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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.734985
Energy at 298.15K-154.738064
HF Energy-154.734985
Nuclear repulsion energy99.004189
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 B3LYP/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 3242 3134 0.00      
2 Ag 1628 1573 0.00      
3 Ag 1112 1074 0.00      
4 Ag 952 920 0.00      
5 Au 891 861 0.00      
6 Au 541 522 0.00      
7 B1g 889 860 0.00      
8 B1u 3232 3124 20.87      
9 B1u 1634 1580 4.53      
10 B1u 1060 1025 0.10      
11 B2g 605 585 0.00      
12 B2u 3210 3103 12.89      
13 B2u 1264 1222 39.02      
14 B2u 698 674 9.37      
15 B3g 3195 3088 0.00      
16 B3g 1193 1153 0.00      
17 B3g 852 824 0.00      
18 B3u 587 567 127.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13391.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9666) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12944.4 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 B3LYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.57315 0.42731 0.24480

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.664 0.788
C2 0.000 0.664 -0.788
C3 0.000 -0.664 0.788
C4 0.000 -0.664 -0.788
H5 0.000 1.429 1.549
H6 0.000 1.429 -1.549
H7 0.000 -1.429 1.549
H8 0.000 -1.429 -1.549

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57531.32862.06081.07882.45842.22723.1369
C21.57532.06081.32862.45841.07883.13692.2272
C31.32862.06081.57532.22723.13691.07882.4584
C42.06081.32861.57533.13692.22722.45841.0788
H51.07882.45842.22723.13693.09772.85754.2144
H62.45841.07883.13692.22723.09774.21442.8575
H72.22723.13691.07882.45842.85754.21443.0977
H83.13692.22722.45841.07884.21442.85753.0977

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 134.878
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.122
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.878
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.122
C4 C2 H6 135.122 C4 C3 H7 134.878
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.119      
2 C -0.119      
3 C -0.119      
4 C -0.119      
5 H 0.119      
6 H 0.119      
7 H 0.119      
8 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.705 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.021 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.324
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.032 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.493 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.539
Polar
3z2-r23.078
x2-y2-5.684
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.725 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.500 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.339


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.826
(<r2>)1/2 7.604