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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.699302
Energy at 298.15K-304.705715
Nuclear repulsion energy227.796547
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/6-31G**
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 3314 2991 0.00      
2 Ag 3207 2895 0.00      
3 Ag 2041 1842 0.00      
4 Ag 1586 1432 0.00      
5 Ag 1548 1397 0.00      
6 Ag 1423 1284 0.00      
7 Ag 1113 1004 0.00      
8 Ag 750 677 0.00      
9 Ag 576 520 0.00      
10 Ag 388 350 0.00      
11 Au 3275 2956 15.32      
12 Au 1593 1438 17.01      
13 Au 1064 961 4.23      
14 Au 391 353 12.83      
15 Au 132 119 0.17      
16 Au 56 51 12.24      
17 Bg 3275 2956 0.00      
18 Bg 1597 1441 0.00      
19 Bg 1179 1064 0.00      
20 Bg 680 614 0.00      
21 Bg 132 119 0.00      
22 Bu 3314 2991 21.31      
23 Bu 3207 2894 4.88      
24 Bu 2015 1819 329.34      
25 Bu 1586 1432 23.83      
26 Bu 1534 1385 41.59      
27 Bu 1234 1114 90.43      
28 Bu 994 897 14.63      
29 Bu 587 530 59.13      
30 Bu 256 231 18.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22022.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19877.5 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.18123 0.11286 0.07135

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.765 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.765 0.000
C3 1.179 1.585 0.000
C4 -1.179 -1.585 0.000
O5 -1.179 1.228 0.000
O6 1.179 -1.228 0.000
H7 0.921 2.634 0.000
H8 -0.921 -2.634 0.000
H9 1.778 1.346 0.871
H10 1.778 1.346 -0.871
H11 -1.778 -1.346 0.871
H12 -1.778 -1.346 -0.871

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53861.50422.59291.19042.35832.12143.50112.13502.13502.84442.8444
C21.53862.59291.50422.35831.19043.50112.12142.84442.84442.13502.1350
C31.50422.59293.95022.38472.81261.08094.71261.08421.08424.25354.2535
C42.59291.50423.95022.81262.38474.71261.08094.25354.25351.08421.0842
O51.19042.35832.38472.81263.40452.52723.87083.08523.08522.78242.7824
O62.35831.19042.81262.38473.40453.87082.52722.78242.78243.08523.0852
H72.12143.50111.08094.71262.52723.87085.58111.77621.77624.88724.8872
H83.50112.12144.71261.08093.87082.52725.58114.88724.88721.77621.7762
H92.13502.84441.08424.25353.08522.78241.77624.88721.74264.46034.7886
H102.13502.84441.08424.25353.08522.78241.77624.88721.74264.78864.4603
H112.84442.13504.25351.08422.78243.08524.88721.77624.46034.78861.7426
H122.84442.13504.25351.08422.78243.08524.88721.77624.78864.46031.7426

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 116.891 C1 C2 O6 119.022
C1 C3 H7 109.205 C1 C3 H9 110.085
C1 C3 H10 110.085 C2 C1 C3 116.891
C2 C1 O5 119.022 C2 C4 H8 109.205
C2 C4 H11 110.085 C2 C4 H12 110.085
C3 C1 O5 124.087 C4 C2 O6 124.087
H7 C3 H9 110.246 H7 C3 H10 110.246
H8 C4 H11 110.246 H8 C4 H12 110.246
H9 C3 H10 106.953 H11 C4 H12 106.953
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.421      
2 C 0.421      
3 C -0.398      
4 C -0.398      
5 O -0.492      
6 O -0.492      
7 H 0.156      
8 H 0.156      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.157      


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 -39.226 7.893 0.000
y 7.893 -36.836 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.415
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.101 7.893 0.000
y 7.893 -0.515 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.616
Polar
3z2-r29.232
x2-y2-2.390
xy7.893
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.518 -0.198 0.000
y -0.198 6.656 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.607


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 161.573
(<r2>)1/2 12.711