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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.357363
Energy at 298.15K-306.363375
Nuclear repulsion energy225.869341
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3192 3054 0.00      
2 Ag 3074 2941 0.00      
3 Ag 1828 1749 0.00      
4 Ag 1479 1415 0.00      
5 Ag 1416 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1301 1245 0.00      
7 Ag 1021 977 0.00      
8 Ag 696 666 0.00      
9 Ag 526 503 0.00      
10 Ag 362 346 0.00      
11 Au 3142 3006 3.93      
12 Au 1482 1417 22.39      
13 Au 965 923 7.63      
14 Au 348 333 4.42      
15 Au 114 109 0.02      
16 Au 55 53 10.56      
17 Bg 3142 3006 0.00      
18 Bg 1487 1422 0.00      
19 Bg 1074 1028 0.00      
20 Bg 625 598 0.00      
21 Bg 110 105 0.00      
22 Bu 3193 3054 12.45      
23 Bu 3074 2941 0.22      
24 Bu 1827 1748 217.09      
25 Bu 1480 1415 28.85      
26 Bu 1407 1346 76.97      
27 Bu 1145 1096 90.53      
28 Bu 925 885 17.99      
29 Bu 541 518 39.12      
30 Bu 237 227 16.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20632.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19739.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.17595 0.11261 0.07044

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.079 0.769 0.000
C2 0.079 -0.769 0.000
C3 1.193 1.570 0.000
C4 -1.193 -1.570 0.000
O5 -1.193 1.253 0.000
O6 1.193 -1.253 0.000
H7 0.959 2.636 0.000
H8 -0.959 -2.636 0.000
H9 1.800 1.315 0.876
H10 1.800 1.315 -0.876
H11 -1.800 -1.315 0.876
H12 -1.800 -1.315 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54681.50352.59101.21422.38932.13573.51692.14392.14392.84082.8408
C21.54682.59101.50352.38931.21423.51692.13572.84082.84082.14392.1439
C31.50352.59103.94402.40722.82301.09134.72441.09581.09584.24824.2482
C42.59101.50353.94402.82302.40724.72441.09134.24824.24821.09581.0958
O51.21422.38932.40722.82303.46032.55773.89593.11923.11922.77982.7798
O62.38931.21422.82302.40723.46033.89592.55772.77982.77983.11923.1192
H72.13573.51691.09134.72442.55773.89595.60951.79471.79474.89724.8972
H83.51692.13574.72441.09133.89592.55775.60954.89724.89721.79471.7947
H92.14392.84081.09584.24823.11922.77981.79474.89721.75174.45784.7896
H102.14392.84081.09584.24823.11922.77981.79474.89721.75174.78964.4578
H112.84082.14394.24821.09582.77983.11924.89721.79474.45784.78961.7517
H122.84082.14394.24821.09582.77983.11924.89721.79474.78964.45781.7517

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 116.294 C1 C2 O6 119.360
C1 C3 H7 109.771 C1 C3 H9 110.152
C1 C3 H10 110.152 C2 C1 C3 116.294
C2 C1 O5 119.360 C2 C4 H8 109.771
C2 C4 H11 110.152 C2 C4 H12 110.152
C3 C1 O5 124.346 C4 C2 O6 124.346
H7 C3 H9 110.292 H7 C3 H10 110.292
H8 C4 H11 110.292 H8 C4 H12 110.292
H9 C3 H10 106.127 H11 C4 H12 106.127
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.385      
2 C 0.385      
3 C -0.596      
4 C -0.596      
5 O -0.417      
6 O -0.417      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.204      
9 H 0.212      
10 H 0.212      
11 H 0.212      
12 H 0.212      


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 -37.726 7.187 0.000
y 7.187 -36.017 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.020
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.208 7.187 0.000
y 7.187 -0.644 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.852
Polar
3z2-r27.704
x2-y2-1.709
xy7.187
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.979 0.028 0.000
y 0.028 7.238 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.673


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.637
(<r2>)1/2 12.753