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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.658181
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.717910
Nuclear repulsion energy240.493946
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 MP2=FULL/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 A 3236 3040 11.76      
2 A 3233 3036 12.62      
3 A 3218 3022 10.64      
4 A 3152 2961 17.54      
5 A 3142 2951 6.71      
6 A 3139 2948 36.51      
7 A 1841 1729 363.66      
8 A 1573 1477 0.49      
9 A 1542 1448 6.21      
10 A 1510 1419 8.39      
11 A 1425 1339 15.64      
12 A 1380 1297 1.62      
13 A 1342 1260 11.35      
14 A 1286 1208 9.89      
15 A 1246 1170 16.01      
16 A 1217 1143 8.72      
17 A 1194 1121 220.60      
18 A 1119 1051 13.22      
19 A 1085 1019 62.31      
20 A 1028 965 31.71      
21 A 967 908 5.66      
22 A 919 863 11.49      
23 A 898 843 24.93      
24 A 822 772 8.23      
25 A 681 640 3.60      
26 A 646 607 3.19      
27 A 533 500 3.67      
28 A 487 458 2.93      
29 A 229 215 3.30      
30 A 153 144 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22121.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20776.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.24376 0.11890 0.08538

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.003 0.006
C2 -0.029 1.197 0.188
C3 -1.388 0.668 -0.248
C4 -1.279 -0.802 0.143
O5 0.117 -1.140 -0.049
O6 2.092 -0.029 -0.078
H7 0.348 2.042 -0.381
H8 -0.019 1.467 1.246
H9 -1.502 0.759 -1.327
H10 -2.231 1.162 0.232
H11 -1.859 -1.479 -0.477
H12 -1.528 -0.966 1.193

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51782.38122.30821.37151.21262.14852.12332.83613.33143.15052.8538
C21.51781.52252.35852.35362.46391.08601.09192.15862.20263.30962.8173
C32.38121.52251.52542.36093.55322.21862.17831.08951.08782.20982.1828
C42.30822.35851.52541.44883.46503.31852.81992.15612.18451.08581.0910
O51.37152.35362.36091.44882.26593.20742.91352.80353.29982.05002.0682
O61.21262.46393.55323.46502.26592.72382.90533.88574.49414.22723.9487
H72.14851.08602.21863.31853.20742.72381.76442.44302.79344.15683.8789
H82.12331.09192.17832.81992.91352.90531.76443.05372.45273.87702.8633
H92.83612.15861.08952.15612.80353.88572.44303.05371.76752.42003.0538
H103.33142.20261.08782.18453.29984.49412.79342.45271.76752.75932.4384
H113.15053.30962.20981.08582.05004.22724.15683.87702.42002.75931.7776
H122.85382.81732.18281.09102.06823.94873.87892.86333.05382.43841.7776

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 103.108 C1 C2 H7 110.095
C1 C2 H8 107.786 C1 O5 C4 109.821
C2 C1 O5 108.989 C2 C1 O6 128.602
C2 C3 C4 101.398 C2 C3 H9 110.367
C2 C3 H10 114.057 C3 C2 H7 115.519
C3 C2 H8 111.801 C3 C4 O5 105.059
C3 C4 H11 114.579 C3 C4 H12 112.013
C4 C3 H9 109.965 C4 C3 H10 112.353
O5 C1 O6 122.408 O5 C4 H11 107.093
O5 C4 H12 108.215 H7 C2 H8 108.217
H9 C3 H10 108.547 H11 C4 H12 109.495
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability