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All results from a given calculation for C2H4O2 (1,3-dioxetane)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes D2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.020783
Energy at 298.15K-229.026474
Nuclear repulsion energy130.723516
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 B3LYP/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 2986 2881 0.00      
2 Ag 1582 1527 0.00      
3 Ag 1124 1084 0.00      
4 Ag 894 862 0.00      
5 Au 1120 1081 0.00      
6 B1g 1343 1296 0.00      
7 B1g 1008 973 0.00      
8 B1u 3019 2913 149.34      
9 B1u 1172 1131 17.13      
10 B1u 166 161 11.66      
11 B2g 3015 2910 0.00      
12 B2g 1126 1087 0.00      
13 B2u 1445 1394 18.23      
14 B2u 952 919 90.07      
15 B3g 1053 1016 0.00      
16 B3u 2967 2863 221.00      
17 B3u 1543 1489 19.53      
18 B3u 1083 1045 235.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13797.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13315.0 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.45808 0.44888 0.24875

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is D2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.981 0.000 0.000
C2 0.981 0.000 0.000
O3 0.000 1.035 0.000
O4 0.000 -1.035 0.000
H5 -1.609 0.000 0.904
H6 1.609 0.000 0.904
H7 -1.609 0.000 -0.904
H8 1.609 0.000 -0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.96111.42561.42561.10072.74241.10072.7424
C21.96111.42561.42562.74241.10072.74241.1007
O31.42561.42562.06982.11562.11562.11562.1156
O41.42561.42562.06982.11562.11562.11562.1156
H51.10072.74242.11562.11563.21741.80773.6904
H62.74241.10072.11562.11563.21743.69041.8077
H71.10072.74242.11562.11561.80773.69043.2174
H82.74241.10072.11562.11563.69041.80773.2174

picture of 1,3-dioxetane state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O3 C2 86.909 C1 O4 C2 86.909
O3 C1 O4 93.091 O3 C1 H5 113.111
O3 C1 H7 113.111 O3 C2 O4 93.091
O3 C2 H6 113.111 O3 C2 H8 113.111
O4 C1 H5 113.111 O4 C1 H7 113.111
O4 C2 H6 113.111 O4 C2 H8 113.111
H5 C1 H7 110.401 H6 C2 H8 110.401
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.035      
2 C 0.035      
3 O -0.257      
4 O -0.257      
5 H 0.111      
6 H 0.111      
7 H 0.111      
8 H 0.111      


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 -19.098 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -27.939 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.547
Traceless
 xyz
x 6.145 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -7.116 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.971
Polar
3z2-r21.942
x2-y28.840
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.283 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 3.198 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.841


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 56.780
(<r2>)1/2 7.535