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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.127123
Energy at 298.15K-153.130006
HF Energy-152.767454
Nuclear repulsion energy96.884158
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3299 3138 0.00      
2 Ag 1522 1448 0.00      
3 Ag 1123 1068 0.00      
4 Ag 907 863 0.00      
5 Au 740 704 0.00      
6 Au 500 476 0.00      
7 B1g 828 787 0.00      
8 B1u 3282 3122 16.53      
9 B1u 1510 1436 2.60      
10 B1u 1077 1025 0.34      
11 B2g 551 525 0.00      
12 B2u 3261 3102 8.17      
13 B2u 1285 1222 31.31      
14 B2u 603 574 3.84      
15 B3g 3248 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1221 1161 0.00      
17 B3g 888 845 0.00      
18 B3u 593 564 169.78      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13218.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12574.9 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.55048 0.40568 0.23356

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.680 0.812
C2 0.000 0.680 -0.812
C3 0.000 -0.680 0.812
C4 0.000 -0.680 -0.812
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
C11.62311.35912.11701.08032.50302.25923.1940
C21.62312.11701.35912.50301.08033.19402.2592
C31.35912.11701.62312.25923.19401.08032.5030
C42.11701.35911.62313.19402.25922.50301.0803
H51.08032.50302.25923.19403.14092.89674.2727
H62.50301.08033.19402.25923.14094.27272.8967
H72.25923.19401.08032.50302.89674.27273.1409
H83.19402.25922.50301.08034.27272.89673.1409

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 134.630
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.370
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.630
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.370
C4 C2 H6 135.370 C4 C3 H7 134.630
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability