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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

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(T)/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.391117
Energy at 298.15K-154.394119
HF Energy-153.694274
Nuclear repulsion energy98.449007
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(T)/cc-pVTZ
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 3257 3090        
2 Ag 1538 1459        
3 Ag 1115 1058        
4 Ag 945 896        
5 Au 816 774        
6 Au 517 490        
7 B1g 831 788        
8 B1u 3245 3078        
9 B1u 1568 1488        
10 B1u 1049 995        
11 B2g 569 540        
12 B2u 3225 3060        
13 B2u 1268 1202        
14 B2u 718 681        
15 B3g 3211 3046        
16 B3g 1183 1123        
17 B3g 861 817        
18 B3u 579 549        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13247.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9486) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12566.6 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(T)/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.55917 0.42811 0.24247

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.674 0.787
C2 0.000 0.674 -0.787
C3 0.000 -0.674 0.787
C4 0.000 -0.674 -0.787
H5 0.000 1.439 1.549
H6 0.000 1.439 -1.549
H7 0.000 -1.439 1.549
H8 0.000 -1.439 -1.549

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57331.34792.07171.07992.45772.24613.1495
C21.57332.07171.34792.45771.07993.14952.2461
C31.34792.07171.57332.24613.14951.07992.4577
C42.07171.34791.57333.14952.24612.45771.0799
H51.07992.45772.24613.14953.09792.87784.2283
H62.45771.07993.14952.24613.09794.22832.8778
H72.24613.14951.07992.45772.87784.22833.0979
H83.14952.24612.45771.07994.22832.87783.0979

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 134.900
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.100
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.900
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.100
C4 C2 H6 135.100 C4 C3 H7 134.900
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability