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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.368382
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-551.368382
Nuclear repulsion energy347.107615
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
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
0.07046 0.07046 0.03523

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

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.022 0.000
C2 1.022 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.022 0.000
C4 -1.022 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.374 0.000
F6 2.374 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.374 0.000
F8 -2.374 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.44472.04321.44471.35272.58483.39592.5848
C21.44471.44472.04322.58481.35272.58483.3959
C32.04321.44471.44473.39592.58481.35272.5848
C41.44472.04321.44472.58483.39592.58481.3527
F51.35272.58483.39592.58483.35784.74863.3578
F62.58481.35272.58483.39593.35783.35784.7486
F73.39592.58481.35272.58484.74863.35783.3578
F82.58483.39592.58481.35273.35784.74863.3578

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/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.400      
2 C 0.105      
3 C 0.400      
4 C 0.105      
5 F -0.217      
6 F -0.288      
7 F -0.217      
8 F -0.288      


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 -50.537 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -39.903 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -40.364
Traceless
 xyz
x -10.404 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 5.548 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.856
Polar
3z2-r29.712
x2-y2-10.635
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> 255.223
(<r2>)1/2 15.976

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.448742
Energy at 298.15K-551.448401
HF Energy-551.448742
Nuclear repulsion energy346.603133
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 1866 1795 0.00      
2 Ag 1204 1158 0.00      
3 Ag 630 606 0.00      
4 Ag 236 227 0.00      
5 Ag 143 137 0.00      
6 Au 1274 1226 327.60      
7 Au 872 839 30.06      
8 Au 567 546 24.61      
9 Au 210 202 0.42      
10 Au 154 148 0.04      
11 Bg 1346 1295 0.00      
12 Bg 732 704 0.00      
13 Bg 478 460 0.00      
14 Bg 423 407 0.00      
15 Bu 1845 1775 82.46      
16 Bu 945 909 146.82      
17 Bu 287 276 8.33      
18 Bu 189 182 2.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6699.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6445.3 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
0.07312 0.06751 0.03518

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.078 0.788 0.666
C2 -0.078 -0.788 0.666
C3 -0.078 -0.788 -0.666
C4 0.078 0.788 -0.666
F5 -0.078 1.698 1.657
F6 0.078 -1.698 1.657
F7 0.078 -1.698 -1.657
F8 -0.078 1.698 -1.657

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.58392.06941.33181.35472.67663.40272.4999
C21.58391.33182.06942.67661.35472.49993.4027
C32.06941.33181.58393.40272.49991.35472.6766
C41.33182.06941.58392.49993.40272.67661.3547
F51.35472.67663.40272.49993.39984.74813.3145
F62.67661.35472.49993.40273.39983.31454.7481
F73.40272.49991.35472.67664.74813.31453.3998
F82.49993.40272.67661.35473.31454.74813.3998

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 131.081
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 137.038
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 131.081
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 137.038
C3 C2 F6 137.038 C3 C4 F8 131.081
C4 C1 F5 137.038 C4 C3 F7 131.081
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 0.259      
2 C 0.259      
3 C 0.259      
4 C 0.259      
5 F -0.259      
6 F -0.259      
7 F -0.259      
8 F -0.259      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.073 0.100 0.000
y 0.100 -45.250 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -45.512
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.307 0.100 0.000
y 0.100 -2.457 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.850
Polar
3z2-r2-5.701
x2-y25.176
xy0.100
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.446 -0.089 0.000
y -0.089 5.546 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.510


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 255.835
(<r2>)1/2 15.995