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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.478248
Energy at 298.15K-306.484261
Nuclear repulsion energy226.862888
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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
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 3188 3050 0.00      
2 Ag 3071 2938 0.00      
3 Ag 1833 1754 0.00      
4 Ag 1456 1393 0.00      
5 Ag 1400 1339 0.00      
6 Ag 1297 1241 0.00      
7 Ag 1015 971 0.00      
8 Ag 700 669 0.00      
9 Ag 531 508 0.00      
10 Ag 363 347 0.00      
11 Au 3138 3002 4.86      
12 Au 1457 1393 24.93      
13 Au 954 913 6.34      
14 Au 353 338 4.27      
15 Au 106 101 0.48      
16 Au 47 45 10.73      
17 Bg 3138 3002 0.00      
18 Bg 1462 1399 0.00      
19 Bg 1073 1026 0.00      
20 Bg 628 601 0.00      
21 Bg 95 91 0.00      
22 Bu 3188 3050 12.70      
23 Bu 3071 2938 0.47      
24 Bu 1832 1753 261.76      
25 Bu 1457 1394 32.10      
26 Bu 1386 1326 84.42      
27 Bu 1143 1093 86.52      
28 Bu 922 882 18.27      
29 Bu 547 523 41.85      
30 Bu 239 228 16.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20542.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19653.0 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 mPW1PW91/6-311G**
ABC
0.17775 0.11337 0.07101

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-311G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.080 0.769 0.000
C2 0.080 -0.769 0.000
C3 1.187 1.566 0.000
C4 -1.187 -1.566 0.000
O5 -1.187 1.246 0.000
O6 1.187 -1.246 0.000
H7 0.952 2.628 0.000
H8 -0.952 -2.628 0.000
H9 1.791 1.307 0.873
H10 1.791 1.307 -0.873
H11 -1.791 -1.307 0.873
H12 -1.791 -1.307 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54591.49772.58401.20542.38072.12673.50692.13372.13372.82792.8279
C21.54592.58401.49772.38071.20543.50692.12672.82792.82792.13372.1337
C31.49772.58403.93072.39572.81281.08764.70841.09231.09234.22934.2293
C42.58401.49773.93072.81282.39574.70841.08764.22934.22931.09231.0923
O51.20542.38072.39572.81283.44272.54633.88183.10353.10352.76562.7656
O62.38071.20542.81282.39573.44273.88182.54632.76562.76563.10353.1035
H72.12673.50691.08764.70842.54633.88185.59041.79161.79164.87564.8756
H83.50692.12674.70841.08763.88182.54635.59044.87564.87561.79161.7916
H92.13372.82791.09234.22933.10352.76561.79164.87561.74584.43424.7655
H102.13372.82791.09234.22933.10352.76561.79164.87561.74584.76554.4342
H112.82792.13374.22931.09232.76563.10354.87561.79164.43424.76551.7458
H122.82792.13374.22931.09232.76563.10354.87561.79164.76554.43421.7458

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 116.202 C1 C2 O6 119.328
C1 C3 H7 109.680 C1 C3 H9 109.960
C1 C3 H10 109.960 C2 C1 C3 116.202
C2 C1 O5 119.328 C2 C4 H8 109.680
C2 C4 H11 109.960 C2 C4 H12 109.960
C3 C1 O5 124.470 C4 C2 O6 124.470
H7 C3 H9 110.545 H7 C3 H10 110.545
H8 C4 H11 110.545 H8 C4 H12 110.545
H9 C3 H10 106.098 H11 C4 H12 106.098
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.154      
2 C 0.154      
3 C -0.326      
4 C -0.326      
5 O -0.285      
6 O -0.285      
7 H 0.148      
8 H 0.148      
9 H 0.155      
10 H 0.155      
11 H 0.155      
12 H 0.155      


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 -38.238 7.293 0.000
y 7.293 -36.453 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.419
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.302 7.293 0.000
y 7.293 -0.625 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.927
Polar
3z2-r27.854
x2-y2-1.784
xy7.293
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.347 0.179 0.000
y 0.179 7.619 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.007


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 161.772
(<r2>)1/2 12.719