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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.646555
Energy at 298.15K-154.649599
HF Energy-154.646555
Nuclear repulsion energy98.932656
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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 3249 3127 0.00      
2 Ag 1642 1580 0.00      
3 Ag 1120 1079 0.00      
4 Ag 966 930 0.00      
5 Au 872 840 0.00      
6 Au 538 518 0.00      
7 B1g 864 831 0.00      
8 B1u 3237 3116 30.38      
9 B1u 1648 1587 3.06      
10 B1u 1056 1017 0.77      
11 B2g 585 563 0.00      
12 B2u 3215 3095 20.64      
13 B2u 1263 1216 40.36      
14 B2u 723 696 9.68      
15 B3g 3199 3079 0.00      
16 B3g 1182 1138 0.00      
17 B3g 846 814 0.00      
18 B3u 581 559 149.76      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13391.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12892.0 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.57050 0.42848 0.24470

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.666 0.786
C2 0.000 0.666 -0.786
C3 0.000 -0.666 0.786
C4 0.000 -0.666 -0.786
H5 0.000 1.434 1.550
H6 0.000 1.434 -1.550
H7 0.000 -1.434 1.550
H8 0.000 -1.434 -1.550

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57211.33112.06001.08332.45912.23393.1407
C21.57212.06001.33112.45911.08333.14072.2339
C31.33112.06001.57212.23393.14071.08332.4591
C42.06001.33111.57213.14072.23392.45911.0833
H51.08332.45912.23393.14073.10002.86734.2227
H62.45911.08333.14072.23393.10004.22272.8673
H72.23393.14071.08332.45912.86734.22273.1000
H83.14072.23392.45911.08334.22272.86733.1000

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 134.846
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.154
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.846
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.154
C4 C2 H6 135.154 C4 C3 H7 134.846
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.200      
2 C -0.200      
3 C -0.200      
4 C -0.200      
5 H 0.200      
6 H 0.200      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.200      


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 -26.756 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.549 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.712
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.626 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.941
Polar
3z2-r23.882
x2-y2-6.207
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.970 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.223 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.661
(<r2>)1/2 7.593