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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.623509
Energy at 298.15K-303.629657
Nuclear repulsion energy223.350081
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 QCISD/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 3140 3018 0.00      
2 Ag 3049 2930 0.00      
3 Ag 1710 1644 0.00      
4 Ag 1537 1477 0.00      
5 Ag 1460 1403 0.00      
6 Ag 1256 1207 0.00      
7 Ag 1030 990 0.00      
8 Ag 655 629 0.00      
9 Ag 542 521 0.00      
10 Ag 369 355 0.00      
11 Au 3108 2988 8.85      
12 Au 1551 1491 21.23      
13 Au 1035 995 5.35      
14 Au 384 369 3.15      
15 Au 123 118 1.55      
16 Au 75 72 5.84      
17 Bg 3108 2988 0.00      
18 Bg 1554 1494 0.00      
19 Bg 1120 1076 0.00      
20 Bg 667 641 0.00      
21 Bg 100 97 0.00      
22 Bu 3140 3018 15.25      
23 Bu 3049 2930 2.06      
24 Bu 1689 1623 66.03      
25 Bu 1538 1479 29.16      
26 Bu 1460 1403 59.12      
27 Bu 1155 1110 77.18      
28 Bu 904 869 24.54      
29 Bu 530 510 29.80      
30 Bu 243 234 16.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20640.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19837.7 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.16750 0.11310 0.06927

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.768 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.768 0.000
C3 1.224 1.554 0.000
C4 -1.224 -1.554 0.000
O5 -1.224 1.265 0.000
O6 1.224 -1.265 0.000
H7 1.002 2.627 0.000
H8 -1.002 -2.627 0.000
H9 1.818 1.291 0.886
H10 1.818 1.291 -0.886
H11 -1.818 -1.291 0.886
H12 -1.818 -1.291 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54501.52412.58791.24542.41662.15233.51792.16052.16052.83552.8355
C21.54502.58791.52412.41661.24543.51792.15232.83552.83552.16052.1605
C31.52412.58793.95642.46462.81961.09564.73721.09861.09864.25844.2584
C42.58791.52413.95642.81962.46464.73721.09564.25844.25841.09861.0986
O51.24542.41662.46462.81963.52072.60983.89893.16813.16812.77042.7704
O62.41661.24542.81962.46463.52073.89892.60982.77042.77043.16813.1681
H72.15233.51791.09564.73722.60983.89895.62401.79841.79844.90864.9086
H83.51792.15234.73721.09563.89892.60985.62404.90864.90861.79841.7984
H92.16052.83551.09864.25843.16812.77041.79844.90861.77214.45964.7988
H102.16052.83551.09864.25843.16812.77041.79844.90861.77214.79884.4596
H112.83552.16054.25841.09862.77043.16814.90861.79844.45964.79881.7721
H122.83552.16054.25841.09862.77043.16814.90861.79844.79884.45961.7721

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 114.958 C1 C2 O6 119.623
C1 C3 H7 109.391 C1 C3 H9 109.865
C1 C3 H10 109.865 C2 C1 C3 114.958
C2 C1 O5 119.623 C2 C4 H8 109.391
C2 C4 H11 109.865 C2 C4 H12 109.865
C3 C1 O5 125.420 C4 C2 O6 125.420
H7 C3 H9 110.091 H7 C3 H10 110.091
H8 C4 H11 110.091 H8 C4 H12 110.091
H9 C3 H10 107.516 H11 C4 H12 107.516
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability