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All results from a given calculation for C2H2O2 (Ethanedial)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.569171
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-227.569171
Nuclear repulsion energy100.886480
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 2869 2822 0.00 253.08 0.28 0.44
2 Ag 1755 1726 0.00 45.09 0.52 0.69
3 Ag 1344 1322 0.00 14.57 0.55 0.71
4 Ag 1037 1019 0.00 11.08 0.74 0.85
5 Ag 536 527 0.00 4.81 0.38 0.55
6 Au 777 764 1.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 Au 132 130 23.74 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 Bg 1025 1008 0.00 9.90 0.75 0.86
9 Bu 2861 2814 186.11 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Bu 1760 1731 139.76 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 Bu 1299 1278 5.72 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Bu 316 311 44.03 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7855.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7725.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.84012 0.15652 0.14425

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.330 0.690 0.000
C2 0.330 -0.690 0.000
H3 -1.450 0.668 0.000
H4 1.450 -0.668 0.000
O5 0.330 1.716 0.000
O6 -0.330 -1.716 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 O5 O6
C11.53021.12082.23921.21962.4063
C21.53022.23921.12082.40631.2196
H31.12082.23923.19352.06612.6339
H42.23921.12083.19352.63392.0661
O51.21962.40632.06612.63393.4948
O62.40631.21962.63392.06613.4948

picture of Ethanedial state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 114.389 C1 C2 O6 121.699
C2 C1 H3 114.389 C2 C1 O5 121.699
H3 C1 O5 123.912 H4 C2 O6 123.912
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.168      
2 C 0.168      
3 H 0.146      
4 H 0.146      
5 O -0.314      
6 O -0.314      


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 -20.935 -2.727 0.000
y -2.727 -29.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.945
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.176 -2.727 0.000
y -2.727 -8.336 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.161
Polar
3z2-r28.321
x2-y28.341
xy-2.727
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.221 0.490 0.000
y 0.490 5.209 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.879


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 75.792
(<r2>)1/2 8.706