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

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.624256
Energy at 298.15K-306.633868
HF Energy-305.879130
Nuclear repulsion energy240.123690
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 CID/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 A 3900 3602 89.95      
2 A 3263 3014 32.38      
3 A 3250 3002 30.49      
4 A 3245 2998 27.01      
5 A 3224 2978 0.14      
6 A 3191 2948 17.65      
7 A 3177 2935 10.16      
8 A 3168 2926 24.28      
9 A 1975 1824 354.81      
10 A 1611 1488 6.10      
11 A 1600 1478 8.14      
12 A 1597 1475 1.32      
13 A 1580 1460 9.38      
14 A 1523 1407 7.61      
15 A 1499 1384 40.35      
16 A 1471 1359 50.76      
17 A 1406 1299 1.55      
18 A 1380 1275 1.55      
19 A 1344 1241 33.32      
20 A 1301 1201 152.32      
21 A 1190 1100 6.95      
22 A 1164 1075 71.10      
23 A 1117 1032 3.56      
24 A 981 906 0.98      
25 A 949 876 1.62      
26 A 931 860 7.04      
27 A 796 735 20.03      
28 A 769 711 45.11      
29 A 654 604 91.37      
30 A 608 562 59.23      
31 A 453 418 3.52      
32 A 349 323 1.64      
33 A 259 239 0.03      
34 A 198 183 0.07      
35 A 96 89 0.30      
36 A 43 40 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27630.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25522.0 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.27980 0.06258 0.05569

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.179 -0.146 0.077
C2 -0.235 -0.389 0.518
C3 -1.256 0.241 -0.430
C4 -2.686 -0.045 0.007
O5 1.498 1.160 0.115
O6 1.958 -0.982 -0.287
H7 -0.372 -1.465 0.577
H8 -0.356 0.028 1.518
H9 -1.096 -0.146 -1.437
H10 -1.088 1.315 -0.476
H11 -3.401 0.407 -0.677
H12 -2.881 -1.116 0.034
H13 -2.878 0.354 1.002
H14 2.408 1.235 -0.196

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50092.51723.86661.34461.19982.09712.11252.73202.75254.67414.17464.19091.8688
C21.50091.53012.52732.35902.41011.08621.08972.15002.14963.47662.78692.78793.1834
C32.51721.53011.52242.95403.44222.16992.15671.09021.08802.16512.16772.16673.8041
C43.86662.52731.52244.35534.74652.77352.77772.15022.15371.08801.08881.08905.2566
O51.34462.35902.95404.35532.22783.25612.58593.29232.65675.01924.93594.53720.9649
O61.19982.41013.44224.74652.22782.53193.10373.36823.81985.54964.85155.18012.2647
H72.09711.08622.16992.77353.25612.53191.76452.51383.05783.77472.59053.12503.9523
H82.11251.08972.15672.77772.58593.10371.76453.05062.48323.77253.14452.59473.4692
H92.73202.15001.09022.15023.29233.36822.51383.05061.74922.48942.50823.06173.9656
H102.75252.14961.08802.15372.65673.81983.05782.48321.74922.49333.06402.51263.5081
H114.67413.47662.16511.08805.01925.54963.77473.77252.48942.49331.75921.75935.8877
H124.17462.78692.16771.08884.93594.85152.59053.14452.50823.06401.75921.76025.7931
H134.19092.78792.16671.08904.53725.18013.12502.59473.06172.51261.75931.76025.4916
H141.86883.18343.80415.25660.96492.26473.95233.46923.96563.50815.88775.79315.4916

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 112.297 C1 C2 H7 107.220
C1 C2 H8 108.218 C1 O5 H14 106.886
C2 C1 O5 111.882 C2 C1 O6 125.990
C2 C3 C4 111.784 C2 C3 H9 109.123
C2 C3 H10 109.215 C3 C2 H7 110.931
C3 C2 H8 109.674 C3 C4 H11 110.990
C3 C4 H12 111.142 C3 C4 H13 111.053
C4 C3 H9 109.670 C4 C3 H10 110.079
O5 C1 O6 122.124 H7 C2 H8 108.371
H9 C3 H10 106.839 H11 C4 H12 107.835
H11 C4 H13 107.824 H12 C4 H13 107.844
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability