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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.691691
Energy at 298.15K-305.697789
Nuclear repulsion energy224.827718
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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3213 3114 0.00      
2 Ag 3081 2986 0.00      
3 Ag 1714 1661 0.00      
4 Ag 1447 1403 0.00      
5 Ag 1394 1351 0.00      
6 Ag 1306 1266 0.00      
7 Ag 1007 976 0.00      
8 Ag 705 683 0.00      
9 Ag 524 508 0.00      
10 Ag 361 350 0.00      
11 Au 3168 3070 3.91      
12 Au 1454 1409 18.65      
13 Au 949 920 3.31      
14 Au 342 332 6.11      
15 Au 133 128 0.03      
16 Au 53 52 10.81      
17 Bg 3168 3070 0.00      
18 Bg 1460 1415 0.00      
19 Bg 1055 1022 0.00      
20 Bg 612 593 0.00      
21 Bg 131 127 0.00      
22 Bu 3214 3115 9.66      
23 Bu 3081 2986 0.97      
24 Bu 1714 1661 158.50      
25 Bu 1447 1403 29.01      
26 Bu 1374 1331 56.09      
27 Bu 1140 1105 64.41      
28 Bu 924 896 15.37      
29 Bu 535 518 39.48      
30 Bu 236 229 15.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20470.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19840.2 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 MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.17380 0.11218 0.06995

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.073 0.768 0.000
C2 0.073 -0.768 0.000
C3 1.201 1.570 0.000
C4 -1.201 -1.570 0.000
O5 -1.201 1.261 0.000
O6 1.201 -1.261 0.000
H7 0.959 2.639 0.000
H8 -0.959 -2.639 0.000
H9 1.804 1.307 0.882
H10 1.804 1.307 -0.882
H11 -1.804 -1.307 0.882
H12 -1.804 -1.307 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54301.50562.59601.23072.39632.13743.52072.14262.14262.84182.8418
C21.54302.59601.50562.39631.23073.52072.13742.84182.84182.14262.1426
C31.50562.59603.95362.42132.83171.09604.73161.10031.10034.25224.2522
C42.59601.50563.95362.83172.42134.73161.09604.25224.25221.10031.1003
O51.23072.39632.42132.83173.48322.56223.90833.13153.13152.78132.7813
O62.39631.23072.83172.42133.48323.90832.56222.78132.78133.13153.1315
H72.13743.52071.09604.73162.56223.90835.61671.80741.80744.89724.8972
H83.52072.13744.73161.09603.90832.56225.61674.89724.89721.80741.8074
H92.14262.84181.10034.25223.13152.78131.80744.89721.76364.45444.7908
H102.14262.84181.10034.25223.13152.78131.80744.89721.76364.79084.4544
H112.84182.14264.25221.10032.78133.13154.89721.80744.45444.79081.7636
H122.84182.14264.25221.10032.78133.13154.89721.80744.79084.45441.7636

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 116.745 C1 C2 O6 119.088
C1 C3 H7 109.474 C1 C3 H9 109.631
C1 C3 H10 109.631 C2 C1 C3 116.745
C2 C1 O5 119.088 C2 C4 H8 109.474
C2 C4 H11 109.631 C2 C4 H12 109.631
C3 C1 O5 124.167 C4 C2 O6 124.167
H7 C3 H9 110.762 H7 C3 H10 110.762
H8 C4 H11 110.762 H8 C4 H12 110.762
H9 C3 H10 106.536 H11 C4 H12 106.536
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability