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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.364592
Energy at 298.15K-306.370576
Nuclear repulsion energy226.702603
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 B1B95/6-31+G**
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 3211 3071 0.00      
2 Ag 3085 2952 0.00      
3 Ag 1837 1757 0.00      
4 Ag 1457 1393 0.00      
5 Ag 1404 1344 0.00      
6 Ag 1302 1245 0.00      
7 Ag 1010 967 0.00      
8 Ag 702 672 0.00      
9 Ag 528 505 0.00      
10 Ag 355 339 0.00      
11 Au 3158 3021 2.50      
12 Au 1457 1393 25.53      
13 Au 951 909 5.51      
14 Au 348 333 5.61      
15 Au 106 101 0.02      
16 Au 56 54 12.82      
17 Bg 3158 3021 0.00      
18 Bg 1462 1399 0.00      
19 Bg 1062 1016 0.00      
20 Bg 615 589 0.00      
21 Bg 104 100 0.00      
22 Bu 3211 3072 9.47      
23 Bu 3085 2951 0.50      
24 Bu 1835 1755 280.16      
25 Bu 1458 1394 31.83      
26 Bu 1389 1329 83.26      
27 Bu 1142 1092 84.58      
28 Bu 924 884 13.81      
29 Bu 540 516 40.16      
30 Bu 229 219 17.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20589.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9566) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19695.4 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 B1B95/6-31+G**
ABC
0.17717 0.11357 0.07100

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.076 0.768 0.000
C2 0.076 -0.768 0.000
C3 1.189 1.564 0.000
C4 -1.189 -1.564 0.000
O5 -1.189 1.247 0.000
O6 1.189 -1.247 0.000
H7 0.957 2.626 0.000
H8 -0.957 -2.626 0.000
H9 1.792 1.302 0.872
H10 1.792 1.302 -0.872
H11 -1.792 -1.302 0.872
H12 -1.792 -1.302 -0.872

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54321.49502.58371.21192.37922.12613.50642.13012.13012.82652.8265
C21.54322.58371.49502.37921.21193.50642.12612.82652.82652.13012.1301
C31.49502.58373.92932.39972.81061.08754.70761.09241.09244.22644.2264
C42.58371.49503.92932.81062.39974.70761.08754.22644.22641.09241.0924
O51.21192.37922.39972.81063.44632.55133.87993.10713.10712.76042.7604
O62.37921.21192.81062.39973.44633.87992.55132.76042.76043.10713.1071
H72.12613.50641.08754.70762.55133.87995.59001.79251.79254.87314.8731
H83.50642.12614.70761.08753.87992.55135.59004.87314.87311.79251.7925
H92.13012.82651.09244.22643.10712.76041.79254.87311.74484.43024.7614
H102.13012.82651.09244.22643.10712.76041.79254.87311.74484.76144.4302
H112.82652.13014.22641.09242.76043.10714.87311.79254.43024.76141.7448
H122.82652.13014.22641.09242.76043.10714.87311.79254.76144.43021.7448

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 116.498 C1 C2 O6 118.952
C1 C3 H7 109.825 C1 C3 H9 109.847
C1 C3 H10 109.847 C2 C1 C3 116.498
C2 C1 O5 118.952 C2 C4 H8 109.825
C2 C4 H11 109.847 C2 C4 H12 109.847
C3 C1 O5 124.551 C4 C2 O6 124.551
H7 C3 H9 110.629 H7 C3 H10 110.629
H8 C4 H11 110.629 H8 C4 H12 110.629
H9 C3 H10 106.000 H11 C4 H12 106.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.391      
2 C 0.391      
3 C -0.572      
4 C -0.572      
5 O -0.404      
6 O -0.404      
7 H 0.191      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.197      
10 H 0.197      
11 H 0.197      
12 H 0.197      


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 -38.827 8.022 0.000
y 8.022 -36.963 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.714
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.489 8.022 0.000
y 8.022 -0.692 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.181
Polar
3z2-r28.363
x2-y2-1.864
xy8.022
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.111 -0.073 0.000
y -0.073 8.157 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.425


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.066
(<r2>)1/2 12.731