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All results from a given calculation for C4F4 (tetrafluorcyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no D4H 1A1G
1 2 yes C2H 1AG

Conformer 1 (D4H)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-550.963428
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-550.963428
Nuclear repulsion energy354.100384
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.07329 0.07329 0.03665

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is D4h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 1.014 0.000
C2 1.014 0.000 0.000
C3 0.000 -1.014 0.000
C4 -1.014 0.000 0.000
F5 0.000 2.325 0.000
F6 2.325 0.000 0.000
F7 0.000 -2.325 0.000
F8 -2.325 0.000 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.43332.02711.43331.31122.53613.33832.5361
C21.43331.43332.02712.53611.31122.53613.3383
C32.02711.43331.43333.33832.53611.31122.5361
C41.43332.02711.43332.53613.33832.53611.3112
F51.31122.53613.33832.53613.28774.64953.2877
F62.53611.31122.53613.33833.28773.28774.6495
F73.33832.53611.31122.53614.64953.28773.2877
F82.53613.33832.53611.31123.28774.64953.2877

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 135.000
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.000
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 135.000
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.000
C3 C2 F6 135.000 C3 C4 F8 135.000
C4 C1 F5 135.000 C4 C3 F7 135.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.044      
2 C 0.401      
3 C 0.044      
4 C 0.401      
5 F -0.257      
6 F -0.188      
7 F -0.257      
8 F -0.188      


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 0.000 0.000
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.560 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -47.218 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -39.901
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.999 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -8.987 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.988
Polar
3z2-r23.976
x2-y210.658
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.568 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 6.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.033


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 244.964
(<r2>)1/2 15.651

Conformer 2 (C2H)

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Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-551.043109
Energy at 298.15K-551.043026
HF Energy-551.043109
Nuclear repulsion energy354.670530
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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
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 1901 1807 0.00      
2 Ag 1249 1187 0.00      
3 Ag 716 680 0.00      
4 Ag 296 281 0.00      
5 Ag 178 169 0.00      
6 Au 1361 1293 506.59      
7 Au 942 895 41.16      
8 Au 584 555 53.50      
9 Au 238 226 0.02      
10 Au 157 149 0.05      
11 Bg 1393 1323 0.00      
12 Bg 764 726 0.00      
13 Bg 488 463 0.00      
14 Bg 378 359 0.00      
15 Bu 1880 1786 176.44      
16 Bu 1015 965 180.68      
17 Bu 311 296 5.33      
18 Bu 190 180 1.83      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7019.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6670.8 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.07705 0.07058 0.03701

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.109 0.770 0.664
C2 -0.109 -0.770 0.664
C3 -0.109 -0.770 -0.664
C4 0.109 0.770 -0.664
F5 -0.109 1.658 1.608
F6 0.109 -1.658 1.608
F7 0.109 -1.658 -1.608
F8 -0.109 1.658 -1.608

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 F5 F6 F7 F8
C11.55472.04481.32811.31462.60513.32542.4495
C21.55471.32812.04482.60511.31462.44953.3254
C32.04481.32811.55473.32542.44951.31462.6051
C41.32812.04481.55472.44953.32542.60511.3146
F51.31462.60513.32542.44953.32354.62513.2166
F62.60511.31462.44953.32543.32353.21664.6251
F73.32542.44951.31462.60514.62513.21663.3235
F82.44953.32542.60511.31463.21664.62513.3235

picture of tetrafluorcyclobutadiene state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 90.000 C1 C2 F6 130.248
C1 C4 C3 90.000 C1 C4 F8 135.912
C2 C1 C4 90.000 C2 C1 F5 130.248
C2 C3 C4 90.000 C2 C3 F7 135.912
C3 C2 F6 135.912 C3 C4 F8 130.248
C4 C1 F5 135.912 C4 C3 F7 130.248
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.228      
2 C 0.228      
3 C 0.228      
4 C 0.228      
5 F -0.228      
6 F -0.228      
7 F -0.228      
8 F -0.228      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -39.631 -0.057 0.000
y -0.057 -42.284 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -41.973
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.498 -0.057 0.000
y -0.057 -1.482 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.016
Polar
3z2-r2-2.032
x2-y22.654
xy-0.057
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.999 -0.018 0.000
y -0.018 5.781 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.458


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 243.406
(<r2>)1/2 15.601