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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.518784
Energy at 298.15K-306.524828
Nuclear repulsion energy225.334746
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/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 3163 3069 0.00      
2 Ag 3045 2955 0.00      
3 Ag 1773 1720 0.00      
4 Ag 1428 1386 0.00      
5 Ag 1377 1337 0.00      
6 Ag 1278 1240 0.00      
7 Ag 1005 975 0.00      
8 Ag 688 667 0.00      
9 Ag 520 505 0.00      
10 Ag 360 349 0.00      
11 Au 3108 3016 5.16      
12 Au 1432 1389 19.49      
13 Au 944 916 4.86      
14 Au 351 341 6.31      
15 Au 122 118 0.04      
16 Au 46 45 12.26      
17 Bg 3108 3016 0.00      
18 Bg 1438 1395 0.00      
19 Bg 1057 1026 0.00      
20 Bg 620 601 0.00      
21 Bg 118 115 0.00      
22 Bu 3163 3070 13.22      
23 Bu 3045 2955 0.45      
24 Bu 1772 1720 268.43      
25 Bu 1429 1386 29.24      
26 Bu 1367 1326 68.59      
27 Bu 1129 1096 75.31      
28 Bu 912 885 21.89      
29 Bu 542 526 42.38      
30 Bu 238 231 17.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20287.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9704) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19687.4 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/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.17622 0.11143 0.07003

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.077 0.773 0.000
C2 0.077 -0.773 0.000
C3 1.193 1.582 0.000
C4 -1.193 -1.582 0.000
O5 -1.193 1.256 0.000
O6 1.193 -1.256 0.000
H7 0.948 2.648 0.000
H8 -0.948 -2.648 0.000
H9 1.801 1.324 0.878
H10 1.801 1.324 -0.878
H11 -1.801 -1.324 0.878
H12 -1.801 -1.324 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55341.50502.60581.21612.39342.13693.53042.14482.14482.85332.8533
C21.55342.60581.50502.39341.21613.53042.13692.85332.85332.14482.1448
C31.50502.60583.96192.40712.83811.09424.74081.09941.09944.26324.2632
C42.60581.50503.96192.83812.40714.74081.09424.26324.26321.09941.0994
O51.21612.39342.40712.83813.46432.55323.91233.12053.12052.79262.7926
O62.39341.21612.83812.40713.46433.91232.55322.79262.79263.12053.1205
H72.13693.53041.09424.74082.55323.91235.62561.80401.80404.90964.9096
H83.53042.13694.74081.09423.91232.55325.62564.90964.90961.80401.8040
H92.14482.85331.09944.26323.12052.79261.80404.90961.75694.47024.8031
H102.14482.85331.09944.26323.12052.79261.80404.90961.75694.80314.4702
H112.85332.14484.26321.09942.79263.12054.90961.80404.47024.80311.7569
H122.85332.14484.26321.09942.79263.12054.90961.80404.80314.47021.7569

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 116.853 C1 C2 O6 119.080
C1 C3 H7 109.589 C1 C3 H9 109.911
C1 C3 H10 109.911 C2 C1 C3 116.853
C2 C1 O5 119.080 C2 C4 H8 109.589
C2 C4 H11 109.911 C2 C4 H12 109.911
C3 C1 O5 124.067 C4 C2 O6 124.067
H7 C3 H9 110.648 H7 C3 H10 110.648
H8 C4 H11 110.648 H8 C4 H12 110.648
H9 C3 H10 106.083 H11 C4 H12 106.083
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.290      
2 C 0.290      
3 C 0.809      
4 C 0.809      
5 O -0.561      
6 O -0.561      
7 H -0.302      
8 H -0.302      
9 H -0.117      
10 H -0.117      
11 H -0.117      
12 H -0.117      


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 -39.321 7.942 0.000
y 7.942 -37.304 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.046
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.646 7.942 0.000
y 7.942 -0.620 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.266
Polar
3z2-r28.532
x2-y2-2.018
xy7.942
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.684 0.212 0.000
y 0.212 9.146 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 6.117


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.271
(<r2>)1/2 12.817