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All results from a given calculation for C4H8O2 (Butanoic acid)

using model chemistry: BLYP/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.562092
Energy at 298.15K-303.570721
HF Energy-303.562092
Nuclear repulsion energy229.546423
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 BLYP/STO-3G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3465 3206 33.14      
2 A 3375 3123 5.43      
3 A 3371 3119 3.30      
4 A 3349 3098 2.11      
5 A 3332 3082 0.36      
6 A 3239 2997 5.65      
7 A 3228 2987 0.60      
8 A 3209 2969 3.50      
9 A 1789 1655 62.45      
10 A 1652 1529 2.22      
11 A 1645 1522 3.55      
12 A 1627 1505 0.56      
13 A 1597 1478 0.62      
14 A 1530 1415 0.24      
15 A 1454 1345 6.67      
16 A 1402 1297 13.85      
17 A 1381 1277 0.31      
18 A 1350 1249 6.33      
19 A 1319 1220 1.26      
20 A 1220 1129 61.48      
21 A 1155 1069 6.10      
22 A 1085 1004 37.17      
23 A 1074 994 22.24      
24 A 944 873 1.73      
25 A 913 845 7.84      
26 A 829 767 2.40      
27 A 774 716 3.63      
28 A 656 607 49.54      
29 A 594 550 14.36      
30 A 497 460 22.95      
31 A 373 345 1.45      
32 A 318 294 1.03      
33 A 228 211 0.00      
34 A 176 162 0.14      
35 A 83 76 0.06      
36 A 14 13 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27121.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25092.9 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.24990 0.05750 0.05127

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.224 -0.159 0.095
C2 -0.265 -0.306 0.606
C3 -1.310 0.122 -0.497
C4 -2.789 -0.011 0.009
O5 1.577 1.249 0.062
O6 2.031 -1.069 -0.261
H7 -0.428 -1.368 0.893
H8 -0.400 0.327 1.511
H9 -1.169 -0.512 -1.400
H10 -1.110 1.175 -0.793
H11 -3.497 0.298 -0.786
H12 -3.015 -1.059 0.290
H13 -2.958 0.632 0.897
H14 2.557 1.197 -0.305

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.58152.61744.01691.45171.26682.19712.20892.84332.83144.82464.33804.33181.9430
C21.58151.57852.61022.47102.57001.11151.11252.20952.20583.57062.86852.86693.3247
C32.61741.57851.56923.14853.55452.22012.21421.11211.11212.21342.21872.21834.0179
C44.01692.61021.56924.54404.94202.86282.84212.20502.20681.10881.10871.10875.4896
O51.45172.47103.14854.54402.38383.39912.61823.57422.82025.23135.14404.65231.0479
O61.26682.57003.55454.94202.38382.73253.31603.44153.89675.71875.07575.39702.3269
H72.19711.11152.22012.86283.39912.73251.80382.55663.12623.87462.67403.22534.1137
H82.20891.11252.21422.84212.61823.31601.80383.12532.55583.85643.20182.64923.5772
H92.84332.20951.11212.20503.57423.44152.55663.12531.79442.54062.56173.12824.2427
H102.83142.20581.11212.20682.82023.89673.12622.55581.79442.54343.12972.56253.6991
H114.82463.57062.21341.10885.23135.71873.87463.85642.54062.54341.79801.79806.1393
H124.33802.86852.21871.10875.14405.07572.67403.20182.56173.12971.79801.79796.0407
H134.33182.86692.21831.10874.65235.39703.22532.64923.12822.56251.79801.79795.6729
H141.94303.32474.01795.48961.04792.32694.11373.57724.24273.69916.13936.04075.6729

picture of Butanoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.842 C1 C2 H7 108.070
C1 C2 H8 108.906 C1 O5 H14 100.791
C2 C1 O5 109.025 C2 C1 O6 128.581
C2 C3 C4 112.040 C2 C3 H9 109.175
C2 C3 H10 108.895 C3 C2 H7 110.029
C3 C2 H8 109.517 C3 C4 H11 110.297
C3 C4 H12 110.722 C3 C4 H13 110.688
C4 C3 H9 109.462 C4 C3 H10 109.601
O5 C1 O6 122.388 H7 C2 H8 108.400
H9 C3 H10 107.560 H11 C4 H12 108.348
H11 C4 H13 108.351 H12 C4 H13 108.355
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.169      
2 C -0.146      
3 C -0.123      
4 C -0.212      
5 O -0.190      
6 O -0.203      
7 H 0.081      
8 H 0.081      
9 H 0.072      
10 H 0.074      
11 H 0.073      
12 H 0.071      
13 H 0.071      
14 H 0.182      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.410 0.794 0.053 0.895
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.302 3.495 -0.214
y 3.495 -35.735 -0.984
z -0.214 -0.984 -33.108
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.120 3.495 -0.214
y 3.495 -3.030 -0.984
z -0.214 -0.984 0.910
Polar
3z2-r21.821
x2-y23.433
xy3.495
xz-0.214
yz-0.984


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.398 0.105 -0.441
y 0.105 4.322 0.052
z -0.441 0.052 2.975


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 220.537
(<r2>)1/2 14.851