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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.338342
Energy at 298.15K-306.344619
HF Energy-306.338342
Nuclear repulsion energy226.440636
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 M06-2X/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 3218 3047 0.00      
2 Ag 3104 2939 0.00      
3 Ag 1890 1789 0.00      
4 Ag 1490 1411 0.00      
5 Ag 1431 1355 0.00      
6 Ag 1322 1252 0.00      
7 Ag 1029 975 0.00      
8 Ag 708 671 0.00      
9 Ag 537 509 0.00      
10 Ag 365 345 0.00      
11 Au 3174 3006 2.21      
12 Au 1492 1412 21.72      
13 Au 981 929 5.69      
14 Au 356 337 5.47      
15 Au 168 159 0.14      
16 Au 73 69 10.24      
17 Bg 3174 3006 0.00      
18 Bg 1496 1416 0.00      
19 Bg 1084 1027 0.00      
20 Bg 631 597 0.00      
21 Bg 166 157 0.00      
22 Bu 3218 3048 7.12      
23 Bu 3104 2939 0.23      
24 Bu 1882 1782 236.32      
25 Bu 1491 1412 26.40      
26 Bu 1416 1341 70.46      
27 Bu 1154 1093 87.27      
28 Bu 936 887 13.16      
29 Bu 546 517 43.63      
30 Bu 242 229 17.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20937.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19827.8 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.17654 0.11335 0.07082

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.081 0.768 0.000
C2 0.081 -0.768 0.000
C3 1.192 1.569 0.000
C4 -1.192 -1.569 0.000
O5 -1.192 1.242 0.000
O6 1.192 -1.242 0.000
H7 0.955 2.632 0.000
H8 -0.955 -2.632 0.000
H9 1.794 1.309 0.876
H10 1.794 1.309 -0.876
H11 -1.794 -1.309 0.876
H12 -1.794 -1.309 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54401.50432.58741.20852.37932.13283.51052.13892.13892.83112.8311
C21.54402.58741.50432.37931.20853.51052.13282.83112.83112.13892.1389
C31.50432.58743.94102.40712.81091.08974.71791.09401.09404.23874.2387
C42.58741.50433.94102.81092.40714.71791.08974.23874.23871.09401.0940
O51.20852.37932.40712.81093.44372.55803.88163.11273.11272.76382.7638
O62.37931.20852.81092.40713.44373.88162.55802.76382.76383.11273.1127
H72.13283.51051.08974.71792.55803.88165.60011.79501.79504.88434.8843
H83.51052.13284.71791.08973.88162.55805.60014.88434.88431.79501.7950
H92.13892.83111.09404.23873.11272.76381.79504.88431.75294.44114.7745
H102.13892.83111.09404.23873.11272.76381.79504.88431.75294.77454.4411
H112.83112.13894.23871.09402.76383.11274.88431.79504.44114.77451.7529
H122.83112.13894.23871.09402.76383.11274.88431.79504.77454.44111.7529

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 116.157 C1 C2 O6 119.125
C1 C3 H7 109.581 C1 C3 H9 109.803
C1 C3 H10 109.803 C2 C1 C3 116.157
C2 C1 O5 119.125 C2 C4 H8 109.581
C2 C4 H11 109.803 C2 C4 H12 109.803
C3 C1 O5 124.718 C4 C2 O6 124.718
H7 C3 H9 110.568 H7 C3 H10 110.568
H8 C4 H11 110.568 H8 C4 H12 110.568
H9 C3 H10 106.475 H11 C4 H12 106.475
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.373      
2 C 0.373      
3 C -0.558      
4 C -0.558      
5 O -0.419      
6 O -0.419      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.197      
9 H 0.203      
10 H 0.203      
11 H 0.203      
12 H 0.203      


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 -38.148 7.087 0.000
y 7.087 -36.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -33.317
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.352 7.087 0.000
y 7.087 -0.543 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.895
Polar
3z2-r27.790
x2-y2-1.872
xy7.087
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.835 -0.047 0.000
y -0.047 7.005 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.664


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000