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All results from a given calculation for C2H4O2 (1,3-dioxetane)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.972968
Energy at 298.15K-228.978682
Nuclear repulsion energy131.151398
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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 3010 2898 0.00      
2 Ag 1594 1535 0.00      
3 Ag 1138 1095 0.00      
4 Ag 895 862 0.00      
5 Au 1136 1093 0.00      
6 B1g 1349 1299 0.00      
7 B1g 1025 987 0.00      
8 B1u 3048 2934 179.52      
9 B1u 1185 1141 18.98      
10 B1u 170 163 14.09      
11 B2g 3045 2931 0.00      
12 B2g 1133 1090 0.00      
13 B2u 1456 1402 23.61      
14 B2u 972 936 110.77      
15 B3g 1073 1033 0.00      
16 B3u 2991 2880 250.66      
17 B3u 1557 1499 16.67      
18 B3u 1101 1060 256.21      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13938.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13418.1 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.46287 0.44997 0.25054

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.975 0.000 0.000
C2 0.975 0.000 0.000
O3 0.000 1.033 0.000
O4 0.000 -1.033 0.000
H5 -1.599 0.000 0.905
H6 1.599 0.000 0.905
H7 -1.599 0.000 -0.905
H8 1.599 0.000 -0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.95011.42081.42081.09872.72811.09872.7281
C21.95011.42081.42082.72811.09872.72811.0987
O31.42081.42082.06692.10762.10762.10762.1076
O41.42081.42082.06692.10762.10762.10762.1076
H51.09872.72812.10762.10763.19741.80923.6738
H62.72811.09872.10762.10763.19743.67381.8092
H71.09872.72812.10762.10761.80923.67383.1974
H82.72811.09872.10762.10763.67381.80923.1974

picture of 1,3-dioxetane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O3 C2 86.670 C1 O4 C2 86.670
O3 C1 O4 93.330 O3 C1 H5 112.925
O3 C1 H7 112.925 O3 C2 O4 93.330
O3 C2 H6 112.925 O3 C2 H8 112.925
O4 C1 H5 112.925 O4 C1 H7 112.925
O4 C2 H6 112.925 O4 C2 H8 112.925
H5 C1 H7 110.833 H6 C2 H8 110.833
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.064      
2 C -0.064      
3 O -0.339      
4 O -0.339      
5 H 0.201      
6 H 0.201      
7 H 0.201      
8 H 0.201      


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 -18.732 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -28.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.589
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.854 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -7.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.068
Polar
3z2-r22.136
x2-y29.851
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.129 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.076 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.663


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 56.547
(<r2>)1/2 7.520