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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.365480
Energy at 298.15K-306.371453
Nuclear repulsion energy225.968080
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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 3192 3059 0.00      
2 Ag 3070 2942 0.00      
3 Ag 1827 1751 0.00      
4 Ag 1459 1398 0.00      
5 Ag 1401 1343 0.00      
6 Ag 1295 1241 0.00      
7 Ag 1012 970 0.00      
8 Ag 695 666 0.00      
9 Ag 526 504 0.00      
10 Ag 361 346 0.00      
11 Au 3142 3011 3.42      
12 Au 1464 1403 21.71      
13 Au 953 913 7.27      
14 Au 347 333 4.31      
15 Au 108 103 0.20      
16 Au 50 48 10.61      
17 Bg 3142 3011 0.00      
18 Bg 1469 1408 0.00      
19 Bg 1065 1020 0.00      
20 Bg 622 596 0.00      
21 Bg 100 95 0.00      
22 Bu 3193 3060 11.17      
23 Bu 3070 2942 0.22      
24 Bu 1826 1750 218.64      
25 Bu 1460 1399 27.12      
26 Bu 1389 1332 78.00      
27 Bu 1138 1091 91.13      
28 Bu 919 881 16.86      
29 Bu 540 517 39.25      
30 Bu 236 226 16.98      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20533.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19679.4 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.17600 0.11276 0.07050

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.079 0.769 0.000
C2 0.079 -0.769 0.000
C3 1.193 1.569 0.000
C4 -1.193 -1.569 0.000
O5 -1.193 1.253 0.000
O6 1.193 -1.253 0.000
H7 0.960 2.634 0.000
H8 -0.960 -2.634 0.000
H9 1.798 1.310 0.875
H10 1.798 1.310 -0.875
H11 -1.798 -1.310 0.875
H12 -1.798 -1.310 -0.875

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54681.50232.58981.21432.38922.13403.51502.14072.14072.83652.8365
C21.54682.58981.50232.38921.21433.51502.13402.83652.83652.14072.1407
C31.50232.58983.94152.40662.82181.09014.72151.09471.09474.24284.2428
C42.58981.50233.94152.82182.40664.72151.09014.24284.24281.09471.0947
O51.21432.38922.40662.82183.46022.55723.89363.11713.11712.77542.7754
O62.38921.21432.82182.40663.46023.89362.55722.77542.77543.11713.1171
H72.13403.51501.09014.72152.55723.89365.60591.79431.79434.89144.8914
H83.51502.13404.72151.09013.89362.55725.60594.89144.89141.79431.7943
H92.14072.83651.09474.24283.11712.77541.79434.89141.74934.45024.7817
H102.14072.83651.09474.24283.11712.77541.79434.89141.74934.78174.4502
H112.83652.14074.24281.09472.77543.11714.89141.79434.45024.78171.7493
H122.83652.14074.24281.09472.77543.11714.89141.79434.78174.45021.7493

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 116.273 C1 C2 O6 119.348
C1 C3 H7 109.788 C1 C3 H9 110.043
C1 C3 H10 110.043 C2 C1 C3 116.273
C2 C1 O5 119.348 C2 C4 H8 109.788
C2 C4 H11 110.043 C2 C4 H12 110.043
C3 C1 O5 124.379 C4 C2 O6 124.379
H7 C3 H9 110.421 H7 C3 H10 110.421
H8 C4 H11 110.421 H8 C4 H12 110.421
H9 C3 H10 106.067 H11 C4 H12 106.067
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.366      
2 C 0.366      
3 C -0.456      
4 C -0.456      
5 O -0.419      
6 O -0.419      
7 H 0.163      
8 H 0.163      
9 H 0.173      
10 H 0.173      
11 H 0.173      
12 H 0.173      


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 -37.639 7.250 0.000
y 7.250 -35.982 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.035
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.130 7.250 0.000
y 7.250 -0.645 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.775
Polar
3z2-r27.550
x2-y2-1.657
xy7.250
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.039 0.047 0.000
y 0.047 7.308 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.729


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.459
(<r2>)1/2 12.746