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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.369472
Energy at 298.15K-306.375621
Nuclear repulsion energy227.291417
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 B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3205 3069 0.00      
2 Ag 3080 2950 0.00      
3 Ag 1848 1770 0.00      
4 Ag 1451 1389 0.00      
5 Ag 1395 1336 0.00      
6 Ag 1299 1244 0.00      
7 Ag 1010 968 0.00      
8 Ag 698 669 0.00      
9 Ag 530 508 0.00      
10 Ag 359 344 0.00      
11 Au 3154 3021 2.38      
12 Au 1458 1396 18.42      
13 Au 948 908 6.36      
14 Au 353 338 5.00      
15 Au 145 139 0.01      
16 Au 63 60 9.94      
17 Bg 3155 3021 0.00      
18 Bg 1463 1401 0.00      
19 Bg 1071 1026 0.00      
20 Bg 628 601 0.00      
21 Bg 140 134 0.00      
22 Bu 3206 3070 10.66      
23 Bu 3080 2950 0.27      
24 Bu 1850 1772 229.91      
25 Bu 1451 1389 24.99      
26 Bu 1380 1321 70.46      
27 Bu 1137 1089 85.38      
28 Bu 919 880 16.83      
29 Bu 532 510 40.70      
30 Bu 235 225 16.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20620.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19748.4 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 B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.17727 0.11458 0.07140

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.082 0.765 0.000
C2 0.082 -0.765 0.000
C3 1.189 1.557 0.000
C4 -1.189 -1.557 0.000
O5 -1.189 1.240 0.000
O6 1.189 -1.240 0.000
H7 0.965 2.621 0.000
H8 -0.965 -2.621 0.000
H9 1.789 1.289 0.871
H10 1.789 1.289 -0.871
H11 -1.789 -1.289 0.871
H12 -1.789 -1.289 -0.871

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53971.49752.57271.20422.37462.13063.49942.13012.13012.81002.8100
C21.53972.57271.49752.37461.20423.49942.13062.81002.81002.13012.1301
C31.49752.57273.91812.39882.79731.08704.70051.09171.09174.21094.2109
C42.57271.49753.91812.79732.39884.70051.08704.21094.21091.09171.0917
O51.20422.37462.39882.79733.43622.55863.86753.10363.10362.74212.7421
O62.37461.20422.79732.39883.43623.86752.55862.74212.74213.10363.1036
H72.13063.49941.08704.70052.55863.86755.58581.79211.79214.86184.8618
H83.49942.13064.70051.08703.86752.55865.58584.86184.86181.79211.7921
H92.13012.81001.09174.21093.10362.74211.79214.86181.74304.41114.7430
H102.13012.81001.09174.21093.10362.74211.79214.86181.74304.74304.4111
H112.81002.13014.21091.09172.74213.10364.86181.79214.41114.74301.7430
H122.81002.13014.21091.09172.74213.10364.86181.79214.74304.41111.7430

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 115.778 C1 C2 O6 119.358
C1 C3 H7 110.040 C1 C3 H9 109.713
C1 C3 H10 109.713 C2 C1 C3 115.778
C2 C1 O5 119.358 C2 C4 H8 110.040
C2 C4 H11 109.713 C2 C4 H12 109.713
C3 C1 O5 124.864 C4 C2 O6 124.864
H7 C3 H9 110.682 H7 C3 H10 110.682
H8 C4 H11 110.682 H8 C4 H12 110.682
H9 C3 H10 105.930 H11 C4 H12 105.930
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.297      
2 C 0.297      
3 C -0.505      
4 C -0.505      
5 O -0.289      
6 O -0.289      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.155      
9 H 0.171      
10 H 0.171      
11 H 0.171      
12 H 0.171      


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 -37.542 6.880 0.000
y 6.880 -35.722 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -32.856
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.253 6.880 0.000
y 6.880 -0.523 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.776
Polar
3z2-r27.552
x2-y2-1.820
xy6.880
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.123 0.197 0.000
y 0.197 7.596 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.995


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 160.586
(<r2>)1/2 12.672