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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.233832
Energy at 298.15K-154.236759
HF Energy-153.667633
Nuclear repulsion energy98.325269
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 QCISD/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 Ag 3254 3116 0.00      
2 Ag 1585 1517 0.00      
3 Ag 1133 1084 0.00      
4 Ag 966 925 0.00      
5 Au 739 708 0.00      
6 Au 500 479 0.00      
7 B1g 799 765 0.00      
8 B1u 3242 3104 23.85      
9 B1u 1605 1537 2.56      
10 B1u 1053 1009 0.66      
11 B2g 532 509 0.00      
12 B2u 3222 3085 14.61      
13 B2u 1276 1222 33.93      
14 B2u 748 716 9.29      
15 B3g 3208 3071 0.00      
16 B3g 1174 1124 0.00      
17 B3g 865 829 0.00      
18 B3u 573 549 143.42      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13236.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12672.7 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.55889 0.42646 0.24189

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.673 0.788
C2 0.000 0.673 -0.788
C3 0.000 -0.673 0.788
C4 0.000 -0.673 -0.788
H5 0.000 1.443 1.553
H6 0.000 1.443 -1.553
H7 0.000 -1.443 1.553
H8 0.000 -1.443 -1.553

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57611.34682.07321.08512.46412.25053.1559
C21.57612.07321.34682.46411.08513.15592.2505
C31.34682.07321.57612.25053.15591.08512.4641
C42.07321.34681.57613.15592.25052.46411.0851
H51.08512.46412.25053.15593.10542.88654.2398
H62.46411.08513.15592.25053.10544.23982.8865
H72.25053.15591.08512.46412.88654.23983.1054
H83.15592.25052.46411.08514.23982.88653.1054

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 134.805
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.195
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.805
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.195
C4 C2 H6 135.195 C4 C3 H7 134.805
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability