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

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.510801
Energy at 298.15K-303.517169
Nuclear repulsion energy225.675270
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 CID/3-21G
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 3248 3026 0.00      
2 Ag 3155 2939 0.00      
3 Ag 1842 1716 0.00      
4 Ag 1581 1473 0.00      
5 Ag 1513 1409 0.00      
6 Ag 1316 1226 0.00      
7 Ag 1077 1004 0.00      
8 Ag 693 646 0.00      
9 Ag 569 530 0.00      
10 Ag 386 360 0.00      
11 Au 3214 2994 5.62      
12 Au 1594 1485 24.79      
13 Au 1071 998 7.01      
14 Au 406 378 4.18      
15 Au 128 119 1.58      
16 Au 79 73 7.15      
17 Bg 3214 2994 0.00      
18 Bg 1597 1488 0.00      
19 Bg 1168 1088 0.00      
20 Bg 698 651 0.00      
21 Bg 108 101 0.00      
22 Bu 3248 3026 12.00      
23 Bu 3153 2937 0.96      
24 Bu 1825 1700 98.48      
25 Bu 1582 1474 29.48      
26 Bu 1512 1409 69.05      
27 Bu 1200 1118 86.76      
28 Bu 950 885 21.01      
29 Bu 556 518 36.75      
30 Bu 257 239 18.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21469.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20000.8 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 CID/3-21G
ABC
0.17195 0.11486 0.07066

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.761 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.761 0.000
C3 1.208 1.547 0.000
C4 -1.208 -1.547 0.000
O5 -1.208 1.248 0.000
O6 1.208 -1.248 0.000
H7 0.985 2.612 0.000
H8 -0.985 -2.612 0.000
H9 1.801 1.290 0.879
H10 1.801 1.290 -0.879
H11 -1.801 -1.290 0.879
H12 -1.801 -1.290 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53181.51082.56911.22702.38782.13553.49182.14362.14362.81692.8169
C21.53182.56911.51082.38781.22703.49182.13552.81692.81692.14362.1436
C31.51082.56913.92672.43532.79511.08734.70181.09041.09044.22814.2281
C42.56911.51083.92672.79512.43534.70181.08734.22814.22811.09041.0904
O51.22702.38782.43532.79513.47382.58273.86573.13493.13492.75012.7501
O62.38781.22702.79512.43533.47383.86572.58272.75012.75013.13493.1349
H72.13553.49181.08734.70182.58273.86575.58211.78431.78434.87374.8737
H83.49182.13554.70181.08733.86572.58275.58214.87374.87371.78431.7843
H92.14362.81691.09044.22813.13492.75011.78434.87371.75744.43004.7659
H102.14362.81691.09044.22813.13492.75011.78434.87371.75744.76594.4300
H112.81692.14364.22811.09042.75013.13494.87371.78434.43004.76591.7574
H122.81692.14364.22811.09042.75013.13494.87371.78434.76594.43001.7574

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 115.213 C1 C2 O6 119.479
C1 C3 H7 109.485 C1 C3 H9 109.938
C1 C3 H10 109.938 C2 C1 C3 115.213
C2 C1 O5 119.479 C2 C4 H8 109.485
C2 C4 H11 109.938 C2 C4 H12 109.938
C3 C1 O5 125.308 C4 C2 O6 125.308
H7 C3 H9 110.039 H7 C3 H10 110.039
H8 C4 H11 110.039 H8 C4 H12 110.039
H9 C3 H10 107.378 H11 C4 H12 107.378
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability