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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.736859
Energy at 298.15K-154.739945
HF Energy-154.736859
Nuclear repulsion energy99.007072
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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3241 3135 0.00      
2 Ag 1622 1570 0.00      
3 Ag 1110 1074 0.00      
4 Ag 952 921 0.00      
5 Au 896 867 0.00      
6 Au 537 520 0.00      
7 B1g 902 872 0.00      
8 B1u 3231 3126 15.87      
9 B1u 1629 1576 8.48      
10 B1u 1060 1025 0.03      
11 B2g 608 589 0.00      
12 B2u 3210 3105 11.41      
13 B2u 1263 1222 39.31      
14 B2u 699 676 9.33      
15 B3g 3194 3090 0.00      
16 B3g 1193 1154 0.00      
17 B3g 852 824 0.00      
18 B3u 590 571 139.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13394.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12959.2 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.57274 0.42771 0.24486

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.665 0.787
C2 0.000 0.665 -0.787
C3 0.000 -0.665 0.787
C4 0.000 -0.665 -0.787
H5 0.000 1.429 1.549
H6 0.000 1.429 -1.549
H7 0.000 -1.429 1.549
H8 0.000 -1.429 -1.549

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57441.32932.06051.07882.45782.22763.1367
C21.57442.06051.32932.45781.07883.13672.2276
C31.32932.06051.57442.22763.13671.07882.4578
C42.06051.32931.57443.13672.22762.45781.0788
H51.07882.45782.22763.13673.09762.85754.2143
H62.45781.07883.13672.22763.09764.21432.8575
H72.22763.13671.07882.45782.85754.21433.0976
H83.13672.22762.45781.07884.21432.85753.0976

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 134.906
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.094
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.906
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.094
C4 C2 H6 135.094 C4 C3 H7 134.906
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.457      
2 C -0.457      
3 C -0.457      
4 C -0.457      
5 H 0.457      
6 H 0.457      
7 H 0.457      
8 H 0.457      


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 -27.042 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.735
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.108 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.757 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.351
Polar
3z2-r22.703
x2-y2-5.910
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.045 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 7.832 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.266


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.997
(<r2>)1/2 7.616