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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2H 1Ag
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.499337
Energy at 298.15K-306.505345
Nuclear repulsion energy225.236989
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/6-31+G**
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 3169 3055 0.00      
2 Ag 3055 2945 0.00      
3 Ag 1788 1724 0.00      
4 Ag 1460 1408 0.00      
5 Ag 1401 1351 0.00      
6 Ag 1281 1235 0.00      
7 Ag 1015 979 0.00      
8 Ag 687 662 0.00      
9 Ag 520 501 0.00      
10 Ag 362 349 0.00      
11 Au 3116 3004 4.69      
12 Au 1463 1411 23.34      
13 Au 961 927 5.11      
14 Au 352 339 5.93      
15 Au 112 108 0.04      
16 Au 49 47 12.81      
17 Bg 3116 3004 0.00      
18 Bg 1468 1416 0.00      
19 Bg 1066 1028 0.00      
20 Bg 619 597 0.00      
21 Bg 111 107 0.00      
22 Bu 3169 3056 12.56      
23 Bu 3055 2945 0.66      
24 Bu 1787 1723 271.47      
25 Bu 1462 1409 31.72      
26 Bu 1394 1344 71.53      
27 Bu 1135 1094 80.77      
28 Bu 916 883 22.98      
29 Bu 544 525 40.07      
30 Bu 238 230 16.92      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20434.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19702.7 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.17599 0.11127 0.06992

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2h

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.076 0.773 0.000
C2 0.076 -0.773 0.000
C3 1.194 1.582 0.000
C4 -1.194 -1.582 0.000
O5 -1.194 1.258 0.000
O6 1.194 -1.258 0.000
H7 0.949 2.645 0.000
H8 -0.949 -2.645 0.000
H9 1.801 1.330 0.875
H10 1.801 1.330 -0.875
H11 -1.801 -1.330 0.875
H12 -1.801 -1.330 -0.875

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55421.50562.60741.21792.39552.13413.52822.14502.14502.85762.8576
C21.55422.60741.50562.39551.21793.52822.13412.85762.85762.14502.1450
C31.50562.60743.96422.40902.84041.09054.73951.09531.09534.26814.2681
C42.60741.50563.96422.84042.40904.73951.09054.26814.26811.09531.0953
O51.21792.39552.40902.84043.46812.55233.91083.12113.12112.79862.7986
O62.39551.21792.84042.40903.46813.91082.55232.79862.79863.12113.1211
H72.13413.52821.09054.73952.55233.91085.62051.79541.79544.91234.9123
H83.52822.13414.73951.09053.91082.55235.62054.91234.91231.79541.7954
H92.14502.85761.09534.26813.12112.79861.79544.91231.75084.47804.8081
H102.14502.85761.09534.26813.12112.79861.79544.91231.75084.80814.4780
H112.85762.14504.26811.09532.79863.12114.91231.79544.47804.80811.7508
H122.85762.14504.26811.09532.79863.12114.91231.79544.80814.47801.7508

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 116.882 C1 C2 O6 119.074
C1 C3 H7 109.546 C1 C3 H9 110.122
C1 C3 H10 110.122 C2 C1 C3 116.882
C2 C1 O5 119.074 C2 C4 H8 109.546
C2 C4 H11 110.122 C2 C4 H12 110.122
C3 C1 O5 124.045 C4 C2 O6 124.045
H7 C3 H9 110.448 H7 C3 H10 110.448
H8 C4 H11 110.448 H8 C4 H12 110.448
H9 C3 H10 106.110 H11 C4 H12 106.110
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.423      
2 C 0.423      
3 C -0.558      
4 C -0.558      
5 O -0.413      
6 O -0.413      
7 H 0.179      
8 H 0.179      
9 H 0.184      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.184      
12 H 0.184      


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 -39.354 8.169 0.000
y 8.169 -37.464 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -34.028
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.608 8.169 0.000
y 8.169 -0.773 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.381
Polar
3z2-r28.762
x2-y2-1.890
xy8.169
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.294 -0.054 0.000
y -0.054 8.403 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.534


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 164.493
(<r2>)1/2 12.825