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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.631621
Energy at 298.15K-154.634694
HF Energy-154.631621
Nuclear repulsion energy99.288435
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3269 3134 0.00      
2 Ag 1662 1594 0.00      
3 Ag 1133 1086 0.00      
4 Ag 975 935 0.00      
5 Au 882 845 0.00      
6 Au 538 516 0.00      
7 B1g 874 838 0.00      
8 B1u 3257 3122 30.96      
9 B1u 1669 1600 3.22      
10 B1u 1061 1017 0.64      
11 B2g 594 569 0.00      
12 B2u 3235 3101 20.47      
13 B2u 1273 1220 39.12      
14 B2u 740 709 9.52      
15 B3g 3218 3085 0.00      
16 B3g 1187 1138 0.00      
17 B3g 844 809 0.00      
18 B3u 590 565 144.69      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13499.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12940.7 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.57416 0.43206 0.24654

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.663 0.783
C2 0.000 0.663 -0.783
C3 0.000 -0.663 0.783
C4 0.000 -0.663 -0.783
H5 0.000 1.429 1.545
H6 0.000 1.429 -1.545
H7 0.000 -1.429 1.545
H8 0.000 -1.429 -1.545

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.56501.32692.05181.08062.45032.22713.1299
C21.56502.05181.32692.45031.08063.12992.2271
C31.32692.05181.56502.22713.12991.08062.4503
C42.05181.32691.56503.12992.22712.45031.0806
H51.08062.45032.22713.12993.09032.85814.2094
H62.45031.08063.12992.22713.09034.20942.8581
H72.22713.12991.08062.45032.85814.20943.0903
H83.12992.22712.45031.08064.20942.85813.0903

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 134.889
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.111
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.889
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.111
C4 C2 H6 135.111 C4 C3 H7 134.889
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.202      
2 C -0.202      
3 C -0.202      
4 C -0.202      
5 H 0.202      
6 H 0.202      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.202      


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 -26.671 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.567 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.734
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.520 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.636 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.885
Polar
3z2-r23.770
x2-y2-6.104
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.947 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.168 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.759


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.338
(<r2>)1/2 7.572