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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-121G

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-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.071507
Energy at 298.15K-58.077479
Nuclear repulsion energy120.130179
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-121G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 Ag 3139 3059 0.00      
2 Ag 3011 2934 0.00      
3 Ag 1660 1617 0.00      
4 Ag 1478 1440 0.00      
5 Ag 1425 1389 0.00      
6 Ag 1290 1257 0.00      
7 Ag 1024 998 0.00      
8 Ag 678 661 0.00      
9 Ag 521 508 0.00      
10 Ag 355 346 0.00      
11 Au 3087 3008 17.89      
12 Au 1477 1439 29.81      
13 Au 993 968 5.08      
14 Au 356 347 4.86      
15 Au 103 101 0.90      
16 Au 37 36 13.32      
17 Bg 3087 3008 0.00      
18 Bg 1481 1444 0.00      
19 Bg 1080 1052 0.00      
20 Bg 621 605 0.00      
21 Bg 92 90 0.00      
22 Bu 3139 3059 26.13      
23 Bu 3011 2934 3.04      
24 Bu 1651 1609 173.02      
25 Bu 1482 1444 49.90      
26 Bu 1423 1387 79.70      
27 Bu 1145 1116 78.30      
28 Bu 931 907 17.73      
29 Bu 533 519 39.21      
30 Bu 233 227 17.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20271.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19754.6 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-121G
ABC
0.16979 0.10893 0.06802

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.067 0.777 0.000
C2 0.067 -0.777 0.000
C3 1.216 1.592 0.000
C4 -1.216 -1.592 0.000
O5 -1.216 1.285 0.000
O6 1.216 -1.285 0.000
H7 0.971 2.657 0.000
H8 -0.971 -2.657 0.000
H9 1.825 1.343 0.878
H10 1.825 1.343 -0.878
H11 -1.825 -1.343 0.878
H12 -1.825 -1.343 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55991.51912.63301.25642.42852.14733.55132.16092.16092.89112.8911
C21.55992.63301.51912.42851.25643.55132.14732.89112.89112.16092.1609
C31.51912.63304.00602.45032.87741.09264.77871.09751.09754.31634.3163
C42.63301.51914.00602.87742.45034.77871.09264.31634.31631.09751.0975
O51.25642.42852.45032.87743.53822.58143.94983.16553.16552.83732.8373
O62.42851.25642.87742.45033.53823.94982.58142.83732.83733.16553.1655
H72.14733.55131.09264.77872.58143.94985.65781.79631.79634.95894.9589
H83.55132.14734.77871.09263.94982.58145.65784.95894.95891.79631.7963
H92.16092.89111.09754.31633.16552.83731.79634.95891.75584.53214.8603
H102.16092.89111.09754.31633.16552.83731.79634.95891.75584.86034.5321
H112.89112.16094.31631.09752.83733.16554.95891.79634.53214.86031.7558
H122.89112.16094.31631.09752.83733.16554.95891.79634.86034.53211.7558

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 117.549 C1 C2 O6 118.753
C1 C3 H7 109.528 C1 C3 H9 110.313
C1 C3 H10 110.313 C2 C1 C3 117.549
C2 C1 O5 118.753 C2 C4 H8 109.528
C2 C4 H11 110.313 C2 C4 H12 110.313
C3 C1 O5 123.698 C4 C2 O6 123.698
H7 C3 H9 110.206 H7 C3 H10 110.206
H8 C4 H11 110.206 H8 C4 H12 110.206
H9 C3 H10 106.235 H11 C4 H12 106.235
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.123      
2 C 0.123      
3 C -0.575      
4 C -0.575      
5 O -0.115      
6 O -0.115      
7 H 0.189      
8 H 0.189      
9 H 0.189      
10 H 0.189      
11 H 0.189      
12 H 0.189      


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 -39.670 9.011 0.000
y 9.011 -37.585 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.956
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.900 9.011 0.000
y 9.011 -0.772 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.672
Polar
3z2-r29.343
x2-y2-2.085
xy9.011
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.919 -0.188 0.000
y -0.188 7.754 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.179


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 137.300
(<r2>)1/2 11.718