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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.133675
Energy at 298.15K-153.136558
HF Energy-152.767510
Nuclear repulsion energy96.898569
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
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 3300 3128 0.00      
2 Ag 1522 1443 0.00      
3 Ag 1123 1065 0.00      
4 Ag 907 860 0.00      
5 Au 741 702 0.00      
6 Au 500 474 0.00      
7 B1g 828 785 0.00      
8 B1u 3283 3112 16.40      
9 B1u 1510 1432 2.57      
10 B1u 1077 1021 0.34      
11 B2g 552 523 0.00      
12 B2u 3261 3092 8.08      
13 B2u 1285 1218 31.36      
14 B2u 603 572 3.83      
15 B3g 3249 3080 0.00      
16 B3g 1221 1157 0.00      
17 B3g 888 842 0.00      
18 B3u 594 563 169.70      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13221.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12533.8 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
0.55066 0.40579 0.23363

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.679 0.811
C2 0.000 0.679 -0.811
C3 0.000 -0.679 0.811
C4 0.000 -0.679 -0.811
H5 0.000 1.448 1.570
H6 0.000 1.448 -1.570
H7 0.000 -1.448 1.570
H8 0.000 -1.448 -1.570

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.62281.35892.11661.08022.50272.25893.1936
C21.62282.11661.35892.50271.08023.19362.2589
C31.35892.11661.62282.25893.19361.08022.5027
C42.11661.35891.62283.19362.25892.50271.0802
H51.08022.50272.25893.19363.14062.89634.2722
H62.50271.08023.19362.25893.14064.27222.8963
H72.25893.19361.08022.50272.89634.27223.1406
H83.19362.25892.50271.08024.27222.89633.1406

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 134.632
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.368
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.632
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.368
C4 C2 H6 135.368 C4 C3 H7 134.632
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability