return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for CH3COCH2CH3 (2-Butanone)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 2 yes C1 1A

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at B3PW91/6-31G*
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (C1)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-232.383475
Energy at 298.15K-232.391638
Nuclear repulsion energy175.904445
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3182 3044 9.31      
2 A 3159 3022 20.83      
3 A 3151 3015 21.32      
4 A 3126 2990 10.15      
5 A 3075 2942 21.74      
6 A 3070 2937 9.90      
7 A 3059 2927 7.22      
8 A 3037 2906 16.42      
9 A 1833 1753 132.91      
10 A 1524 1458 9.15      
11 A 1519 1453 7.36      
12 A 1501 1436 11.54      
13 A 1491 1426 19.81      
14 A 1477 1413 2.70      
15 A 1437 1375 6.34      
16 A 1410 1349 53.53      
17 A 1388 1328 12.14      
18 A 1295 1239 0.02      
19 A 1202 1150 72.77      
20 A 1140 1091 0.46      
21 A 1120 1072 1.32      
22 A 1015 971 4.40      
23 A 959 917 5.08      
24 A 951 910 8.00      
25 A 773 740 2.80      
26 A 761 728 3.66      
27 A 592 566 8.21      
28 A 474 454 0.00      
29 A 401 384 4.05      
30 A 247 237 5.21      
31 A 202 193 0.17      
32 A 105 100 0.00      
33 A 22 21 0.14      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24848.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23772.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.31848 0.11979 0.09145

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.888 -0.498 0.000
C2 0.526 0.167 -0.000
C3 -0.681 -0.758 -0.000
C4 -2.013 -0.021 0.000
O5 0.407 1.376 -0.000
H6 2.672 0.262 -0.000
H7 2.003 -1.141 0.882
H8 2.003 -1.142 -0.880
H9 -2.848 -0.729 -0.000
H10 -2.103 0.621 0.881
H11 -2.104 0.622 -0.880
H12 -0.596 -1.423 -0.873
H13 -0.596 -1.424 0.871

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13
C11.51622.58263.93002.38901.09181.09711.09704.74214.23804.23822.79092.7905
C21.51621.52082.54541.21482.14812.16152.16163.49102.80972.80952.13302.1331
C32.58261.52081.52172.39563.50482.85162.85092.16722.16822.16821.10041.1004
C43.93002.54541.52172.79414.69304.26134.26131.09501.09401.09402.17592.1760
O52.38901.21482.39562.79412.52403.10853.10913.87652.76552.76483.09903.0997
H61.09182.14813.50484.69302.52401.78731.78735.60834.86904.86883.77893.7791
H71.09712.16152.85164.26133.10851.78731.76184.94824.46874.80383.14862.6145
H81.09702.16162.85094.26133.10911.78731.76184.94784.80364.46952.61423.1465
H94.74213.49102.16721.09503.87655.60834.94824.94781.77601.77592.51322.5132
H104.23802.80972.16821.09402.76554.86904.46874.80361.77601.76123.08662.5410
H114.23822.80952.16821.09402.76484.86884.80384.46951.77591.76122.54073.0866
H122.79092.13301.10042.17593.09903.77893.14862.61422.51323.08662.54071.7439
H132.79052.13311.10042.17603.09973.77912.61453.14652.51322.54103.08661.7439

picture of 2-Butanone state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 116.498 C1 C2 O5 121.644
C2 C1 H6 109.832 C2 C1 H7 110.585
C2 C1 H8 110.591 C2 C3 C4 113.567
C2 C3 H12 107.844 C2 C3 H13 107.860
C3 C2 O5 121.857 C3 C4 H9 110.778
C3 C4 H10 110.917 C3 C4 H11 110.914
C4 C3 H12 111.146 C4 C3 H13 111.155
H6 C1 H7 109.474 H6 C1 H8 109.478
H7 C1 H8 106.826 H9 C4 H10 108.453
H9 C4 H11 108.449 H10 C4 H11 107.208
H12 C3 H13 104.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.600      
2 C 0.458      
3 C -0.408      
4 C -0.503      
5 O -0.435      
6 H 0.205      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.164      
10 H 0.185      
11 H 0.185      
12 H 0.183      
13 H 0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.231 -2.715 0.000 2.725
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.577 -1.120 0.001
y -1.120 -34.395 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 -30.100
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.671 -1.120 0.001
y -1.120 -4.557 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 1.886
Polar
3z2-r23.772
x2-y24.818
xy-1.120
xz0.001
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.367 -0.139 0.000
y -0.139 6.978 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.337


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 136.802
(<r2>)1/2 11.696