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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.381374
Energy at 298.15K-306.387484
Nuclear repulsion energy224.493311
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 B3LYP/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 3181 3060 0.00      
2 Ag 3062 2945 0.00      
3 Ag 1718 1653 0.00      
4 Ag 1499 1442 0.00      
5 Ag 1445 1390 0.00      
6 Ag 1307 1257 0.00      
7 Ag 1043 1004 0.00      
8 Ag 696 670 0.00      
9 Ag 537 517 0.00      
10 Ag 373 358 0.00      
11 Au 3124 3005 6.24      
12 Au 1504 1447 27.54      
13 Au 1006 968 8.76      
14 Au 364 350 4.24      
15 Au 111 107 0.46      
16 Au 58 56 11.97      
17 Bg 3124 3006 0.00      
18 Bg 1509 1451 0.00      
19 Bg 1097 1056 0.00      
20 Bg 641 617 0.00      
21 Bg 101 97 0.00      
22 Bu 3181 3060 14.89      
23 Bu 3062 2945 0.20      
24 Bu 1714 1649 153.49      
25 Bu 1502 1445 36.07      
26 Bu 1443 1388 82.66      
27 Bu 1170 1126 89.46      
28 Bu 948 912 18.52      
29 Bu 549 529 37.55      
30 Bu 246 237 18.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20658.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.962) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19873.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G
ABC
0.17314 0.11203 0.06976

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.067 0.765 0.000
C2 0.067 -0.765 0.000
C3 1.203 1.568 0.000
C4 -1.203 -1.568 0.000
O5 -1.203 1.268 0.000
O6 1.203 -1.268 0.000
H7 0.966 2.632 0.000
H8 -0.966 -2.632 0.000
H9 1.813 1.319 0.876
H10 1.813 1.319 -0.876
H11 -1.813 -1.319 0.876
H12 -1.813 -1.319 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53551.50242.59401.24192.39702.13423.51392.14692.14692.85612.8561
C21.53552.59401.50242.39701.24193.51392.13422.85612.85612.14692.1469
C31.50242.59403.95142.42392.83561.09084.72661.09611.09614.26544.2654
C42.59401.50243.95142.83562.42394.72661.09084.26544.26541.09611.0961
O51.24192.39702.42392.83563.49542.56193.90763.14043.14042.79912.7991
O62.39701.24192.83562.42393.49543.90762.56192.79912.79913.14043.1404
H72.13423.51391.09084.72662.56193.90765.60781.79131.79134.90944.9094
H83.51392.13424.72661.09083.90762.56195.60784.90944.90941.79131.7913
H92.14692.85611.09614.26543.14042.79911.79134.90941.75264.48384.8141
H102.14692.85611.09614.26543.14042.79911.79134.90941.75264.81414.4838
H112.85612.14694.26541.09612.79913.14044.90941.79134.48384.81411.7526
H122.85612.14694.26541.09612.79913.14044.90941.79134.81414.48381.7526

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 117.266 C1 C2 O6 118.939
C1 C3 H7 109.757 C1 C3 H9 110.449
C1 C3 H10 110.449 C2 C1 C3 117.266
C2 C1 O5 118.939 C2 C4 H8 109.757
C2 C4 H11 110.449 C2 C4 H12 110.449
C3 C1 O5 123.795 C4 C2 O6 123.795
H7 C3 H9 109.987 H7 C3 H10 109.987
H8 C4 H11 109.987 H8 C4 H12 109.987
H9 C3 H10 106.157 H11 C4 H12 106.157
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.309      
2 C 0.309      
3 C -0.465      
4 C -0.465      
5 O -0.385      
6 O -0.385      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.172      
9 H 0.184      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.184      
12 H 0.184      


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 -38.871 8.309 0.000
y 8.309 -36.995 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.462
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.642 8.309 0.000
y 8.309 -0.828 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.471
Polar
3z2-r28.941
x2-y2-1.876
xy8.309
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.073 -0.211 0.000
y -0.211 6.937 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.453


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.447
(<r2>)1/2 12.824