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

using model chemistry: SVWN/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 SVWN/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.851762
Energy at 298.15K-304.857509
HF Energy-304.851762
Nuclear repulsion energy227.086998
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 SVWN/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 3133 3074 0.00      
2 Ag 3002 2945 0.00      
3 Ag 1794 1760 0.00      
4 Ag 1404 1378 0.00      
5 Ag 1366 1340 0.00      
6 Ag 1275 1251 0.00      
7 Ag 977 959 0.00      
8 Ag 700 686 0.00      
9 Ag 518 508 0.00      
10 Ag 356 350 0.00      
11 Au 3070 3012 0.06      
12 Au 1402 1375 31.52      
13 Au 904 887 10.78      
14 Au 329 323 2.14      
15 Au 100 98 1.18      
16 Au 27 27 10.80      
17 Bg 3070 3012 0.00      
18 Bg 1409 1382 0.00      
19 Bg 1029 1010 0.00      
20 Bg 606 594 0.00      
21 Bg 70 69 0.00      
22 Bu 3134 3074 4.78      
23 Bu 3002 2945 3.01      
24 Bu 1800 1766 201.96      
25 Bu 1405 1378 33.86      
26 Bu 1339 1313 139.89      
27 Bu 1124 1103 80.24      
28 Bu 906 889 8.23      
29 Bu 521 511 34.02      
30 Bu 235 230 18.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20003.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.981) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19623.7 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 SVWN/6-31G*
ABC
0.17539 0.11606 0.07168

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

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.076 0.761 0.000
C2 0.076 -0.761 0.000
C3 1.192 1.534 0.000
C4 -1.192 -1.534 0.000
O5 -1.192 1.248 0.000
O6 1.192 -1.248 0.000
H7 0.982 2.613 0.000
H8 -0.982 -2.613 0.000
H9 1.804 1.255 0.876
H10 1.804 1.255 -0.876
H11 -1.804 -1.255 0.876
H12 -1.804 -1.255 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52961.48542.55251.21822.37612.13263.49342.13242.13242.79652.7965
C21.52962.55251.48542.37611.21823.49342.13262.79652.79652.13242.1324
C31.48542.55253.88642.40192.78271.09884.68261.10461.10464.18684.1868
C42.55251.48543.88642.78272.40194.68261.09884.18684.18681.10461.1046
O51.21822.37612.40192.78273.45262.56703.86693.12223.12222.72202.7220
O62.37611.21822.78272.40193.45263.86692.56702.72202.72203.12223.1222
H72.13263.49341.09884.68262.56703.86695.58251.81321.81324.84684.8468
H83.49342.13264.68261.09883.86692.56705.58254.84684.84681.81321.8132
H92.13242.79651.10464.18683.12222.72201.81324.84681.75254.39594.7323
H102.13242.79651.10464.18683.12222.72201.81324.84681.75254.73234.3959
H112.79652.13244.18681.10462.72203.12224.84681.81324.39594.73231.7525
H122.79652.13244.18681.10462.72203.12224.84681.81324.73234.39591.7525

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 115.681 C1 C2 O6 119.269
C1 C3 H7 110.327 C1 C3 H9 109.959
C1 C3 H10 109.959 C2 C1 C3 115.681
C2 C1 O5 119.269 C2 C4 H8 110.327
C2 C4 H11 109.959 C2 C4 H12 109.959
C3 C1 O5 125.050 C4 C2 O6 125.050
H7 C3 H9 110.746 H7 C3 H10 110.746
H8 C4 H11 110.746 H8 C4 H12 110.746
H9 C3 H10 104.982 H11 C4 H12 104.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.340      
2 C 0.340      
3 C -0.628      
4 C -0.628      
5 O -0.365      
6 O -0.365      
7 H 0.207      
8 H 0.207      
9 H 0.222      
10 H 0.222      
11 H 0.222      
12 H 0.222      


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 -37.310 7.080 0.000
y 7.080 -36.039 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.157
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.712 7.080 0.000
y 7.080 -0.805 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.517
Polar
3z2-r27.035
x2-y2-1.271
xy7.080
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.255 0.157 0.000
y 0.157 7.469 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.743


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.164
(<r2>)1/2 12.656