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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.397960
Energy at 298.15K-306.403790
Nuclear repulsion energy223.887328
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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3084 3067 0.00      
2 Ag 2975 2958 0.00      
3 Ag 1711 1702 0.00      
4 Ag 1415 1408 0.00      
5 Ag 1342 1335 0.00      
6 Ag 1222 1215 0.00      
7 Ag 977 971 0.00      
8 Ag 651 647 0.00      
9 Ag 499 496 0.00      
10 Ag 349 347 0.00      
11 Au 3028 3012 6.45      
12 Au 1420 1413 13.83      
13 Au 923 918 4.65      
14 Au 335 333 3.58      
15 Au 108 108 0.14      
16 Au 48 48 8.82      
17 Bg 3029 3012 0.00      
18 Bg 1426 1418 0.00      
19 Bg 1035 1029 0.00      
20 Bg 608 604 0.00      
21 Bg 100 99 0.00      
22 Bu 3084 3068 18.13      
23 Bu 2975 2958 0.70      
24 Bu 1721 1712 189.02      
25 Bu 1416 1408 23.62      
26 Bu 1339 1332 51.72      
27 Bu 1095 1089 83.34      
28 Bu 868 864 32.58      
29 Bu 520 517 34.98      
30 Bu 230 229 14.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19765.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19656.9 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 BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17276 0.11047 0.06910

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.084 0.778 0.000
C2 0.084 -0.778 0.000
C3 1.204 1.585 0.000
C4 -1.204 -1.585 0.000
O5 -1.204 1.267 0.000
O6 1.204 -1.267 0.000
H7 0.972 2.657 0.000
H8 -0.972 -2.657 0.000
H9 1.815 1.324 0.879
H10 1.815 1.324 -0.879
H11 -1.815 -1.324 0.879
H12 -1.815 -1.324 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.56461.51992.61521.22202.41612.15563.54802.16212.16212.86102.8610
C21.56462.61521.51992.41611.22203.54802.15562.86102.86102.16212.1621
C31.51992.61523.98132.42872.85201.09674.76801.10181.10184.28344.2834
C42.61521.51993.98132.85202.42874.76801.09674.28344.28341.10181.1018
O51.22202.41612.42872.85203.49482.58223.93073.14443.14442.80272.8027
O62.41611.22202.85202.42873.49483.93072.58222.80272.80273.14443.1444
H72.15563.54801.09674.76802.58223.93075.65891.80591.80594.93824.9382
H83.54802.15564.76801.09673.93072.58225.65894.93824.93821.80591.8059
H92.16212.86101.10184.28343.14442.80271.80594.93821.75784.49244.8241
H102.16212.86101.10184.28343.14442.80271.80594.93821.75784.82414.4924
H112.86102.16214.28341.10182.80273.14444.93821.80594.49244.82411.7578
H122.86102.16214.28341.10182.80273.14444.93821.80594.82414.49241.7578

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 115.948 C1 C2 O6 119.722
C1 C3 H7 109.881 C1 C3 H9 110.089
C1 C3 H10 110.089 C2 C1 C3 115.948
C2 C1 O5 119.722 C2 C4 H8 109.881
C2 C4 H11 110.089 C2 C4 H12 110.089
C3 C1 O5 124.330 C4 C2 O6 124.330
H7 C3 H9 110.450 H7 C3 H10 110.450
H8 C4 H11 110.450 H8 C4 H12 110.450
H9 C3 H10 105.815 H11 C4 H12 105.815
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.271      
2 C 0.271      
3 C -0.439      
4 C -0.439      
5 O -0.238      
6 O -0.238      
7 H 0.123      
8 H 0.123      
9 H 0.141      
10 H 0.141      
11 H 0.141      
12 H 0.141      


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 -37.877 6.687 0.000
y 6.687 -36.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.179
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.183 6.687 0.000
y 6.687 -0.683 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.865
Polar
3z2-r27.731
x2-y2-1.667
xy6.687
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.512 0.332 0.000
y 0.332 8.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.104


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 165.367
(<r2>)1/2 12.860