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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (2,3-Butanedione)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.418858
Energy at 298.15K-305.425173
Nuclear repulsion energy227.242863
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 CID/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 3302 3050 0.00      
2 Ag 3189 2946 0.00      
3 Ag 1955 1805 0.00      
4 Ag 1560 1441 0.00      
5 Ag 1512 1396 0.00      
6 Ag 1398 1291 0.00      
7 Ag 1085 1003 0.00      
8 Ag 742 685 0.00      
9 Ag 563 520 0.00      
10 Ag 383 353 0.00      
11 Au 3263 3014 6.22      
12 Au 1562 1442 20.10      
13 Au 1036 957 5.08      
14 Au 374 346 8.89      
15 Au 132 122 0.03      
16 Au 59 54 11.09      
17 Bg 3263 3014 0.00      
18 Bg 1565 1445 0.00      
19 Bg 1141 1054 0.00      
20 Bg 658 608 0.00      
21 Bg 133 122 0.00      
22 Bu 3302 3050 11.54      
23 Bu 3189 2945 1.29      
24 Bu 1936 1788 233.47      
25 Bu 1560 1441 27.02      
26 Bu 1498 1384 56.14      
27 Bu 1211 1119 82.96      
28 Bu 983 908 11.72      
29 Bu 571 527 49.78      
30 Bu 253 233 17.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21687.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20032.5 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.17882 0.11353 0.07125

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.078 0.763 0.000
C2 0.078 -0.763 0.000
C3 1.186 1.571 0.000
C4 -1.186 -1.571 0.000
O5 -1.186 1.237 0.000
O6 1.186 -1.237 0.000
H7 0.936 2.626 0.000
H8 -0.936 -2.626 0.000
H9 1.786 1.325 0.873
H10 1.786 1.325 -0.873
H11 -1.786 -1.325 0.873
H12 -1.786 -1.325 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53391.49982.58331.20472.36602.12103.49582.13362.13362.83552.8355
C21.53392.58331.49982.36601.20473.49582.12102.83552.83552.13362.1336
C31.49982.58333.93602.39442.80821.08424.70251.08761.08764.24024.2402
C42.58331.49983.93602.80822.39444.70251.08424.24024.24021.08761.0876
O51.20472.36602.39442.80823.42722.53553.87133.09813.09812.77322.7732
O62.36601.20472.80822.39443.42723.87132.53552.77322.77323.09813.0981
H72.12103.49581.08424.70252.53553.87135.57551.78211.78214.87684.8768
H83.49582.12104.70251.08423.87132.53555.57554.87684.87681.78211.7821
H92.13362.83551.08764.24023.09812.77321.78214.87681.74654.44764.7782
H102.13362.83551.08764.24023.09812.77321.78214.87681.74654.77824.4476
H112.83552.13364.24021.08762.77323.09814.87681.78214.44764.77821.7465
H122.83552.13364.24021.08762.77323.09814.87681.78214.77824.44761.7465

picture of 2,3-Butanedione state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C4 116.749 C1 C2 O6 119.030
C1 C3 H7 109.280 C1 C3 H9 110.080
C1 C3 H10 110.080 C2 C1 C3 116.749
C2 C1 O5 119.030 C2 C4 H8 109.280
C2 C4 H11 110.080 C2 C4 H12 110.080
C3 C1 O5 124.220 C4 C2 O6 124.220
H7 C3 H9 110.280 H7 C3 H10 110.280
H8 C4 H11 110.280 H8 C4 H12 110.280
H9 C3 H10 106.817 H11 C4 H12 106.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability