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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

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/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.545050
Energy at 298.15K-304.551517
Nuclear repulsion energy227.121089
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/6-31G
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 3325 3002 0.00      
2 Ag 3215 2903 0.00      
3 Ag 1940 1752 0.00      
4 Ag 1616 1459 0.00      
5 Ag 1579 1426 0.00      
6 Ag 1433 1294 0.00      
7 Ag 1145 1034 0.00      
8 Ag 757 683 0.00      
9 Ag 590 533 0.00      
10 Ag 399 360 0.00      
11 Au 3284 2965 8.89      
12 Au 1622 1464 28.44      
13 Au 1112 1004 7.23      
14 Au 405 366 11.42      
15 Au 122 110 0.57      
16 Au 61 55 14.93      
17 Bg 3284 2965 0.00      
18 Bg 1625 1467 0.00      
19 Bg 1205 1088 0.00      
20 Bg 696 629 0.00      
21 Bg 118 107 0.00      
22 Bu 3325 3003 14.48      
23 Bu 3215 2903 2.74      
24 Bu 1908 1723 246.17      
25 Bu 1618 1461 35.85      
26 Bu 1577 1424 60.58      
27 Bu 1267 1144 90.21      
28 Bu 1029 929 11.83      
29 Bu 596 538 57.15      
30 Bu 265 239 21.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22166.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20013.7 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.17925 0.11327 0.07120

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.068 0.757 0.000
C2 0.068 -0.757 0.000
C3 1.185 1.573 0.000
C4 -1.185 -1.573 0.000
O5 -1.185 1.239 0.000
O6 1.185 -1.239 0.000
H7 0.929 2.622 0.000
H8 -0.929 -2.622 0.000
H9 1.788 1.343 0.870
H10 1.788 1.343 -0.870
H11 -1.788 -1.343 0.870
H12 -1.788 -1.343 -0.870

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52091.49552.58431.21612.35732.11453.48702.13192.13192.85052.8505
C21.52092.58431.49552.35731.21613.48702.11452.85052.85052.13192.1319
C31.49552.58433.93922.39342.81241.07914.69771.08291.08294.25444.2544
C42.58431.49553.93922.81242.39344.69771.07914.25444.25441.08291.0829
O51.21612.35732.39342.81243.42902.52623.86923.09913.09912.79092.7909
O62.35731.21612.81242.39343.42903.86922.52622.79092.79093.09913.0991
H72.11453.48701.07914.69772.52623.86925.56301.76841.76844.88474.8847
H83.48702.11454.69771.07913.86922.52625.56304.88474.88471.76841.7684
H92.13192.85051.08294.25443.09912.79091.76844.88471.73944.47244.7988
H102.13192.85051.08294.25443.09912.79091.76844.88471.73944.79884.4724
H112.85052.13194.25441.08292.79093.09914.88471.76844.47244.79881.7394
H122.85052.13194.25441.08292.79093.09914.88471.76844.79884.47241.7394

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 117.906 C1 C2 O6 118.497
C1 C3 H7 109.362 C1 C3 H9 110.528
C1 C3 H10 110.528 C2 C1 C3 117.906
C2 C1 O5 118.497 C2 C4 H8 109.362
C2 C4 H11 110.528 C2 C4 H12 110.528
C3 C1 O5 123.597 C4 C2 O6 123.597
H7 C3 H9 109.764 H7 C3 H10 109.764
H8 C4 H11 109.764 H8 C4 H12 109.764
H9 C3 H10 106.864 H11 C4 H12 106.864
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.399      
2 C 0.399      
3 C -0.513      
4 C -0.513      
5 O -0.503      
6 O -0.503      
7 H 0.205      
8 H 0.205      
9 H 0.206      
10 H 0.206      
11 H 0.206      
12 H 0.206      


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 -40.466 9.373 0.000
y 9.373 -37.714 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.918
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.650 9.373 0.000
y 9.373 -0.521 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.172
Polar
3z2-r210.343
x2-y2-2.753
xy9.373
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.709 -0.529 0.000
y -0.529 6.274 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.326


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 162.365
(<r2>)1/2 12.742