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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.499511
Energy at 298.15K-306.505530
Nuclear repulsion energy225.911645
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/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 3162 3051 0.00      
2 Ag 3050 2943 0.00      
3 Ag 1807 1743 0.00      
4 Ag 1452 1402 0.00      
5 Ag 1389 1340 0.00      
6 Ag 1280 1235 0.00      
7 Ag 1010 975 0.00      
8 Ag 683 659 0.00      
9 Ag 523 505 0.00      
10 Ag 359 347 0.00      
11 Au 3111 3002 4.72      
12 Au 1458 1407 15.85      
13 Au 956 922 5.54      
14 Au 353 340 5.12      
15 Au 116 112 0.17      
16 Au 52 51 9.47      
17 Bg 3111 3002 0.00      
18 Bg 1463 1412 0.00      
19 Bg 1073 1035 0.00      
20 Bg 628 606 0.00      
21 Bg 109 105 0.00      
22 Bu 3162 3052 14.32      
23 Bu 3050 2943 0.45      
24 Bu 1810 1747 217.03      
25 Bu 1453 1402 24.81      
26 Bu 1382 1334 56.88      
27 Bu 1132 1092 84.63      
28 Bu 905 874 24.25      
29 Bu 538 519 40.12      
30 Bu 237 229 15.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20408.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19693.7 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17616 0.11238 0.07038

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.083 0.771 0.000
C2 0.083 -0.771 0.000
C3 1.193 1.575 0.000
C4 -1.193 -1.575 0.000
O5 -1.193 1.250 0.000
O6 1.193 -1.250 0.000
H7 0.958 2.639 0.000
H8 -0.958 -2.639 0.000
H9 1.798 1.316 0.874
H10 1.798 1.316 -0.874
H11 -1.798 -1.316 0.874
H12 -1.798 -1.316 -0.874

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55041.50812.59481.20902.39022.13923.52062.14512.14512.83922.8392
C21.55042.59481.50812.39021.20903.52062.13922.83922.83922.14512.1451
C31.50812.59483.95112.40752.82531.09014.73141.09461.09464.25064.2506
C42.59481.50813.95112.82532.40754.73141.09014.25064.25061.09461.0946
O51.20902.39022.40752.82533.45632.56053.89693.11703.11702.77822.7782
O62.39021.20902.82532.40753.45633.89692.56052.77822.77823.11703.1170
H72.13923.52061.09014.73142.56053.89695.61591.79481.79484.89984.8998
H83.52062.13924.73141.09013.89692.56055.61594.89984.89981.79481.7948
H92.14512.83921.09464.25063.11702.77821.79484.89981.74894.45684.7876
H102.14512.83921.09464.25063.11702.77821.79484.89981.74894.78764.4568
H112.83922.14514.25061.09462.77823.11704.89981.79484.45684.78761.7489
H122.83922.14514.25061.09462.77823.11704.89981.79484.78764.45681.7489

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 116.068 C1 C2 O6 119.532
C1 C3 H7 109.799 C1 C3 H9 109.995
C1 C3 H10 109.995 C2 C1 C3 116.068
C2 C1 O5 119.532 C2 C4 H8 109.799
C2 C4 H11 109.995 C2 C4 H12 109.995
C3 C1 O5 124.400 C4 C2 O6 124.400
H7 C3 H9 110.479 H7 C3 H10 110.479
H8 C4 H11 110.479 H8 C4 H12 110.479
H9 C3 H10 106.035 H11 C4 H12 106.035
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.290      
2 C 0.290      
3 C -0.474      
4 C -0.474      
5 O -0.270      
6 O -0.270      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.141      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.157      


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 -37.909 6.883 0.000
y 6.883 -36.080 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.017
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.361 6.883 0.000
y 6.883 -0.617 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.977
Polar
3z2-r27.955
x2-y2-1.829
xy6.883
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.182 0.213 0.000
y 0.213 7.715 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.011


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.795
(<r2>)1/2 12.759