return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C2H2O2 (Ethanedial)

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-225.306962
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-225.306962
Nuclear repulsion energy102.499067
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/3-21G*
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 3237 2922 0.00 165.98 0.29 0.45
2 Ag 1937 1748 0.00 57.35 0.48 0.65
3 Ag 1495 1349 0.00 12.12 0.58 0.73
4 Ag 1111 1003 0.00 9.97 0.72 0.84
5 Ag 601 543 0.00 4.56 0.33 0.49
6 Au 948 855 4.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 Au 211 191 41.74 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 Bg 1218 1099 0.00 11.36 0.75 0.86
9 Bu 3240 2924 85.66 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 Bu 1905 1719 140.87 0.00 0.00 0.00
11 Bu 1466 1323 11.73 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 Bu 356 322 65.30 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8861.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7998.8 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/3-21G*
ABC
1.91559 0.16136 0.14882

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/3-21G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.327 0.677 0.000
C2 0.327 -0.677 0.000
H3 -1.408 0.649 0.000
H4 1.408 -0.649 0.000
O5 0.327 1.691 0.000
O6 -0.327 -1.691 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 H3 H4 O5 O6
C11.50351.08152.18331.20612.3678
C21.50352.18331.08152.36781.2061
H31.08152.18333.10042.02342.5775
H42.18331.08153.10042.57752.0234
O51.20612.36782.02342.57753.4441
O62.36781.20612.57752.02343.4441

picture of Ethanedial state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 114.275 C1 C2 O6 121.435
C2 C1 H3 114.275 C2 C1 O5 121.435
H3 C1 O5 124.290 H4 C2 O6 124.290
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.249      
2 C 0.249      
3 H 0.241      
4 H 0.241      
5 O -0.490      
6 O -0.490      


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 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.908 -3.617 0.000
y -3.617 -32.071 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.289
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.771 -3.617 0.000
y -3.617 -10.972 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.201
Polar
3z2-r210.402
x2-y211.162
xy-3.617
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.309 0.835 0.000
y 0.835 4.388 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.319


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 74.498
(<r2>)1/2 8.631