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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.356224
Energy at 298.15K-154.359326
HF Energy-153.695609
Nuclear repulsion energy98.813622
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/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 3282 3136 0.00      
2 Ag 1600 1529 0.00      
3 Ag 1135 1084 0.00      
4 Ag 967 924 0.00      
5 Au 858 819 0.00      
6 Au 536 512 0.00      
7 B1g 872 833 0.00      
8 B1u 3270 3125 15.23      
9 B1u 1620 1548 4.02      
10 B1u 1068 1021 0.10      
11 B2g 601 574 0.00      
12 B2u 3249 3105 8.53      
13 B2u 1290 1233 33.47      
14 B2u 743 710 9.60      
15 B3g 3235 3091 0.00      
16 B3g 1205 1152 0.00      
17 B3g 870 831 0.00      
18 B3u 601 574 124.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13500.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9555) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12899.3 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.56567 0.42958 0.24416

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.670 0.785
C2 0.000 0.670 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.670 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.670 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.433 1.546
H6 0.000 1.433 -1.546
H7 0.000 -1.433 1.546
H8 0.000 -1.433 -1.546

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57071.33912.06411.07792.45332.23623.1396
C21.57072.06411.33912.45331.07793.13962.2362
C31.33912.06411.57072.23623.13961.07792.4533
C42.06411.33911.57073.13962.23622.45331.0779
H51.07792.45332.23623.13963.09192.86674.2164
H62.45331.07793.13962.23623.09194.21642.8667
H72.23623.13961.07792.45332.86674.21643.0919
H83.13962.23622.45331.07794.21642.86673.0919

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 134.880
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.120
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.880
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.120
C4 C2 H6 135.120 C4 C3 H7 134.880
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability