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

using model chemistry: MP4/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at MP4/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.645563
Energy at 298.15K-303.651583
Nuclear repulsion energy222.374467
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 MP4/3-21G
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 3142 3047        
2 Ag 3047 2955        
3 Ag 1628 1579        
4 Ag 1527 1481        
5 Ag 1452 1408        
6 Ag 1235 1198        
7 Ag 1010 980        
8 Ag 635 616        
9 Ag 526 510        
10 Ag 364 353        
11 Au 3110 3016        
12 Au 1550 1503        
13 Au 1024 993        
14 Au 374 363        
15 Au 121 117        
16 Au 56 54        
17 Bg 3110 3016        
18 Bg 1553 1506        
19 Bg 1109 1076        
20 Bg 658 639        
21 Bg 84 82        
22 Bu 3142 3047        
23 Bu 3047 2955        
24 Bu 1606 1557        
25 Bu 1531 1484        
26 Bu 1451 1407        
27 Bu 1145 1110        
28 Bu 886 860        
29 Bu 520 504        
30 Bu 238 231        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20439.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9698) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19822.1 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 MP4/3-21G
ABC
0.16509 0.11268 0.06870

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/3-21G

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.772 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.772 0.000
C3 1.232 1.551 0.000
C4 -1.232 -1.551 0.000
O5 -1.232 1.278 0.000
O6 1.232 -1.278 0.000
H7 1.017 2.625 0.000
H8 -1.017 -2.625 0.000
H9 1.824 1.282 0.886
H10 1.824 1.282 -0.886
H11 -1.824 -1.282 0.886
H12 -1.824 -1.282 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55261.52722.59181.25632.43462.15473.52382.16282.16282.83552.8355
C21.55262.59181.52722.43461.25633.52382.15472.83552.83552.16282.1628
C31.52722.59183.96092.47902.82831.09614.74311.09911.09914.26024.2602
C42.59181.52723.96092.82832.47904.74311.09614.26024.26021.09911.0991
O51.25632.43462.47902.82833.54972.62193.90903.18173.18172.77302.7730
O62.43461.25632.82832.47903.54973.90902.62192.77302.77303.18173.1817
H72.15473.52381.09614.74312.62193.90905.63101.80021.80024.91194.9119
H83.52382.15474.74311.09613.90902.62195.63104.91194.91191.80021.8002
H92.16282.83551.09914.26023.18172.77301.80024.91191.77274.45904.7985
H102.16282.83551.09914.26023.18172.77301.80024.91191.77274.79854.4590
H112.83552.16284.26021.09912.77303.18174.91191.80024.45904.79851.7727
H122.83552.16284.26021.09912.77303.18174.91191.80024.79854.45901.7727

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 114.599 C1 C2 O6 119.788
C1 C3 H7 109.343 C1 C3 H9 109.805
C1 C3 H10 109.805 C2 C1 C3 114.599
C2 C1 O5 119.788 C2 C4 H8 109.343
C2 C4 H11 109.805 C2 C4 H12 109.805
C3 C1 O5 125.613 C4 C2 O6 125.613
H7 C3 H9 110.182 H7 C3 H10 110.182
H8 C4 H11 110.182 H8 C4 H12 110.182
H9 C3 H10 107.504 H11 C4 H12 107.504
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability