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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.212728
Energy at 298.15K-154.215785
HF Energy-153.653497
Nuclear repulsion energy97.880107
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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3287 3144 0.00      
2 Ag 1609 1540 0.00      
3 Ag 1131 1082 0.00      
4 Ag 960 918 0.00      
5 Au 829 793 0.00      
6 Au 522 499 0.00      
7 B1g 849 813 0.00      
8 B1u 3274 3132 17.41      
9 B1u 1632 1562 2.61      
10 B1u 1052 1007 0.08      
11 B2g 587 562 0.00      
12 B2u 3253 3112 8.72      
13 B2u 1281 1226 29.83      
14 B2u 744 712 7.85      
15 B3g 3241 3101 0.00      
16 B3g 1193 1142 0.00      
17 B3g 882 844 0.00      
18 B3u 595 569 111.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13460.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12877.4 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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.55373 0.42303 0.23982

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.676 0.791
C2 0.000 0.676 -0.791
C3 0.000 -0.676 0.791
C4 0.000 -0.676 -0.791
H5 0.000 1.451 1.562
H6 0.000 1.451 -1.562
H7 0.000 -1.451 1.562
H8 0.000 -1.451 -1.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58141.35272.08111.09322.47712.26283.1719
C21.58142.08111.35272.47711.09323.17192.2628
C31.35272.08111.58142.26283.17191.09322.4771
C42.08111.35271.58143.17192.26282.47711.0932
H51.09322.47712.26283.17193.12442.90164.2640
H62.47711.09323.17192.26283.12444.26402.9016
H72.26283.17191.09322.47712.90164.26403.1244
H83.17192.26282.47711.09324.26402.90163.1244

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 134.891
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.109
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.891
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.109
C4 C2 H6 135.109 C4 C3 H7 134.891
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability