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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.936656
Energy at 298.15K-154.943122
Nuclear repulsion energy113.787381
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/6-311G**
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 3354 3047 23.09      
2 A1 3181 2890 62.51      
3 A1 1777 1614 1.35      
4 A1 1618 1470 0.00      
5 A1 1347 1224 1.00      
6 A1 1213 1102 0.31      
7 A1 1064 967 0.34      
8 A1 954 867 1.85      
9 A2 3206 2913 0.00      
10 A2 1279 1162 0.00      
11 A2 1141 1036 0.00      
12 A2 1048 952 0.00      
13 A2 345 313 0.00      
14 B1 3224 2929 92.54      
15 B1 1197 1087 9.78      
16 B1 942 856 23.38      
17 B1 719 653 48.98      
18 B2 3319 3015 17.68      
19 B2 3171 2881 66.88      
20 B2 1592 1446 0.00      
21 B2 1442 1310 16.21      
22 B2 1351 1228 3.04      
23 B2 958 870 16.71      
24 B2 932 847 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20186.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18339.4 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.43884 0.41108 0.23049

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.661 0.812
C2 0.000 -0.661 0.812
C3 0.000 0.781 -0.699
C4 0.000 -0.781 -0.699
H5 0.000 1.399 1.595
H6 0.000 -1.399 1.595
H7 0.883 1.239 -1.136
H8 -0.883 -1.239 -1.136
H9 -0.883 1.239 -1.136
H10 0.883 -1.239 -1.136

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.32201.51632.08941.07572.20352.21572.86082.21572.8608
C21.32202.08941.51632.20351.07572.86082.21572.86082.2157
C31.51632.08941.56302.37593.16501.08592.24751.08592.2475
C42.08941.51631.56303.16502.37592.24751.08592.24751.0859
H51.07572.20352.37593.16502.79762.87473.89802.87473.8980
H62.20351.07573.16502.37592.79763.89802.87473.89802.8747
H72.21572.86081.08592.24752.87473.89803.04221.76562.4774
H82.86082.21572.24751.08593.89802.87473.04222.47741.7656
H92.21572.86081.08592.24752.87473.89801.76562.47743.0422
H102.86082.21572.24751.08593.89802.87472.47741.76563.0422

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.558 C1 C2 H6 133.307
C1 C3 C4 85.442 C1 C3 H7 115.751
C1 C3 H9 115.751 C2 C1 C3 94.558
C2 C1 H5 133.307 C2 C4 C3 85.442
C2 C4 H8 115.751 C2 C4 H10 115.751
C3 C1 H5 132.136 C3 C4 H8 114.900
C3 C4 H10 114.900 C4 C2 H6 132.136
C4 C3 H7 114.900 C4 C3 H9 114.900
H7 C3 H9 108.772 H8 C4 H10 108.772
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.126      
2 C -0.126      
3 C -0.169      
4 C -0.169      
5 H 0.087      
6 H 0.087      
7 H 0.104      
8 H 0.104      
9 H 0.104      
10 H 0.104      


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 -0.077 0.077
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.339 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.222 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.780
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.837 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.337 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.500
Polar
3z2-r21.001
x2-y2-2.116
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.420 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.302 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.109


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 65.461
(<r2>)1/2 8.091