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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-58.154136
Energy at 298.15K-58.160077
Nuclear repulsion energy120.575967
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 3170 3062 0.00      
2 Ag 3061 2956 0.00      
3 Ag 1786 1724 0.00      
4 Ag 1457 1407 0.00      
5 Ag 1401 1353 0.00      
6 Ag 1280 1236 0.00      
7 Ag 1003 969 0.00      
8 Ag 679 656 0.00      
9 Ag 511 493 0.00      
10 Ag 350 338 0.00      
11 Au 3127 3019 22.22      
12 Au 1458 1408 24.33      
13 Au 956 923 6.20      
14 Au 352 340 4.17      
15 Au 114 110 0.01      
16 Au 57 55 11.90      
17 Bg 3126 3019 0.00      
18 Bg 1463 1413 0.00      
19 Bg 1059 1023 0.00      
20 Bg 615 593 0.00      
21 Bg 112 108 0.00      
22 Bu 3171 3062 30.95      
23 Bu 3061 2956 3.26      
24 Bu 1779 1718 262.72      
25 Bu 1458 1408 32.53      
26 Bu 1390 1342 59.10      
27 Bu 1121 1082 83.18      
28 Bu 908 877 16.65      
29 Bu 529 511 38.72      
30 Bu 230 222 15.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20390.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19691.1 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
0.17162 0.10919 0.06844

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 -0.081 0.782 0.000
C2 0.081 -0.782 0.000
C3 1.209 1.597 0.000
C4 -1.209 -1.597 0.000
O5 -1.209 1.271 0.000
O6 1.209 -1.271 0.000
H7 0.968 2.670 0.000
H8 -0.968 -2.670 0.000
H9 1.817 1.337 0.883
H10 1.817 1.337 -0.883
H11 -1.817 -1.337 0.883
H12 -1.817 -1.337 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.57331.52582.63361.22912.42472.15903.56432.16522.16522.87812.8781
C21.57332.63361.52582.42471.22913.56432.15902.87812.87812.16522.1652
C31.52582.63364.00652.44002.86781.09924.79011.10341.10344.30614.3061
C42.63361.52584.00652.86782.44004.79011.09924.30614.30611.10341.1034
O51.22912.42472.44002.86783.50772.58773.94763.15263.15262.81912.8191
O62.42471.22912.86782.44003.50773.94762.58772.81912.81913.15263.1526
H72.15903.56431.09924.79012.58773.94765.67941.81051.81054.95824.9582
H83.56432.15904.79011.09923.94762.58775.67944.95824.95821.81051.8105
H92.16522.87811.10344.30613.15262.81911.81054.95821.76694.51064.8444
H102.16522.87811.10344.30613.15262.81911.81054.95821.76694.84444.5106
H112.87812.16524.30611.10342.81913.15264.95821.81054.51064.84441.7669
H122.87812.16524.30611.10342.81913.15264.95821.81054.84444.51061.7669

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 116.368 C1 C2 O6 119.307
C1 C3 H7 109.601 C1 C3 H9 109.839
C1 C3 H10 109.839 C2 C1 C3 116.368
C2 C1 O5 119.307 C2 C4 H8 109.601
C2 C4 H11 109.839 C2 C4 H12 109.839
C3 C1 O5 124.325 C4 C2 O6 124.325
H7 C3 H9 110.564 H7 C3 H10 110.564
H8 C4 H11 110.564 H8 C4 H12 110.564
H9 C3 H10 106.387 H11 C4 H12 106.387
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 -0.074      
2 C -0.074      
3 C -0.419      
4 C -0.419      
5 O -0.043      
6 O -0.043      
7 H 0.203      
8 H 0.203      
9 H 0.166      
10 H 0.166      
11 H 0.166      
12 H 0.166      


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 -38.428 7.741 0.000
y 7.741 -36.281 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.241
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.667 7.741 0.000
y 7.741 -0.447 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.113
Polar
3z2-r28.227
x2-y2-2.147
xy7.741
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.501 0.127 0.000
y 0.127 7.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.800


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.038
(<r2>)1/2 11.664