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

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-56.685490
Energy at 298.15K-56.691866
Nuclear repulsion energy121.399502
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 HF/CEP-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 3358 3027 0.00      
2 Ag 3241 2922 0.00      
3 Ag 1896 1709 0.00      
4 Ag 1603 1445 0.00      
5 Ag 1567 1412 0.00      
6 Ag 1443 1301 0.00      
7 Ag 1136 1024 0.00      
8 Ag 755 680 0.00      
9 Ag 578 521 0.00      
10 Ag 383 345 0.00      
11 Au 3326 2998 46.65      
12 Au 1605 1447 34.26      
13 Au 1112 1002 4.82      
14 Au 401 361 13.15      
15 Au 119 107 0.53      
16 Au 57 51 17.57      
17 Bg 3325 2997 0.00      
18 Bg 1607 1449 0.00      
19 Bg 1205 1086 0.00      
20 Bg 687 620 0.00      
21 Bg 114 103 0.00      
22 Bu 3359 3028 46.06      
23 Bu 3241 2921 15.95      
24 Bu 1857 1674 276.79      
25 Bu 1604 1446 46.05      
26 Bu 1562 1408 42.44      
27 Bu 1255 1131 73.14      
28 Bu 1025 924 8.18      
29 Bu 579 522 60.50      
30 Bu 252 227 20.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22124.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19943.0 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.17514 0.11011 0.06932

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.070 0.770 0.000
C2 0.070 -0.770 0.000
C3 1.200 1.598 0.000
C4 -1.200 -1.598 0.000
O5 -1.200 1.256 0.000
O6 1.200 -1.256 0.000
H7 0.939 2.650 0.000
H8 -0.939 -2.650 0.000
H9 1.802 1.362 0.874
H10 1.802 1.362 -0.874
H11 -1.802 -1.362 0.874
H12 -1.802 -1.362 -0.874

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54561.51592.62341.23002.39072.13433.52882.14972.14972.88292.8829
C21.54562.62341.51592.39071.23003.52882.13432.88292.88292.14972.1497
C31.51592.62343.99642.42352.85411.08424.75641.08761.08764.30594.3059
C42.62341.51593.99642.85412.42354.75641.08424.30594.30591.08761.0876
O51.23002.39072.42352.85413.47382.55303.91523.12853.12852.82562.8256
O62.39071.23002.85412.42353.47383.91522.55302.82562.82563.12853.1285
H72.13433.52881.08424.75642.55303.91525.62371.78011.78014.93784.9378
H83.52882.13434.75641.08423.91522.55305.62374.93784.93781.78011.7801
H92.14972.88291.08764.30593.12852.82561.78014.93781.74834.51874.8452
H102.14972.88291.08764.30593.12852.82561.78014.93781.74834.84524.5187
H112.88292.14974.30591.08762.82563.12854.93781.78014.51874.84521.7483
H122.88292.14974.30591.08762.82563.12854.93781.78014.84524.51871.7483

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 117.934 C1 C2 O6 118.486
C1 C3 H7 109.211 C1 C3 H9 110.226
C1 C3 H10 110.226 C2 C1 C3 117.934
C2 C1 O5 118.486 C2 C4 H8 109.211
C2 C4 H11 110.226 C2 C4 H12 110.226
C3 C1 O5 123.580 C4 C2 O6 123.580
H7 C3 H9 110.093 H7 C3 H10 110.093
H8 C4 H11 110.093 H8 C4 H12 110.093
H9 C3 H10 106.973 H11 C4 H12 106.973
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.007      
2 C 0.007      
3 C -0.287      
4 C -0.287      
5 O -0.166      
6 O -0.166      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.172      
9 H 0.137      
10 H 0.137      
11 H 0.137      
12 H 0.137      


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 -41.178 10.006 0.000
y 10.006 -37.984 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.874
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.249 10.006 0.000
y 10.006 -0.458 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.707
Polar
3z2-r211.414
x2-y2-3.194
xy10.006
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.996 -0.518 0.000
y -0.518 6.314 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.387


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 135.745
(<r2>)1/2 11.651