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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.634641
Energy at 298.15K-154.637750
HF Energy-154.634641
Nuclear repulsion energy98.110361
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/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 3296 3171 0.00      
2 Ag 1629 1567 0.00      
3 Ag 1121 1079 0.00      
4 Ag 955 919 0.00      
5 Au 908 874 0.00      
6 Au 549 528 0.00      
7 B1g 882 848 0.00      
8 B1u 3281 3156 29.61      
9 B1u 1631 1569 2.98      
10 B1u 1081 1040 0.50      
11 B2g 639 615 0.00      
12 B2u 3257 3134 11.96      
13 B2u 1278 1229 35.29      
14 B2u 677 651 6.95      
15 B3g 3241 3118 0.00      
16 B3g 1210 1164 0.00      
17 B3g 876 843 0.00      
18 B3u 623 599 156.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13566.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13050.5 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/6-31G
ABC
0.56123 0.42002 0.24023

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.672 0.796
C2 0.000 0.672 -0.796
C3 0.000 -0.672 0.796
C4 0.000 -0.672 -0.796
H5 0.000 1.442 1.554
H6 0.000 1.442 -1.554
H7 0.000 -1.442 1.554
H8 0.000 -1.442 -1.554

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.59151.34342.08271.08102.47312.24553.1607
C21.59152.08271.34342.47311.08103.16072.2455
C31.34342.08271.59152.24553.16071.08102.4731
C42.08271.34341.59153.16072.24552.47311.0810
H51.08102.47312.24553.16073.10882.88364.2402
H62.47311.08103.16072.24553.10884.24022.8836
H72.24553.16071.08102.47312.88364.24023.1088
H83.16072.24552.47311.08104.24022.88363.1088

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 134.571
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.429
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.571
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.429
C4 C2 H6 135.429 C4 C3 H7 134.571
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.142      
2 C -0.142      
3 C -0.142      
4 C -0.142      
5 H 0.142      
6 H 0.142      
7 H 0.142      
8 H 0.142      


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 -26.202 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -20.831 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.645
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.965 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.093 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.872
Polar
3z2-r23.744
x2-y2-5.372
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.108 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.933 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.385


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 58.304
(<r2>)1/2 7.636