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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.651773
Energy at 298.15K-304.658068
Nuclear repulsion energy226.430536
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 B1B95/3-21G
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 3211 3072 0.00      
2 Ag 3094 2960 0.00      
3 Ag 1785 1708 0.00      
4 Ag 1510 1444 0.00      
5 Ag 1447 1385 0.00      
6 Ag 1276 1221 0.00      
7 Ag 1037 992 0.00      
8 Ag 682 652 0.00      
9 Ag 551 528 0.00      
10 Ag 389 372 0.00      
11 Au 3154 3018 1.35      
12 Au 1531 1465 32.69      
13 Au 1012 969 12.27      
14 Au 394 377 1.66      
15 Au 142 136 0.90      
16 Au 69 66 9.00      
17 Bg 3155 3018 0.00      
18 Bg 1537 1471 0.00      
19 Bg 1117 1069 0.00      
20 Bg 686 656 0.00      
21 Bg 110 105 0.00      
22 Bu 3211 3072 9.42      
23 Bu 3094 2960 0.49      
24 Bu 1780 1703 123.40      
25 Bu 1512 1447 31.31      
26 Bu 1446 1383 115.10      
27 Bu 1163 1112 95.69      
28 Bu 933 893 21.71      
29 Bu 532 509 30.36      
30 Bu 265 254 19.52      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20912.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20007.0 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.17075 0.11744 0.07141

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.760 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.760 0.000
C3 1.210 1.519 0.000
C4 -1.210 -1.519 0.000
O5 -1.210 1.247 0.000
O6 1.210 -1.247 0.000
H7 1.020 2.590 0.000
H8 -1.020 -2.590 0.000
H9 1.802 1.238 0.876
H10 1.802 1.238 -0.876
H11 -1.802 -1.238 0.876
H12 -1.802 -1.238 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52981.49862.54341.22892.38762.13593.47952.13162.13162.77842.7784
C21.52982.54341.49862.38761.22893.47952.13592.77842.77842.13162.1316
C31.49862.54343.88442.43612.76601.08814.67541.09341.09344.17634.1763
C42.54341.49863.88442.76602.43614.67541.08814.17634.17631.09341.0934
O51.22892.38762.43612.76603.47582.60353.84213.13683.13682.70072.7007
O62.38761.22892.76602.43613.47583.84212.60352.70072.70073.13683.1368
H72.13593.47951.08814.67542.60353.84215.56761.79061.79064.83594.8359
H83.47952.13594.67541.08813.84212.60355.56764.83594.83591.79061.7906
H92.13162.77841.09344.17633.13682.70071.79064.83591.75204.37224.7101
H102.13162.77841.09344.17633.13682.70071.79064.83591.75204.71014.3722
H112.77842.13164.17631.09342.70073.13684.83591.79064.37224.71011.7520
H122.77842.13164.17631.09342.70073.13684.83591.79064.71014.37221.7520

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 114.249 C1 C2 O6 119.484
C1 C3 H7 110.321 C1 C3 H9 109.656
C1 C3 H10 109.656 C2 C1 C3 114.249
C2 C1 O5 119.484 C2 C4 H8 110.321
C2 C4 H11 109.656 C2 C4 H12 109.656
C3 C1 O5 126.267 C4 C2 O6 126.267
H7 C3 H9 110.324 H7 C3 H10 110.324
H8 C4 H11 110.324 H8 C4 H12 110.324
H9 C3 H10 106.484 H11 C4 H12 106.484
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.353      
2 C 0.353      
3 C -0.674      
4 C -0.674      
5 O -0.433      
6 O -0.433      
7 H 0.243      
8 H 0.243      
9 H 0.255      
10 H 0.255      
11 H 0.255      
12 H 0.255      


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 -37.984 7.067 0.000
y 7.067 -36.420 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.496
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.026 7.067 0.000
y 7.067 -0.680 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.707
Polar
3z2-r27.413
x2-y2-1.564
xy7.067
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.397 -0.044 0.000
y -0.044 6.410 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.119


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.762
(<r2>)1/2 12.679