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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: CCSD/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CCSD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.217680
Energy at 298.15K-154.220714
HF Energy-153.653098
Nuclear repulsion energy97.794439
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 CCSD/cc-pVDZ
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 3280 3107 0.00      
2 Ag 1593 1509 0.00      
3 Ag 1127 1067 0.00      
4 Ag 955 905 0.00      
5 Au 818 775 0.00      
6 Au 519 491 0.00      
7 B1g 839 794 0.00      
8 B1u 3267 3095 18.09      
9 B1u 1616 1531 2.93      
10 B1u 1048 993 0.08      
11 B2g 584 553 0.00      
12 B2u 3248 3076 9.27      
13 B2u 1277 1210 30.20      
14 B2u 740 701 8.40      
15 B3g 3234 3063 0.00      
16 B3g 1181 1119 0.00      
17 B3g 865 820 0.00      
18 B3u 591 560 109.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13391.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9473) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12685.5 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 CCSD/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.55195 0.42288 0.23943

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCSD/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.678 0.791
C2 0.000 0.678 -0.791
C3 0.000 -0.678 0.791
C4 0.000 -0.678 -0.791
H5 0.000 1.452 1.562
H6 0.000 1.452 -1.562
H7 0.000 -1.452 1.562
H8 0.000 -1.452 -1.562

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.58171.35522.08291.09342.47752.26543.1741
C21.58172.08291.35522.47751.09343.17412.2654
C31.35522.08291.58172.26543.17411.09342.4775
C42.08291.35521.58173.17412.26542.47751.0934
H51.09342.47752.26543.17413.12492.90464.2663
H62.47751.09343.17412.26543.12494.26632.9046
H72.26543.17411.09342.47752.90464.26633.1249
H83.17412.26542.47751.09344.26632.90463.1249

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 134.885
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.115
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.885
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.115
C4 C2 H6 135.115 C4 C3 H7 134.885
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability