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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CISD/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.151376
Energy at 298.15K-154.154510
HF Energy-153.669756
Nuclear repulsion energy99.091836
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 CISD/6-311G*
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 3344 3094 0.00      
2 Ag 1685 1559 0.00      
3 Ag 1169 1082 0.00      
4 Ag 1001 926 0.00      
5 Au 844 781 0.00      
6 Au 542 502 0.00      
7 B1g 887 820 0.00      
8 B1u 3331 3082 21.43      
9 B1u 1696 1569 3.37      
10 B1u 1094 1012 0.57      
11 B2g 600 555 0.00      
12 B2u 3309 3062 12.47      
13 B2u 1322 1223 37.54      
14 B2u 777 719 10.77      
15 B3g 3294 3048 0.00      
16 B3g 1222 1130 0.00      
17 B3g 887 821 0.00      
18 B3u 615 569 159.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13809.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9253) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12777.6 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 CISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.57139 0.43027 0.24544

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/6-311G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.665 0.785
C2 0.000 0.665 -0.785
C3 0.000 -0.665 0.785
C4 0.000 -0.665 -0.785
H5 0.000 1.430 1.545
H6 0.000 1.430 -1.545
H7 0.000 -1.430 1.545
H8 0.000 -1.430 -1.545

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56961.33092.05781.07822.45172.22933.1334
C21.56962.05781.33092.45171.07823.13342.2293
C31.33092.05781.56962.22933.13341.07822.4517
C42.05781.33091.56963.13342.22932.45171.0782
H51.07822.45172.22933.13343.08912.86084.2103
H62.45171.07823.13342.22933.08914.21032.8608
H72.22933.13341.07822.45172.86084.21033.0891
H83.13342.22932.45171.07824.21032.86083.0891

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 134.805
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.195
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.805
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.195
C4 C2 H6 135.195 C4 C3 H7 134.805
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability