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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.026420
Energy at 298.15K-155.032548
Nuclear repulsion energy111.209497
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 BLYP/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 A1 3161 3141 23.16      
2 A1 2999 2980 34.80      
3 A1 1562 1552 0.38      
4 A1 1487 1477 0.36      
5 A1 1175 1167 2.92      
6 A1 1095 1087 0.06      
7 A1 946 940 0.05      
8 A1 811 805 1.22      
9 A2 3037 3017 0.00      
10 A2 1155 1147 0.00      
11 A2 1009 1003 0.00      
12 A2 918 912 0.00      
13 A2 316 314 0.00      
14 B1 3053 3033 48.13      
15 B1 1094 1087 2.87      
16 B1 852 846 15.07      
17 B1 642 638 53.64      
18 B2 3125 3104 14.23      
19 B2 2993 2973 35.03      
20 B2 1478 1469 0.29      
21 B2 1275 1267 9.66      
22 B2 1214 1206 11.37      
23 B2 874 868 1.77      
24 B2 831 825 7.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18550.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18429.4 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.41640 0.39361 0.21973

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.678 0.831
C2 0.000 -0.678 0.831
C3 0.000 0.808 -0.716
C4 0.000 -0.808 -0.716
H5 0.000 1.429 1.619
H6 0.000 -1.429 1.619
H7 0.904 1.257 -1.155
H8 -0.904 -1.257 -1.155
H9 -0.904 1.257 -1.155
H10 0.904 -1.257 -1.155

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.35611.55332.14561.08852.24972.25792.91692.25792.9169
C21.35612.14561.55332.24971.08852.91692.25792.91692.2579
C31.55332.14561.61572.41683.23411.10092.29681.10092.2968
C42.14561.55331.61573.23412.41682.29681.10092.29681.1009
H51.08852.24972.41683.23412.85852.92263.96612.92263.9661
H62.24971.08853.23412.41682.85853.96612.92263.96612.9226
H72.25792.91691.10092.29682.92263.96613.09771.80862.5149
H82.91692.25792.29681.10093.96612.92263.09772.51491.8086
H92.25792.91691.10092.29682.92263.96611.80862.51493.0977
H102.91692.25792.29681.10093.96612.92262.51491.80863.0977

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.794 C1 C2 H6 133.640
C1 C3 C4 85.206 C1 C3 H7 115.518
C1 C3 H9 115.518 C2 C1 C3 94.794
C2 C1 H5 133.640 C2 C4 C3 85.206
C2 C4 H8 115.518 C2 C4 H10 115.518
C3 C1 H5 131.566 C3 C4 H8 114.104
C3 C4 H10 114.104 C4 C2 H6 131.566
C4 C3 H7 114.104 C4 C3 H9 114.104
H7 C3 H9 110.457 H8 C4 H10 110.457
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.146      
2 C -0.146      
3 C -0.364      
4 C -0.364      
5 H 0.144      
6 H 0.144      
7 H 0.183      
8 H 0.183      
9 H 0.183      
10 H 0.183      


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 -0.151 0.151
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.123 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.323
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.940 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.179 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.760
Polar
3z2-r21.521
x2-y2-2.079
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> 67.567
(<r2>)1/2 8.220