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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.204456
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-548.966427
Nuclear repulsion energy352.524045
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 A1g 1864 1783 0.00      
2 A1g 705 674 0.00      
3 A2g 560 535 0.00      
4 A2u 380i 363i 82.81      
5 B1g 1548 1481 0.00      
6 B1g 620 593 0.00      
7 B2g 173 165 0.00      
8 B2g 3781i 3618i 0.00      
9 B2u 401 384 0.00      
10 B2u 205i 196i 0.00      
11 Eg 762i 729i 0.00      
11 Eg 762i 729i 0.00      
12 Eu 1693 1620 148.27      
12 Eu 1693 1620 148.27      
13 Eu 971 929 7.81      
13 Eu 971 929 7.81      
14 Eu 200 192 19.68      
14 Eu 200 192 19.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2854.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 2730.4 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
0.07264 0.07264 0.03632

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.019 0.000
C2 1.019 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.019 0.000
C4 -1.019 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.335 0.000
F6 2.335 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.335 0.000
F8 -2.335 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.44092.03771.44091.31612.54763.35382.5476
C21.44091.44092.03772.54761.31612.54763.3538
C32.03771.44091.44093.35382.54761.31612.5476
C41.44092.03771.44092.54763.35382.54761.3161
F51.31612.54763.35382.54763.30224.67003.3022
F62.54761.31612.54763.35383.30223.30224.6700
F73.35382.54761.31612.54764.67003.30223.3022
F82.54763.35382.54761.31613.30224.67003.3022

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.296817
Energy at 298.15K-550.296725
HF Energy-549.038866
Nuclear repulsion energy351.041462
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 1909 1827 0.00      
2 Ag 1261 1207 0.00      
3 Ag 663 634 0.00      
4 Ag 240 229 0.00      
5 Ag 115 110 0.00      
6 Au 1377 1318 432.58      
7 Au 941 900 66.43      
8 Au 608 581 16.41      
9 Au 228 218 0.26      
10 Au 164 156 0.03      
11 Bg 1413 1352 0.00      
12 Bg 775 741 0.00      
13 Bg 498 476 0.00      
14 Bg 494 473 0.00      
15 Bu 1898 1816 113.94      
16 Bu 991 948 183.61      
17 Bu 305 292 7.21      
18 Bu 209 200 1.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7043.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6738.7 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
0.07379 0.07023 0.03604

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.062 0.787 0.669
C2 -0.062 -0.787 0.669
C3 -0.062 -0.787 -0.669
C4 0.062 0.787 -0.669
F5 -0.062 1.662 1.649
F6 0.062 -1.662 1.649
F7 0.062 -1.662 -1.649
F8 -0.062 1.662 -1.649

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.57872.06911.33741.31972.63753.37162.4804
C21.57871.33742.06912.63751.31972.48043.3716
C32.06911.33741.57873.37162.48041.31972.6375
C41.33742.06911.57872.48043.37162.63751.3197
F51.31972.63753.37162.48043.32564.68373.2981
F62.63751.31972.48043.37163.32563.29814.6837
F73.37162.48041.31972.63754.68373.29813.3256
F82.48043.37162.63751.31973.29814.68373.3256

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 130.794
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 137.972
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.794
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 137.972
C3 C2 F6 137.972 C3 C4 F8 130.794
C4 C1 F5 137.972 C4 C3 F7 130.794
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability