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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.166196
Energy at 298.15K-305.172369
Nuclear repulsion energy222.402466
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 MP2=FULL/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 3190 3031 0.00      
2 Ag 3076 2923 0.00      
3 Ag 1614 1533 0.00      
4 Ag 1533 1457 0.00      
5 Ag 1473 1399 0.00      
6 Ag 1330 1264 0.00      
7 Ag 1051 999 0.00      
8 Ag 698 663 0.00      
9 Ag 537 510 0.00      
10 Ag 373 355 0.00      
11 Au 3156 2998 8.91      
12 Au 1539 1462 22.72      
13 Au 1033 981 4.12      
14 Au 359 341 4.55      
15 Au 121 115 0.00      
16 Au 65 62 10.24      
17 Bg 3156 2998 0.00      
18 Bg 1541 1464 0.00      
19 Bg 1108 1052 0.00      
20 Bg 625 594 0.00      
21 Bg 122 115 0.00      
22 Bu 3190 3031 14.21      
23 Bu 3076 2923 2.19      
24 Bu 1607 1527 29.22      
25 Bu 1537 1461 40.78      
26 Bu 1472 1399 56.96      
27 Bu 1184 1125 73.42      
28 Bu 955 908 18.04      
29 Bu 550 522 34.24      
30 Bu 245 233 16.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20758.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9501) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19722.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G
ABC
0.16972 0.11020 0.06852

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.060 0.764 0.000
C2 0.060 -0.764 0.000
C3 1.216 1.578 0.000
C4 -1.216 -1.578 0.000
O5 -1.216 1.285 0.000
O6 1.216 -1.285 0.000
H7 0.958 2.642 0.000
H8 -0.958 -2.642 0.000
H9 1.823 1.339 0.883
H10 1.823 1.339 -0.883
H11 -1.823 -1.339 0.883
H12 -1.823 -1.339 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53341.51332.61171.26742.41452.13643.52292.15812.15812.88302.8830
C21.53342.61171.51332.41451.26743.52292.13642.88302.88302.15812.1581
C31.51332.61173.98382.44872.86341.09504.74721.09821.09824.30384.3038
C42.61171.51333.98382.86342.44874.74721.09504.30384.30381.09821.0982
O51.26742.41452.44872.86343.53842.56253.93623.16483.16482.83512.8351
O62.41451.26742.86342.44873.53843.93622.56252.83512.83513.16483.1648
H72.13643.52291.09504.74722.56253.93625.62141.79611.79614.93634.9363
H83.52292.13644.74721.09503.93622.56255.62144.93634.93631.79611.7961
H92.15812.88301.09824.30383.16482.83511.79614.93631.76664.52404.8566
H102.15812.88301.09824.30383.16482.83511.79614.93631.76664.85664.5240
H112.88302.15814.30381.09822.83513.16484.93631.79614.52404.85661.7666
H122.88302.15814.30381.09822.83513.16484.93631.79614.85664.52401.7666

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 118.014 C1 C2 O6 118.794
C1 C3 H7 108.934 C1 C3 H9 110.450
C1 C3 H10 110.450 C2 C1 C3 118.014
C2 C1 O5 118.794 C2 C4 H8 108.934
C2 C4 H11 110.450 C2 C4 H12 110.450
C3 C1 O5 123.193 C4 C2 O6 123.193
H7 C3 H9 109.958 H7 C3 H10 109.958
H8 C4 H11 109.958 H8 C4 H12 109.958
H9 C3 H10 107.079 H11 C4 H12 107.079
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability