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All results from a given calculation for C2H4O2 (1,3-dioxetane)

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.743149
Energy at 298.15K-228.748738
Nuclear repulsion energy129.842987
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 PBEPBE/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 2924 2882 0.00      
2 Ag 1562 1539 0.00      
3 Ag 1098 1082 0.00      
4 Ag 851 839 0.00      
5 Au 1086 1070 0.00      
6 B1g 1297 1279 0.00      
7 B1g 996 982 0.00      
8 B1u 2950 2907 195.93      
9 B1u 1141 1125 12.76      
10 B1u 144 142 10.55      
11 B2g 2946 2904 0.00      
12 B2g 1104 1088 0.00      
13 B2u 1414 1393 22.73      
14 B2u 928 915 85.04      
15 B3g 998 984 0.00      
16 B3u 2902 2861 252.69      
17 B3u 1520 1498 29.17      
18 B3u 1062 1047 230.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13461.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13268.7 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.45620 0.43867 0.24547

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

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.981 0.000 0.000
C2 0.981 0.000 0.000
O3 0.000 1.047 0.000
O4 0.000 -1.047 0.000
H5 -1.616 0.000 0.912
H6 1.616 0.000 0.912
H7 -1.616 0.000 -0.912
H8 1.616 0.000 -0.912

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.96111.43461.43461.11132.75181.11132.7518
C21.96111.43461.43462.75181.11132.75181.1113
O31.43461.43462.09422.13042.13042.13042.1304
O41.43461.43462.09422.13042.13042.13042.1304
H51.11132.75182.13042.13043.23131.82403.7106
H62.75181.11132.13042.13043.23133.71061.8240
H71.11132.75182.13042.13041.82403.71063.2313
H82.75181.11132.13042.13043.71061.82403.2313

picture of 1,3-dioxetane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O3 C2 86.240 C1 O4 C2 86.240
O3 C1 O4 93.760 O3 C1 H5 112.993
O3 C1 H7 112.993 O3 C2 O4 93.760
O3 C2 H6 112.993 O3 C2 H8 112.993
O4 C1 H5 112.993 O4 C1 H7 112.993
O4 C2 H6 112.993 O4 C2 H8 112.993
H5 C1 H7 110.294 H6 C2 H8 110.294
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.142      
2 C 0.142      
3 O -0.447      
4 O -0.447      
5 H 0.152      
6 H 0.152      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.152      


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 -19.104 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.069 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.864
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.363 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -7.085 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.722
Polar
3z2-r21.444
x2-y28.965
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.343 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.025 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.776


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 57.432
(<r2>)1/2 7.578