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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.589381
Energy at 298.15K-303.595574
Nuclear repulsion energy223.405051
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 MP2/3-21G
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 3201 3055 0.00      
2 Ag 3102 2961 0.00      
3 Ag 1644 1569 0.00      
4 Ag 1550 1479 0.00      
5 Ag 1474 1407 0.00      
6 Ag 1267 1209 0.00      
7 Ag 1031 984 0.00      
8 Ag 660 630 0.00      
9 Ag 544 520 0.00      
10 Ag 374 357 0.00      
11 Au 3170 3026 5.49      
12 Au 1573 1501 22.43      
13 Au 1043 996 5.95      
14 Au 387 370 2.07      
15 Au 126 120 1.49      
16 Au 73 70 5.71      
17 Bg 3170 3026 0.00      
18 Bg 1576 1504 0.00      
19 Bg 1132 1081 0.00      
20 Bg 677 646 0.00      
21 Bg 98 94 0.00      
22 Bu 3201 3055 12.73      
23 Bu 3102 2961 0.81      
24 Bu 1633 1558 22.68      
25 Bu 1554 1483 34.89      
26 Bu 1473 1406 67.86      
27 Bu 1166 1113 79.38      
28 Bu 913 872 27.42      
29 Bu 533 509 26.88      
30 Bu 245 234 16.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20846.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19897.6 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
0.16683 0.11375 0.06938

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.078 0.765 0.000
C2 0.078 -0.765 0.000
C3 1.226 1.544 0.000
C4 -1.226 -1.544 0.000
O5 -1.226 1.272 0.000
O6 1.226 -1.272 0.000
H7 1.008 2.614 0.000
H8 -1.008 -2.614 0.000
H9 1.817 1.279 0.883
H10 1.817 1.279 -0.883
H11 -1.817 -1.279 0.883
H12 -1.817 -1.279 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53821.51862.57831.25442.41842.14433.50462.15282.15282.82522.8252
C21.53822.57831.51862.41841.25443.50462.14432.82522.82522.15282.1528
C31.51862.57833.94232.46632.81551.09204.71981.09481.09484.24334.2433
C42.57831.51863.94232.81552.46634.71981.09204.24334.24331.09481.0948
O51.25442.41842.46632.81553.53242.60603.89173.16803.16802.76342.7634
O62.41841.25442.81552.46633.53243.89172.60602.76342.76343.16803.1680
H72.14433.50461.09204.71982.60603.89175.60311.79281.79284.89054.8905
H83.50462.14434.71981.09203.89172.60605.60314.89054.89051.79281.7928
H92.15282.82521.09484.24333.16802.76341.79284.89051.76524.44424.7820
H102.15282.82521.09484.24333.16802.76341.79284.89051.76524.78204.4442
H112.82522.15284.24331.09482.76343.16804.89051.79284.44424.78201.7652
H122.82522.15284.24331.09482.76343.16804.89051.79284.78204.44421.7652

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 115.016 C1 C2 O6 119.655
C1 C3 H7 109.360 C1 C3 H9 109.866
C1 C3 H10 109.866 C2 C1 C3 115.016
C2 C1 O5 119.655 C2 C4 H8 109.360
C2 C4 H11 109.866 C2 C4 H12 109.866
C3 C1 O5 125.329 C4 C2 O6 125.329
H7 C3 H9 110.140 H7 C3 H10 110.140
H8 C4 H11 110.140 H8 C4 H12 110.140
H9 C3 H10 107.448 H11 C4 H12 107.448
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability