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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: QCISD/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.169021
Energy at 298.15K-153.171934
HF Energy-152.766693
Nuclear repulsion energy96.728470
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/3-21G*
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 3250 3124 0.00      
2 Ag 1506 1447 0.00      
3 Ag 1110 1066 0.00      
4 Ag 878 844 0.00      
5 Au 752 723 0.00      
6 Au 504 484 0.00      
7 B1g 822 790 0.00      
8 B1u 3233 3107 18.30      
9 B1u 1519 1460 2.42      
10 B1u 1058 1016 0.19      
11 B2g 581 559 0.00      
12 B2u 3213 3088 9.03      
13 B2u 1269 1220 29.62      
14 B2u 616 592 4.58      
15 B3g 3200 3076 0.00      
16 B3g 1199 1152 0.00      
17 B3g 905 870 0.00      
18 B3u 608 585 148.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13110.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12600.6 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.54826 0.40487 0.23289

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/3-21G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.681 0.812
C2 0.000 0.681 -0.812
C3 0.000 -0.681 0.812
C4 0.000 -0.681 -0.812
H5 0.000 1.452 1.573
H6 0.000 1.452 -1.573
H7 0.000 -1.452 1.573
H8 0.000 -1.452 -1.573

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.62441.36162.11951.08352.50682.26463.1998
C21.62442.11951.36162.50681.08353.19982.2646
C31.36162.11951.62442.26463.19981.08352.5068
C42.11951.36161.62443.19982.26462.50681.0835
H51.08352.50682.26463.19983.14602.90444.2817
H62.50681.08353.19982.26463.14604.28172.9044
H72.26463.19981.08352.50682.90444.28173.1460
H83.19982.26462.50681.08354.28172.90443.1460

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 134.604
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.396
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.604
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.396
C4 C2 H6 135.396 C4 C3 H7 134.604
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability