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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.388972
Energy at 298.15K-154.392059
HF Energy-153.696014
Nuclear repulsion energy99.159142
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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
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 3311 3143 0.00      
2 Ag 1587 1507 0.00      
3 Ag 1136 1078 0.00      
4 Ag 980 930 0.00      
5 Au 866 822 0.00      
6 Au 531 504 0.00      
7 B1g 873 828 0.00      
8 B1u 3298 3131 12.22      
9 B1u 1596 1515 2.58      
10 B1u 1067 1013 0.40      
11 B2g 597 567 0.00      
12 B2u 3272 3107 5.86      
13 B2u 1276 1212 34.32      
14 B2u 734 697 8.05      
15 B3g 3256 3091 0.00      
16 B3g 1211 1149 0.00      
17 B3g 858 815 0.00      
18 B3u 591 561 126.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13518.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12834.8 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 MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56802 0.43386 0.24598

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.669 0.781
C2 0.000 0.669 -0.781
C3 0.000 -0.669 0.781
C4 0.000 -0.669 -0.781
H5 0.000 1.428 1.540
H6 0.000 1.428 -1.540
H7 0.000 -1.428 1.540
H8 0.000 -1.428 -1.540

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56241.33742.05661.07322.44222.22943.1277
C21.56242.05661.33742.44221.07323.12772.2294
C31.33742.05661.56242.22943.12771.07322.4422
C42.05661.33741.56243.12772.22942.44221.0732
H51.07322.44222.22943.12773.08032.85504.1999
H62.44221.07323.12772.22943.08034.19992.8550
H72.22943.12771.07322.44222.85504.19993.0803
H83.12772.22942.44221.07324.19992.85503.0803

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 135.005
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 134.995
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 135.005
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 134.995
C4 C2 H6 134.995 C4 C3 H7 135.005
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability