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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.818741
Energy at 298.15K-305.824941
Nuclear repulsion energy227.041091
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/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 3251 3055 0.00      
2 Ag 3126 2938 0.00      
3 Ag 1776 1669 0.00      
4 Ag 1489 1400 0.00      
5 Ag 1420 1335 0.00      
6 Ag 1327 1247 0.00      
7 Ag 1026 964 0.00      
8 Ag 713 670 0.00      
9 Ag 536 503 0.00      
10 Ag 367 345 0.00      
11 Au 3215 3022 0.52      
12 Au 1500 1409 18.30      
13 Au 977 918 6.02      
14 Au 360 338 4.91      
15 Au 136 127 0.00      
16 Au 66 62 8.78      
17 Bg 3215 3022 0.00      
18 Bg 1504 1414 0.00      
19 Bg 1087 1022 0.00      
20 Bg 641 603 0.00      
21 Bg 134 126 0.00      
22 Bu 3251 3056 5.62      
23 Bu 3126 2938 0.28      
24 Bu 1779 1672 129.45      
25 Bu 1489 1400 27.84      
26 Bu 1407 1323 63.81      
27 Bu 1158 1088 73.96      
28 Bu 934 878 15.61      
29 Bu 537 504 38.28      
30 Bu 242 228 15.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20894.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9399) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19638.3 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17578 0.11516 0.07139

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.080 0.761 0.000
C2 0.080 -0.761 0.000
C3 1.194 1.548 0.000
C4 -1.194 -1.548 0.000
O5 -1.194 1.246 0.000
O6 1.194 -1.246 0.000
H7 0.970 2.610 0.000
H8 -0.970 -2.610 0.000
H9 1.790 1.283 0.872
H10 1.790 1.283 -0.872
H11 -1.790 -1.283 0.872
H12 -1.790 -1.283 -0.872

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53001.49732.56331.21492.37652.12663.48662.12802.12802.80372.8037
C21.53002.56331.49732.37651.21493.48662.12662.80372.80372.12802.1280
C31.49732.56333.90952.40682.79331.08584.68731.08911.08914.20414.2041
C42.56331.49733.90952.79332.40684.68731.08584.20414.20411.08911.0891
O51.21492.37652.40682.79333.45062.55813.86233.10863.10862.74022.7402
O62.37651.21492.79332.40683.45063.86232.55812.74022.74023.10863.1086
H72.12663.48661.08584.68732.55813.86235.56921.78751.78754.85104.8510
H83.48662.12664.68731.08583.86232.55815.56924.85104.85101.78751.7875
H92.12802.80371.08914.20413.10862.74021.78754.85101.74484.40384.7369
H102.12802.80371.08914.20413.10862.74021.78754.85101.74484.73694.4038
H112.80372.12804.20411.08912.74023.10864.85101.78754.40384.73691.7448
H122.80372.12804.20411.08912.74023.10864.85101.78754.73694.40381.7448

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 115.720 C1 C2 O6 119.506
C1 C3 H7 109.804 C1 C3 H9 109.720
C1 C3 H10 109.720 C2 C1 C3 115.720
C2 C1 O5 119.506 C2 C4 H8 109.804
C2 C4 H11 109.720 C2 C4 H12 109.720
C3 C1 O5 124.774 C4 C2 O6 124.774
H7 C3 H9 110.542 H7 C3 H10 110.542
H8 C4 H11 110.542 H8 C4 H12 110.542
H9 C3 H10 106.458 H11 C4 H12 106.458
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability