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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.059616
Energy at 298.15K-58.065570
Nuclear repulsion energy119.725791
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 B3LYP/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 3180 3080 0.00      
2 Ag 3056 2959 0.00      
3 Ag 1664 1612 0.00      
4 Ag 1469 1422 0.00      
5 Ag 1422 1377 0.00      
6 Ag 1299 1258 0.00      
7 Ag 1022 990 0.00      
8 Ag 684 662 0.00      
9 Ag 521 504 0.00      
10 Ag 354 342 0.00      
11 Au 3132 3033 30.93      
12 Au 1469 1423 35.95      
13 Au 993 961 8.69      
14 Au 364 353 3.57      
15 Au 101 98 0.91      
16 Au 52 50 14.30      
17 Bg 3131 3032 0.00      
18 Bg 1474 1427 0.00      
19 Bg 1083 1048 0.00      
20 Bg 626 606 0.00      
21 Bg 91 88 0.00      
22 Bu 3181 3081 38.55      
23 Bu 3056 2959 3.57      
24 Bu 1657 1605 165.47      
25 Bu 1472 1425 47.80      
26 Bu 1418 1373 81.61      
27 Bu 1145 1109 80.72      
28 Bu 937 907 12.37      
29 Bu 532 515 37.86      
30 Bu 232 225 17.73      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20406.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19761.6 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
ABC
0.16844 0.10834 0.06759

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.069 0.780 0.000
C2 0.069 -0.780 0.000
C3 1.220 1.596 0.000
C4 -1.220 -1.596 0.000
O5 -1.220 1.289 0.000
O6 1.220 -1.289 0.000
H7 0.979 2.667 0.000
H8 -0.979 -2.667 0.000
H9 1.831 1.341 0.882
H10 1.831 1.341 -0.882
H11 -1.831 -1.341 0.882
H12 -1.831 -1.341 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.56691.52502.64021.25882.43832.15813.56582.16872.16872.89562.8956
C21.56692.64021.52502.43831.25883.56582.15812.89562.89562.16872.1687
C31.52502.64024.01722.45932.88491.09874.79651.10341.10344.32574.3257
C42.64021.52504.01722.88492.45934.79651.09874.32574.32571.10341.1034
O51.25882.43832.45932.88493.55022.59473.96413.17693.17692.84072.8407
O62.43831.25882.88492.45933.55023.96412.59472.84072.84073.17693.1769
H72.15813.56581.09874.79652.59473.96415.68231.80731.80734.97374.9737
H83.56582.15814.79651.09873.96412.59475.68234.97374.97371.80731.8073
H92.16872.89561.10344.32573.17692.84071.80734.97371.76504.53934.8703
H102.16872.89561.10344.32573.17692.84071.80734.97371.76504.87034.5393
H112.89562.16874.32571.10342.84073.17694.97371.80734.53934.87031.7650
H122.89562.16874.32571.10342.84073.17694.97371.80734.87034.53931.7650

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 117.277 C1 C2 O6 118.885
C1 C3 H7 109.612 C1 C3 H9 110.165
C1 C3 H10 110.165 C2 C1 C3 117.277
C2 C1 O5 118.885 C2 C4 H8 109.612
C2 C4 H11 110.165 C2 C4 H12 110.165
C3 C1 O5 123.838 C4 C2 O6 123.838
H7 C3 H9 110.318 H7 C3 H10 110.318
H8 C4 H11 110.318 H8 C4 H12 110.318
H9 C3 H10 106.218 H11 C4 H12 106.218
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.104      
2 C -0.104      
3 C -0.396      
4 C -0.396      
5 O -0.038      
6 O -0.038      
7 H 0.199      
8 H 0.199      
9 H 0.170      
10 H 0.170      
11 H 0.170      
12 H 0.170      


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 -39.594 9.239 0.000
y 9.239 -37.146 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.606
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.218 9.239 0.000
y 9.239 -0.546 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.764
Polar
3z2-r29.528
x2-y2-2.448
xy9.239
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.577 -0.160 0.000
y -0.160 7.156 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.574


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.836
(<r2>)1/2 11.740