ag 1670 1606 0.00      
3 Ag 1125 1082 0.00      
4 Ag 964 927 0.00      
5 Au 894 859 0.00      
6 Au 535 514 0.00      
7 B1g 887 853 0.00      
8 B1u 3267 3140 19.91      
9 B1u 1676 1611 2.82      
10 B1u 1046 1005 0.33      
11 B2g 613 589 0.00      
12 B2u 3244 3118 9.53      
13 B2u 1258 1209 37.68      
14 B2u 740 711 9.31      
15 B3g 3226 3101 0.00      
16 B3g 1173 1128 0.00      
17 B3g 836 803 0.00      
18 B3u 598 575 109.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13515.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12991.4 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.56848 0.43056 0.24500

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.667 0.783
C2 0.000 0.667 -0.783
C3 0.000 -0.667 0.783
C4 0.000 -0.667 -0.783
H5 0.000 1.437 1.551
H6 0.000 1.437 -1.551
H7 0.000 -1.437 1.551
H8 0.000 -1.437 -1.551

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56671.33322.05711.08782.45842.23953.1425
C21.56672.05711.33322.45841.08783.14252.2395
C31.33322.05711.56672.23953.14251.08782.4584
C42.05711.33321.56673.14252.23952.45841.0878
H51.08782.45842.23953.14253.10232.87434.2292
H62.45841.08783.14252.23953.10234.22922.8743
H72.23953.14251.08782.45842.87434.22923.1023
H83.14252.23952.45841.08784.22922.87433.1023

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 134.897
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.103
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.897
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.103
C4 C2 H6 135.103 C4 C3 H7 134.897
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.008      
2 C 0.008      
3 C 0.008      
4 C 0.008      
5 H -0.008      
6 H -0.008      
7 H -0.008      
8 H -0.008      


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 -26.267 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.705 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.869
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.980 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.363 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.617
Polar
3z2-r23.234
x2-y2-5.562
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.672 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.191 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.870


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.609
(<r2>)1/2 7.590