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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.433204
Energy at 298.15K-306.439201
Nuclear repulsion energy223.185342
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/SDD
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 3189 3065 0.00      
2 Ag 3059 2940 0.00      
3 Ag 1689 1624 0.00      
4 Ag 1481 1423 0.00      
5 Ag 1430 1374 0.00      
6 Ag 1296 1246 0.00      
7 Ag 1025 985 0.00      
8 Ag 687 661 0.00      
9 Ag 528 507 0.00      
10 Ag 362 348 0.00      
11 Au 3136 3014 14.84      
12 Au 1481 1424 38.14      
13 Au 992 953 10.32      
14 Au 363 349 4.38      
15 Au 102 98 0.66      
16 Au 52 50 13.63      
17 Bg 3136 3014 0.00      
18 Bg 1486 1429 0.00      
19 Bg 1087 1045 0.00      
20 Bg 634 609 0.00      
21 Bg 93 89 0.00      
22 Bu 3189 3066 22.09      
23 Bu 3058 2940 0.78      
24 Bu 1683 1618 179.90      
25 Bu 1484 1427 51.02      
26 Bu 1428 1372 107.32      
27 Bu 1153 1109 86.77      
28 Bu 940 903 14.97      
29 Bu 539 519 37.46      
30 Bu 242 232 18.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20510.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19716.8 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/SDD
ABC
0.17093 0.11062 0.06886

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.069 0.773 0.000
C2 0.069 -0.773 0.000
C3 1.210 1.577 0.000
C4 -1.210 -1.577 0.000
O5 -1.210 1.278 0.000
O6 1.210 -1.278 0.000
H7 0.980 2.645 0.000
H8 -0.980 -2.645 0.000
H9 1.818 1.320 0.877
H10 1.818 1.320 -0.877
H11 -1.818 -1.320 0.877
H12 -1.818 -1.320 -0.877

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55291.51072.61251.24812.41782.14553.53752.15182.15182.86592.8659
C21.55292.61251.51072.41781.24813.53752.14552.86592.86592.15182.1518
C31.51072.61253.97532.43932.85471.09264.75591.09731.09734.28204.2820
C42.61251.51073.97532.85472.43934.75591.09264.28204.28201.09731.0973
O51.24812.41782.43932.85473.52082.58223.92963.15363.15362.80912.8091
O62.41781.24812.85472.43933.52083.92962.58222.80912.80913.15363.1536
H72.14553.53751.09264.75592.58223.92965.64111.79581.79584.93204.9320
H83.53752.14554.75591.09263.92962.58225.64114.93204.93201.79581.7958
H92.15182.86591.09734.28203.15362.80911.79584.93201.75384.49454.8245
H102.15182.86591.09734.28203.15362.80911.79584.93201.75384.82454.4945
H112.86592.15184.28201.09732.80913.15364.93201.79584.49454.82451.7538
H122.86592.15184.28201.09732.80913.15364.93201.79584.82454.49451.7538

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 117.021 C1 C2 O6 118.952
C1 C3 H7 109.965 C1 C3 H9 110.190
C1 C3 H10 110.190 C2 C1 C3 117.021
C2 C1 O5 118.952 C2 C4 H8 109.965
C2 C4 H11 110.190 C2 C4 H12 110.190
C3 C1 O5 124.027 C4 C2 O6 124.027
H7 C3 H9 110.171 H7 C3 H10 110.171
H8 C4 H11 110.171 H8 C4 H12 110.171
H9 C3 H10 106.092 H11 C4 H12 106.092
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.176      
2 C 0.176      
3 C -0.684      
4 C -0.684      
5 O -0.209      
6 O -0.209      
7 H 0.236      
8 H 0.236      
9 H 0.240      
10 H 0.240      
11 H 0.240      
12 H 0.240      


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 -39.317 8.933 0.000
y 8.933 -37.130 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.616
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.944 8.933 0.000
y 8.933 -0.663 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.607
Polar
3z2-r29.214
x2-y2-2.187
xy8.933
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.305 -0.235 0.000
y -0.235 6.983 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.600


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 166.328
(<r2>)1/2 12.897