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All results from a given calculation for C4H4 (cyclobutadiene)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ

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-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-154.747329
Energy at 298.15K-154.750415
HF Energy-154.747329
Nuclear repulsion energy99.043915
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-pVQZ
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 3140 0.00      
2 Ag 1621 1571 0.00      
3 Ag 1113 1078 0.00      
4 Ag 953 924 0.00      
5 Au 899 871 0.00      
6 Au 540 523 0.00      
7 B1g 904 876 0.00      
8 B1u 3231 3130 15.81      
9 B1u 1629 1578 8.41      
10 B1u 1061 1028 0.03      
11 B2g 607 588 0.00      
12 B2u 3211 3111 11.40      
13 B2u 1267 1227 39.22      
14 B2u 702 680 9.39      
15 B3g 3195 3096 0.00      
16 B3g 1195 1158 0.00      
17 B3g 854 827 0.00      
18 B3u 591 572 139.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13406.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9689) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12989.3 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-pVQZ
ABC
0.57316 0.42802 0.24504

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.664 0.787
C2 0.000 0.664 -0.787
C3 0.000 -0.664 0.787
C4 0.000 -0.664 -0.787
H5 0.000 1.428 1.548
H6 0.000 1.428 -1.548
H7 0.000 -1.428 1.548
H8 0.000 -1.428 -1.548

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.57381.32892.05981.07832.45682.22673.1355
C21.57382.05981.32892.45681.07833.13552.2267
C31.32892.05981.57382.22673.13551.07832.4568
C42.05981.32891.57383.13552.22672.45681.0783
H51.07832.45682.22673.13553.09642.85604.2125
H62.45681.07833.13552.22673.09644.21252.8560
H72.22673.13551.07832.45682.85604.21253.0964
H83.13552.22672.45681.07834.21252.85603.0964

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 134.915
C1 C3 C4 90.000 C1 C3 H7 135.085
C2 C1 C3 90.000 C2 C1 H5 134.915
C2 C4 C3 90.000 C3 C1 H5 135.085
C4 C2 H6 135.085 C4 C3 H7 134.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVQZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.563      
2 C -0.563      
3 C -0.563      
4 C -0.563      
5 H 0.563      
6 H 0.563      
7 H 0.563      
8 H 0.563      


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 -27.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -21.126 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.736
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.069 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.742 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.328
Polar
3z2-r22.655
x2-y2-5.874
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 7.819 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 7.310


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.955
(<r2>)1/2 7.613