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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.591361
Energy at 298.15K-306.597394
HF Energy-306.591361
Nuclear repulsion energy225.906543
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 B3LYP/TZVP
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 3154 3045 0.00      
2 Ag 3047 2942 0.00      
3 Ag 1783 1722 0.00      
4 Ag 1461 1410 0.00      
5 Ag 1400 1351 0.00      
6 Ag 1272 1228 0.00      
7 Ag 1015 980 0.00      
8 Ag 682 659 0.00      
9 Ag 520 502 0.00      
10 Ag 365 352 0.00      
11 Au 3102 2995 5.55      
12 Au 1460 1410 23.62      
13 Au 962 929 4.06      
14 Au 354 342 6.23      
15 Au 112 108 0.07      
16 Au 45 44 11.99      
17 Bg 3102 2995 0.00      
18 Bg 1465 1415 0.00      
19 Bg 1070 1033 0.00      
20 Bg 620 599 0.00      
21 Bg 109 105 0.00      
22 Bu 3155 3045 13.43      
23 Bu 3047 2942 0.44      
24 Bu 1784 1722 258.17      
25 Bu 1462 1412 30.59      
26 Bu 1394 1346 71.79      
27 Bu 1136 1097 82.38      
28 Bu 910 879 27.76      
29 Bu 552 532 38.86      
30 Bu 242 234 16.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20391.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9654) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19686.1 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 B3LYP/TZVP
ABC
0.17706 0.11177 0.07027

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/TZVP

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.080 0.773 0.000
C2 0.080 -0.773 0.000
C3 1.190 1.579 0.000
C4 -1.190 -1.579 0.000
O5 -1.190 1.255 0.000
O6 1.190 -1.255 0.000
H7 0.948 2.639 0.000
H8 -0.948 -2.639 0.000
H9 1.795 1.326 0.873
H10 1.795 1.326 -0.873
H11 -1.795 -1.326 0.873
H12 -1.795 -1.326 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55511.50332.60111.20982.39272.13043.52172.14102.14102.84862.8486
C21.55512.60111.50332.39271.20983.52172.13042.84862.84862.14102.1410
C31.50332.60113.95382.40112.83381.08764.72921.09231.09234.25594.2559
C42.60111.50333.95382.83382.40114.72921.08764.25594.25591.09231.0923
O51.20982.39272.40112.83383.45822.54713.90183.11083.11082.79142.7914
O62.39271.20982.83382.40113.45823.90182.54712.79142.79143.11083.1108
H72.13043.52171.08764.72922.54713.90185.60921.79001.79004.90074.9007
H83.52172.13044.72921.08763.90182.54715.60924.90074.90071.79001.7900
H92.14102.84861.09234.25593.11082.79141.79004.90071.74634.46424.7936
H102.14102.84861.09234.25593.11082.79141.79004.90071.74634.79364.4642
H112.84862.14104.25591.09232.79143.11084.90071.79004.46424.79361.7463
H122.84862.14104.25591.09232.79143.11084.90071.79004.79364.46421.7463

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 116.515 C1 C2 O6 119.335
C1 C3 H7 109.584 C1 C3 H9 110.140
C1 C3 H10 110.140 C2 C1 C3 116.515
C2 C1 O5 119.335 C2 C4 H8 109.584
C2 C4 H11 110.140 C2 C4 H12 110.140
C3 C1 O5 124.150 C4 C2 O6 124.150
H7 C3 H9 110.398 H7 C3 H10 110.398
H8 C4 H11 110.398 H8 C4 H12 110.398
H9 C3 H10 106.136 H11 C4 H12 106.136
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.165      
2 C 0.165      
3 C -0.355      
4 C -0.355      
5 O -0.250      
6 O -0.250      
7 H 0.152      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.144      
10 H 0.144      
11 H 0.144      
12 H 0.144      


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 -39.261 7.862 0.000
y 7.862 -37.250 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.918
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.677 7.862 0.000
y 7.862 -0.660 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.337
Polar
3z2-r28.674
x2-y2-2.011
xy7.862
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.031 0.055 0.000
y 0.055 8.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.520


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 163.690
(<r2>)1/2 12.794