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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-548.505931
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-548.505931
Nuclear repulsion energy348.386818
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 B3LYP/3-21G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.07096 0.07096 0.03548

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.025 0.000
C2 1.025 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.025 0.000
C4 -1.025 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.364 0.000
F6 2.364 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.364 0.000
F8 -2.364 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.44972.05021.44971.33892.57663.38902.5766
C21.44971.44972.05022.57661.33892.57663.3890
C32.05021.44971.44973.38902.57661.33892.5766
C41.44972.05021.44972.57663.38902.57661.3389
F51.33892.57663.38902.57663.34314.72793.3431
F62.57661.33892.57663.38903.34313.34314.7279
F73.38902.57661.33892.57664.72793.34313.3431
F82.57663.38902.57661.33893.34314.72793.3431

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
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.112      
2 C 0.356      
3 C 0.112      
4 C 0.356      
5 F -0.270      
6 F -0.198      
7 F -0.270      
8 F -0.198      


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 -37.976 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -48.489 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.655
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.596 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -9.174 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.578
Polar
3z2-r25.155
x2-y210.513
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 252.863
(<r2>)1/2 15.902

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-548.590497
Energy at 298.15K-548.590530
HF Energy-548.590497
Nuclear repulsion energy346.666559
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 B3LYP/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 1905 1832 0.00      
2 Ag 1187 1142 0.00      
3 Ag 606 583 0.00      
4 Ag 261 251 0.00      
5 Ag 219 210 0.00      
6 Au 1327 1277 304.40      
7 Au 867 834 12.25      
8 Au 662 636 0.00      
9 Au 195 188 0.25      
10 Au 166 160 0.00      
11 Bg 1429 1375 0.00      
12 Bg 756 727 0.00      
13 Bg 525 505 0.00      
14 Bg 490 471 0.00      
15 Bu 1873 1802 58.73      
16 Bu 979 942 118.04      
17 Bu 294 283 6.50      
18 Bu 234 225 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6987.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6721.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.07210 0.06808 0.03501

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.000 0.808 0.663
C2 0.000 -0.808 0.663
C3 0.000 -0.808 -0.663
C4 -0.000 0.808 -0.663
F5 0.000 1.687 1.673
F6 -0.000 -1.687 1.673
F7 -0.000 -1.687 -1.673
F8 0.000 1.687 -1.673

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.61632.09081.32621.33882.69183.41812.4960
C21.61631.32622.09082.69181.33882.49603.4181
C32.09081.32621.61633.41812.49601.33882.6918
C41.32622.09081.61632.49603.41812.69181.3388
F51.33882.69183.41812.49603.37404.75193.3461
F62.69181.33882.49603.41813.37403.34614.7519
F73.41812.49601.33882.69184.75193.34613.3740
F82.49603.41812.69181.33883.34614.75193.3740

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 131.029
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 138.971
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 131.029
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 138.971
C3 C2 F6 138.971 C3 C4 F8 131.029
C4 C1 F5 138.971 C4 C3 F7 131.029
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.241      
2 C 0.241      
3 C 0.241      
4 C 0.241      
5 F -0.241      
6 F -0.241      
7 F -0.241      
8 F -0.241      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.348 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -42.992 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -43.532
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.914 -0.000 0.000
y -0.000 -1.052 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.862
Polar
3z2-r2-3.724
x2-y22.644
xy-0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.027 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.167 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.119


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 255.867
(<r2>)1/2 15.996