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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at HF/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.767993
Energy at 298.15K-304.774428
Nuclear repulsion energy228.026032
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 HF/6-311G**
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 3289 2988 0.00      
2 Ag 3189 2897 0.00      
3 Ag 2021 1836 0.00      
4 Ag 1578 1433 0.00      
5 Ag 1534 1394 0.00      
6 Ag 1409 1280 0.00      
7 Ag 1106 1005 0.00      
8 Ag 746 678 0.00      
9 Ag 576 523 0.00      
10 Ag 387 352 0.00      
11 Au 3252 2954 20.13      
12 Au 1582 1437 19.40      
13 Au 1057 960 4.07      
14 Au 393 357 11.63      
15 Au 133 120 0.15      
16 Au 56 51 12.19      
17 Bg 3251 2954 0.00      
18 Bg 1586 1441 0.00      
19 Bg 1179 1071 0.00      
20 Bg 681 619 0.00      
21 Bg 132 120 0.00      
22 Bu 3290 2989 25.09      
23 Bu 3188 2896 5.51      
24 Bu 1996 1813 371.01      
25 Bu 1578 1434 28.18      
26 Bu 1520 1381 42.12      
27 Bu 1228 1116 86.36      
28 Bu 984 894 17.87      
29 Bu 589 535 59.26      
30 Bu 257 234 17.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21882.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19880.5 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 HF/6-311G**
ABC
0.18193 0.11278 0.07143

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.084 0.767 0.000
C2 0.084 -0.767 0.000
C3 1.177 1.587 0.000
C4 -1.177 -1.587 0.000
O5 -1.177 1.226 0.000
O6 1.177 -1.226 0.000
H7 0.917 2.636 0.000
H8 -0.917 -2.636 0.000
H9 1.775 1.346 0.872
H10 1.775 1.346 -0.872
H11 -1.775 -1.346 0.872
H12 -1.775 -1.346 -0.872

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54231.50422.59441.18492.35812.12123.50332.13412.13412.84302.8430
C21.54232.59441.50422.35811.18493.50332.12122.84302.84302.13412.1341
C31.50422.59443.95072.38062.81281.08114.71371.08451.08454.25154.2515
C42.59441.50423.95072.81282.38064.71371.08114.25154.25151.08451.0845
O51.18492.35812.38062.81283.39862.52463.87113.08023.08022.78122.7812
O62.35811.18492.81282.38063.39863.87112.52462.78122.78123.08023.0802
H72.12123.50331.08114.71372.52463.87115.58271.77771.77774.88584.8858
H83.50332.12124.71371.08113.87112.52465.58274.88584.88581.77771.7777
H92.13412.84301.08454.25153.08022.78121.77774.88581.74334.45604.7849
H102.13412.84301.08454.25153.08022.78121.77774.88581.74334.78494.4560
H112.84302.13414.25151.08452.78123.08024.88581.77774.45604.78491.7433
H122.84302.13414.25151.08452.78123.08024.88581.77774.78494.45601.7433

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 116.761 C1 C2 O6 119.102
C1 C3 H7 109.175 C1 C3 H9 109.992
C1 C3 H10 109.992 C2 C1 C3 116.761
C2 C1 O5 119.102 C2 C4 H8 109.175
C2 C4 H11 109.992 C2 C4 H12 109.992
C3 C1 O5 124.137 C4 C2 O6 124.137
H7 C3 H9 110.345 H7 C3 H10 110.345
H8 C4 H11 110.345 H8 C4 H12 110.345
H9 C3 H10 106.973 H11 C4 H12 106.973
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.232      
2 C 0.232      
3 C -0.229      
4 C -0.229      
5 O -0.376      
6 O -0.376      
7 H 0.126      
8 H 0.126      
9 H 0.124      
10 H 0.124      
11 H 0.124      
12 H 0.124      


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 -39.413 7.850 0.000
y 7.850 -36.968 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.564
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.147 7.850 0.000
y 7.850 -0.479 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.626
Polar
3z2-r29.253
x2-y2-2.445
xy7.850
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.767 -0.072 0.000
y -0.072 6.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.827


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 161.530
(<r2>)1/2 12.709