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All results from a given calculation for C4H6 (Cyclobutene)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-155.918639
Energy at 298.15K-155.924769
Nuclear repulsion energy112.277211
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 BLYP/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 3104 3097 38.62      
2 A1 2955 2948 62.28      
3 A1 1579 1575 1.06      
4 A1 1462 1459 0.18      
5 A1 1176 1173 2.23      
6 A1 1096 1093 0.03      
7 A1 966 964 0.02      
8 A1 850 848 1.25      
9 A2 2981 2973 0.00      
10 A2 1142 1139 0.00      
11 A2 1015 1012 0.00      
12 A2 885 883 0.00      
13 A2 318 317 0.00      
14 B1 2996 2989 79.35      
15 B1 1074 1071 4.00      
16 B1 846 844 13.90      
17 B1 625 624 50.25      
18 B2 3073 3065 31.19      
19 B2 2950 2942 58.19      
20 B2 1446 1442 0.35      
21 B2 1277 1274 13.33      
22 B2 1199 1196 4.33      
23 B2 865 863 12.89      
24 B2 845 843 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18362.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9975) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18316.5 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 BLYP/6-311G*
ABC
0.42496 0.40295 0.22457

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.674 0.820
C2 0.000 -0.674 0.820
C3 0.000 0.793 -0.705
C4 0.000 -0.793 -0.705
H5 0.000 1.426 1.613
H6 0.000 -1.426 1.613
H7 0.894 1.256 -1.153
H8 -0.894 -1.256 -1.153
H9 -0.894 1.256 -1.153
H10 0.894 -1.256 -1.153

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.34791.52912.11571.09282.24442.24262.90092.24262.9009
C21.34792.11571.52912.24441.09282.90092.24262.90092.2426
C31.52912.11571.58602.40253.20841.10172.27981.10172.2798
C42.11571.52911.58603.20842.40252.27981.10172.27981.1017
H51.09282.24442.40253.20842.85132.91173.95482.91173.9548
H62.24441.09283.20842.40252.85133.95482.91173.95482.9117
H72.24262.90091.10172.27982.91173.95483.08271.78702.5119
H82.90092.24262.27981.10173.95482.91173.08272.51191.7870
H92.24262.90091.10172.27982.91173.95481.78702.51193.0827
H102.90092.24262.27981.10173.95482.91172.51191.78703.0827

picture of Cyclobutene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 94.465 C1 C2 H6 133.461
C1 C3 C4 85.535 C1 C3 H7 116.006
C1 C3 H9 116.006 C2 C1 C3 94.465
C2 C1 H5 133.461 C2 C4 C3 85.535
C2 C4 H8 116.006 C2 C4 H10 116.006
C3 C1 H5 132.074 C3 C4 H8 114.849
C3 C4 H10 114.849 C4 C2 H6 132.074
C4 C3 H7 114.849 C4 C3 H9 114.849
H7 C3 H9 108.393 H8 C4 H10 108.393
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.157      
2 C -0.157      
3 C -0.395      
4 C -0.395      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.195      
8 H 0.195      
9 H 0.195      
10 H 0.195      


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 -0.135 0.135
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.340 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -24.609 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.993
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.539 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.058 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.481
Polar
3z2-r20.962
x2-y2-1.731
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> 66.921
(<r2>)1/2 8.181