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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.262706
Energy at 298.15K-306.268803
Nuclear repulsion energy224.999183
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 Ag 3199 3063 0.00      
2 Ag 3071 2941 0.00      
3 Ag 1734 1661 0.00      
4 Ag 1495 1431 0.00      
5 Ag 1442 1381 0.00      
6 Ag 1320 1264 0.00      
7 Ag 1043 999 0.00      
8 Ag 705 675 0.00      
9 Ag 540 517 0.00      
10 Ag 372 356 0.00      
11 Au 3144 3011 3.73      
12 Au 1500 1436 32.01      
13 Au 1001 959 10.39      
14 Au 366 350 3.49      
15 Au 108 103 0.59      
16 Au 56 54 12.42      
17 Bg 3144 3011 0.00      
18 Bg 1504 1441 0.00      
19 Bg 1095 1049 0.00      
20 Bg 643 616 0.00      
21 Bg 96 92 0.00      
22 Bu 3199 3064 12.42      
23 Bu 3071 2941 0.11      
24 Bu 1730 1657 160.96      
25 Bu 1498 1434 38.22      
26 Bu 1439 1379 98.04      
27 Bu 1173 1124 93.67      
28 Bu 956 916 14.83      
29 Bu 550 527 36.49      
30 Bu 244 234 18.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20718.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19841.9 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
0.17367 0.11278 0.07013

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.067 0.763 0.000
C2 0.067 -0.763 0.000
C3 1.200 1.560 0.000
C4 -1.200 -1.560 0.000
O5 -1.200 1.266 0.000
O6 1.200 -1.266 0.000
H7 0.967 2.626 0.000
H8 -0.967 -2.626 0.000
H9 1.810 1.310 0.876
H10 1.810 1.310 -0.876
H11 -1.810 -1.310 0.876
H12 -1.810 -1.310 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53181.49702.58491.24032.39232.13023.50602.14192.14192.84652.8465
C21.53182.58491.49702.39231.24033.50602.13022.84652.84652.14192.1419
C31.49702.58493.93702.41872.82641.09074.71351.09591.09594.25044.2504
C42.58491.49703.93702.82642.41874.71351.09074.25044.25041.09591.0959
O51.24032.39232.41872.82643.48952.55833.89873.13533.13532.78842.7884
O62.39231.24032.82642.41873.48953.89872.55832.78842.78843.13533.1353
H72.13023.50601.09074.71352.55833.89875.59591.79111.79114.89554.8955
H83.50602.13024.71351.09073.89872.55835.59594.89554.89551.79111.7911
H92.14192.84651.09594.25043.13532.78841.79114.89551.75154.46844.7994
H102.14192.84651.09594.25043.13532.78841.79114.89551.75154.79944.4684
H112.84652.14194.25041.09592.78843.13534.89551.79114.46844.79941.7515
H122.84652.14194.25041.09592.78843.13534.89551.79114.79944.46841.7515

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 117.173 C1 C2 O6 118.939
C1 C3 H7 109.818 C1 C3 H9 110.439
C1 C3 H10 110.439 C2 C1 C3 117.173
C2 C1 O5 118.939 C2 C4 H8 109.818
C2 C4 H11 110.439 C2 C4 H12 110.439
C3 C1 O5 123.887 C4 C2 O6 123.887
H7 C3 H9 109.997 H7 C3 H10 109.997
H8 C4 H11 109.997 H8 C4 H12 109.997
H9 C3 H10 106.093 H11 C4 H12 106.093
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 0.312      
2 C 0.312      
3 C -0.541      
4 C -0.541      
5 O -0.392      
6 O -0.392      
7 H 0.200      
8 H 0.200      
9 H 0.210      
10 H 0.210      
11 H 0.210      
12 H 0.210      


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 -38.578 8.413 0.000
y 8.413 -36.744 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.368
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.522 8.413 0.000
y 8.413 -0.771 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.293
Polar
3z2-r28.586
x2-y2-1.834
xy8.413
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.086 -0.216 0.000
y -0.216 6.905 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.465


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 163.565
(<r2>)1/2 12.789