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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

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 C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.832900
Energy at 298.15K-154.839406
Nuclear repulsion energy113.362435
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 A1 3428 3095 21.03      
2 A1 3224 2911 44.81      
3 A1 1783 1610 0.83      
4 A1 1651 1491 0.43      
5 A1 1361 1229 1.59      
6 A1 1228 1109 0.00      
7 A1 1072 968 0.08      
8 A1 942 850 2.88      
9 A2 3256 2940 0.00      
10 A2 1296 1171 0.00      
11 A2 1178 1063 0.00      
12 A2 1072 968 0.00      
13 A2 358 323 0.00      
14 B1 3273 2956 77.13      
15 B1 1220 1102 9.72      
16 B1 960 866 27.06      
17 B1 756 683 62.72      
18 B2 3389 3060 10.94      
19 B2 3212 2900 57.05      
20 B2 1634 1475 0.21      
21 B2 1451 1310 14.50      
22 B2 1400 1264 6.84      
23 B2 966 872 10.12      
24 B2 951 858 6.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20529.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18536.2 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
0.43458 0.40804 0.22826

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.665 0.817
C2 0.000 -0.665 0.817
C3 0.000 0.787 -0.703
C4 0.000 -0.787 -0.703
H5 0.000 1.402 1.594
H6 0.000 -1.402 1.594
H7 0.880 1.241 -1.140
H8 -0.880 -1.241 -1.140
H9 -0.880 1.241 -1.140
H10 0.880 -1.241 -1.140

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.33051.52442.10201.07072.20832.22182.87052.22182.8705
C21.33052.10201.52442.20831.07072.87052.22182.87052.2218
C31.52442.10201.57422.37743.17261.08302.25431.08302.2543
C42.10201.52441.57423.17262.37742.25431.08302.25431.0830
H51.07072.20832.37743.17262.80362.87663.90332.87663.9033
H62.20831.07073.17262.37742.80363.90332.87663.90332.8766
H72.22182.87051.08302.25432.87663.90333.04411.76102.4830
H82.87052.22182.25431.08303.90332.87663.04412.48301.7610
H92.22182.87051.08302.25432.87663.90331.76102.48303.0441
H102.87052.22182.25431.08303.90332.87662.48301.76103.0441

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.586 C1 C2 H6 133.466
C1 C3 C4 85.414 C1 C3 H7 115.848
C1 C3 H9 115.848 C2 C1 C3 94.586
C2 C1 H5 133.466 C2 C4 C3 85.414
C2 C4 H8 115.848 C2 C4 H10 115.848
C3 C1 H5 131.948 C3 C4 H8 114.806
C3 C4 H10 114.806 C4 C2 H6 131.948
C4 C3 H7 114.806 C4 C3 H9 114.806
H7 C3 H9 108.781 H8 C4 H10 108.781
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.181 -0.169    
2 C -0.181 -0.169    
3 C -0.345 0.030    
4 C -0.345 0.030    
5 H 0.194 0.112    
6 H 0.194 0.112    
7 H 0.166 0.013    
8 H 0.166 0.013    
9 H 0.166 0.013    
10 H 0.166 0.013    


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 -0.096 0.096
CHELPG 0.000 0.000 -0.094 0.094
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.431 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.295 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.703
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.932 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.272 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.660
Polar
3z2-r21.321
x2-y2-2.136
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.864 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.027 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.660


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.856
(<r2>)1/2 8.115