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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.575300
Energy at 298.15K-153.578732
HF Energy-153.575300
Nuclear repulsion energy99.148673
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 HF/6-31G
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 3473 3136 0.00      
2 Ag 1762 1591 0.00      
3 Ag 1216 1098 0.00      
4 Ag 1018 919 0.00      
5 Au 1063 960 0.00      
6 Au 610 551 0.00      
7 B1g 1045 943 0.00      
8 B1u 3458 3122 19.89      
9 B1u 1773 1601 5.31      
10 B1u 1168 1054 0.40      
11 B2g 777 701 0.00      
12 B2u 3433 3099 5.80      
13 B2u 1401 1265 38.12      
14 B2u 754 681 12.16      
15 B3g 3416 3084 0.00      
16 B3g 1320 1192 0.00      
17 B3g 973 878 0.00      
18 B3u 730 659 227.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14693.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13266.8 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.57524 0.42722 0.24515

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.664 0.789
C2 0.000 0.664 -0.789
C3 0.000 -0.664 0.789
C4 0.000 -0.664 -0.789
H5 0.000 1.423 1.541
H6 0.000 1.423 -1.541
H7 0.000 -1.423 1.541
H8 0.000 -1.423 -1.541

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57831.32742.06231.06802.45022.21763.1274
C21.57832.06231.32742.45021.06803.12742.2176
C31.32742.06231.57832.21763.12741.06802.4502
C42.06231.32741.57833.12742.21762.45021.0680
H51.06802.45022.21763.12743.08102.84544.1940
H62.45021.06803.12742.21763.08104.19402.8454
H72.21763.12741.06802.45022.84544.19403.0810
H83.12742.21762.45021.06804.19402.84543.0810

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 134.712
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.288
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.712
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.288
C4 C2 H6 135.288 C4 C3 H7 134.712
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.219      
2 C -0.219      
3 C -0.219      
4 C -0.219      
5 H 0.219      
6 H 0.219      
7 H 0.219      
8 H 0.219      


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 -27.008 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.948 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.900
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.584 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.506 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.079
Polar
3z2-r24.157
x2-y2-6.060
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.055 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.081 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.167


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.651
(<r2>)1/2 7.593