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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.566761
Energy at 298.15K-154.569719
HF Energy-154.566761
Nuclear repulsion energy97.290510
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/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 3206 3181 0.00      
2 Ag 1569 1557 0.00      
3 Ag 1082 1074 0.00      
4 Ag 917 910 0.00      
5 Au 856 850 0.00      
6 Au 527 523 0.00      
7 B1g 823 817 0.00      
8 B1u 3189 3165 42.32      
9 B1u 1568 1556 3.56      
10 B1u 1049 1041 0.16      
11 B2g 599 595 0.00      
12 B2u 3166 3142 20.55      
13 B2u 1235 1225 33.46      
14 B2u 629 624 5.49      
15 B3g 3150 3126 0.00      
16 B3g 1165 1156 0.00      
17 B3g 842 836 0.00      
18 B3u 589 584 135.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13080.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12981.4 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/6-31G
ABC
0.55259 0.41231 0.23613

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.677 0.804
C2 0.000 0.677 -0.804
C3 0.000 -0.677 0.804
C4 0.000 -0.677 -0.804
H5 0.000 1.454 1.567
H6 0.000 1.454 -1.567
H7 0.000 -1.454 1.567
H8 0.000 -1.454 -1.567

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.60711.35362.10121.08892.49412.26303.1869
C21.60712.10121.35362.49411.08893.18692.2630
C31.35362.10121.60712.26303.18691.08892.4941
C42.10121.35361.60713.18692.26302.49411.0889
H51.08892.49412.26303.18693.13312.90734.2742
H62.49411.08893.18692.26303.13314.27422.9073
H72.26303.18691.08892.49412.90734.27423.1331
H83.18692.26302.49411.08894.27422.90733.1331

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 134.485
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.515
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.485
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.515
C4 C2 H6 135.515 C4 C3 H7 134.485
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.112      
2 C -0.112      
3 C -0.112      
4 C -0.112      
5 H 0.112      
6 H 0.112      
7 H 0.112      
8 H 0.112      


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 -26.105 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.003 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.753
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.727 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.925 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.801
Polar
3z2-r23.603
x2-y2-5.101
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.133 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.040 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.604


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 59.095
(<r2>)1/2 7.687