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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-546.749715
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-545.935685
Nuclear repulsion energy346.869664
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 CCD/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 A1g 1797 1719 0.00      
2 A1g 667 638 0.00      
3 A2g 578 553 0.00      
4 A2u 333i 319i 101.95      
5 B1g 1563 1495 0.00      
6 B1g 617 590 0.00      
7 B2g 181 173 0.00      
8 B2g 3137i 3001i 0.00      
9 B2u 415 397 0.00      
10 B2u 173i 165i 0.00      
11 Eg 621i 594i 0.00      
11 Eg 621i 594i 0.00      
12 Eu 1614 1543 57.68      
12 Eu 1614 1543 57.68      
13 Eu 922 882 0.15      
13 Eu 922 882 0.15      
14 Eu 204 195 15.67      
14 Eu 204 195 15.67      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3206.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3066.7 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
0.07035 0.07035 0.03518

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.028 0.000
C2 1.028 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.028 0.000
C4 -1.028 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.375 0.000
F6 2.375 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.375 0.000
F8 -2.375 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.45342.05541.45341.34702.58753.40242.5875
C21.45341.45342.05542.58751.34702.58753.4024
C32.05541.45341.45343.40242.58751.34702.5875
C41.45342.05541.45342.58753.40242.58751.3470
F51.34702.58753.40242.58753.35834.74943.3583
F62.58751.34702.58753.40243.35833.35834.7494
F73.40242.58751.34702.58754.74943.35833.3583
F82.58753.40242.58751.34703.35834.74943.3583

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-546.864255
Energy at 298.15K-546.864224
HF Energy-546.016925
Nuclear repulsion energy344.111302
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 CCD/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 1873 1792 0.00      
2 Ag 1169 1118 0.00      
3 Ag 597 571 0.00      
4 Ag 260 248 0.00      
5 Ag 221 211 0.00      
6 Au 1335 1277 209.25      
7 Au 871 833 24.02      
8 Au 586 560 0.00      
9 Au 198 190 0.64      
10 Au 162 155 0.00      
11 Bg 1443 1380 0.00      
12 Bg 766 733 0.00      
13 Bg 511 489 0.00      
14 Bg 493 471 0.00      
15 Bu 1842 1762 37.43      
16 Bu 972 930 116.48      
17 Bu 291 278 8.80      
18 Bu 230 220 1.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6909.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6608.9 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
0.07179 0.06638 0.03449

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 0.812 0.669
C2 0.000 -0.812 0.669
C3 0.000 -0.812 -0.669
C4 -0.000 0.812 -0.669
F5 0.000 1.710 1.676
F6 -0.000 -1.710 1.676
F7 -0.000 -1.710 -1.676
F8 0.000 1.710 -1.676

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.62322.10311.33721.34982.71573.44332.5107
C21.62321.33722.10312.71571.34982.51073.4433
C32.10311.33721.62323.44332.51071.34982.7157
C41.33722.10311.62322.51073.44332.71571.3498
F51.34982.71573.44332.51073.42104.78893.3513
F62.71571.34982.51073.44333.42103.35134.7889
F73.44332.51071.34982.71574.78893.35133.4210
F82.51073.44332.71571.34983.35134.78893.4210

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 131.753
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 138.247
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 131.753
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 138.247
C3 C2 F6 138.247 C3 C4 F8 131.753
C4 C1 F5 138.247 C4 C3 F7 131.753
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability