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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.073979
Energy at 298.15K-305.080297
Nuclear repulsion energy224.860915
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 CID/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 3245 3034 0.00      
2 Ag 3138 2935 0.00      
3 Ag 1817 1699 0.00      
4 Ag 1567 1466 0.00      
5 Ag 1515 1417 0.00      
6 Ag 1381 1292 0.00      
7 Ag 1095 1024 0.00      
8 Ag 730 683 0.00      
9 Ag 565 528 0.00      
10 Ag 384 359 0.00      
11 Au 3208 3000 9.17      
12 Au 1565 1464 25.16      
13 Au 1064 995 5.04      
14 Au 379 355 8.04      
15 Au 123 115 0.05      
16 Au 61 57 12.46      
17 Bg 3208 3000 0.00      
18 Bg 1568 1466 0.00      
19 Bg 1147 1073 0.00      
20 Bg 653 611 0.00      
21 Bg 122 114 0.00      
22 Bu 3245 3035 13.80      
23 Bu 3136 2933 2.36      
24 Bu 1797 1680 142.38      
25 Bu 1569 1467 33.87      
26 Bu 1514 1416 56.60      
27 Bu 1220 1141 81.05      
28 Bu 991 927 12.63      
29 Bu 573 536 45.54      
30 Bu 254 237 18.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21416.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20028.2 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
0.17498 0.11159 0.06990

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.066 0.762 0.000
C2 0.066 -0.762 0.000
C3 1.199 1.580 0.000
C4 -1.199 -1.580 0.000
O5 -1.199 1.258 0.000
O6 1.199 -1.258 0.000
H7 0.938 2.637 0.000
H8 -0.938 -2.637 0.000
H9 1.805 1.346 0.878
H10 1.805 1.346 -0.878
H11 -1.805 -1.346 0.878
H12 -1.805 -1.346 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52901.50622.60071.23632.38282.12763.50892.14782.14782.86982.8698
C21.52902.60071.50622.38281.23633.50892.12762.86982.86982.14782.1478
C31.50622.60073.96562.41862.83751.08914.72731.09261.09264.28364.2836
C42.60071.50623.96562.83752.41864.72731.08914.28364.28361.09261.0926
O51.23632.38282.41862.83753.47492.54333.90373.13033.13032.81402.8140
O62.38281.23632.83752.41863.47493.90372.54332.81402.81403.13033.1303
H72.12763.50891.08914.72732.54333.90375.59821.78601.78604.91534.9153
H83.50892.12764.72731.08913.90372.54335.59824.91534.91531.78601.7860
H92.14782.86981.09264.28363.13032.81401.78604.91531.75704.50254.8332
H102.14782.86981.09264.28363.13032.81401.78604.91531.75704.83324.5025
H112.86982.14784.28361.09262.81403.13034.91531.78604.50254.83321.7570
H122.86982.14784.28361.09262.81403.13034.91531.78604.83324.50251.7570

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 117.927 C1 C2 O6 118.629
C1 C3 H7 109.069 C1 C3 H9 110.466
C1 C3 H10 110.466 C2 C1 C3 117.927
C2 C1 O5 118.629 C2 C4 H8 109.069
C2 C4 H11 110.466 C2 C4 H12 110.466
C3 C1 O5 123.443 C4 C2 O6 123.443
H7 C3 H9 109.896 H7 C3 H10 109.896
H8 C4 H11 109.896 H8 C4 H12 109.896
H9 C3 H10 107.032 H11 C4 H12 107.032
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability