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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-56.834646
Energy at 298.15K-56.841006
Nuclear repulsion energy122.043732
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 3351 3010 0.00      
2 Ag 3247 2916 0.00      
3 Ag 2022 1816 0.00      
4 Ag 1590 1428 0.00      
5 Ag 1554 1395 0.00      
6 Ag 1422 1277 0.00      
7 Ag 1110 996 0.00      
8 Ag 750 674 0.00      
9 Ag 566 508 0.00      
10 Ag 378 339 0.00      
11 Au 3322 2983 41.56      
12 Au 1596 1433 18.60      
13 Au 1068 959 2.56      
14 Au 392 352 14.04      
15 Au 134 120 0.10      
16 Au 55 50 13.66      
17 Bg 3321 2983 0.00      
18 Bg 1599 1436 0.00      
19 Bg 1180 1059 0.00      
20 Bg 676 607 0.00      
21 Bg 134 120 0.00      
22 Bu 3352 3010 45.20      
23 Bu 3247 2916 17.53      
24 Bu 1989 1786 403.61      
25 Bu 1589 1427 27.34      
26 Bu 1536 1379 22.97      
27 Bu 1226 1101 79.79      
28 Bu 994 893 12.49      
29 Bu 575 516 59.61      
30 Bu 247 222 17.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22111.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19855.7 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.17772 0.11052 0.06989

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 -0.083 0.774 0.000
C2 0.083 -0.774 0.000
C3 1.191 1.602 0.000
C4 -1.191 -1.602 0.000
O5 -1.191 1.241 0.000
O6 1.191 -1.241 0.000
H7 0.929 2.656 0.000
H8 -0.929 -2.656 0.000
H9 1.790 1.359 0.877
H10 1.790 1.359 -0.877
H11 -1.790 -1.359 0.877
H12 -1.790 -1.359 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55711.51992.62171.20212.38452.13763.53332.14932.14932.86872.8687
C21.55712.62171.51992.38451.20213.53332.13762.86872.86872.14932.1493
C31.51992.62173.99282.40932.84341.08634.75741.08931.08934.29204.2920
C42.62171.51993.99282.84342.40934.75741.08634.29204.29201.08931.0893
O51.20212.38452.40932.84343.44062.54943.90653.10933.10932.80852.8085
O62.38451.20212.84342.40933.44063.90652.54942.80852.80853.10933.1093
H72.13763.53331.08634.75742.54943.90655.62881.78691.78694.92804.9280
H83.53332.13764.75741.08633.90652.54945.62884.92804.92801.78691.7869
H92.14932.86871.08934.29203.10932.80851.78694.92801.75394.49414.8242
H102.14932.86871.08934.29203.10932.80851.78694.92801.75394.82424.4941
H112.86872.14934.29201.08932.80853.10934.92801.78694.49414.82421.7539
H122.86872.14934.29201.08932.80853.10934.92801.78694.82424.49411.7539

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 116.860 C1 C2 O6 119.024
C1 C3 H7 109.076 C1 C3 H9 109.821
C1 C3 H10 109.821 C2 C1 C3 116.860
C2 C1 O5 119.024 C2 C4 H8 109.076
C2 C4 H11 109.821 C2 C4 H12 109.821
C3 C1 O5 124.117 C4 C2 O6 124.117
H7 C3 H9 110.439 H7 C3 H10 110.439
H8 C4 H11 110.439 H8 C4 H12 110.439
H9 C3 H10 107.227 H11 C4 H12 107.227
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 0.017      
2 C 0.017      
3 C -0.288      
4 C -0.288      
5 O -0.160      
6 O -0.160      
7 H 0.171      
8 H 0.171      
9 H 0.130      
10 H 0.130      
11 H 0.130      
12 H 0.130      


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 -39.675 8.240 0.000
y 8.240 -36.979 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.349
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.511 8.240 0.000
y 8.240 -0.466 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.978
Polar
3z2-r29.955
x2-y2-2.697
xy8.240
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.782 -0.162 0.000
y -0.162 6.673 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.632


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.263
(<r2>)1/2 11.587