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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.994151
Energy at 298.15K-307.003591
HF Energy-305.962795
Nuclear repulsion energy238.752538
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 QCISD/6-311G**
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 3847 3670 59.76      
2 A 3144 3000 33.08      
3 A 3128 2984 33.23      
4 A 3123 2980 30.73      
5 A 3102 2960 0.12      
6 A 3075 2934 20.69      
7 A 3058 2918 11.83      
8 A 3048 2908 25.67      
9 A 1863 1777 293.35      
10 A 1531 1460 5.97      
11 A 1522 1452 6.94      
12 A 1517 1447 1.31      
13 A 1502 1433 6.77      
14 A 1444 1378 7.88      
15 A 1425 1360 25.11      
16 A 1403 1339 29.73      
17 A 1346 1284 1.84      
18 A 1312 1252 0.34      
19 A 1286 1227 39.28      
20 A 1239 1183 139.21      
21 A 1138 1086 3.68      
22 A 1106 1055 68.68      
23 A 1077 1027 8.73      
24 A 940 897 1.58      
25 A 906 864 1.28      
26 A 888 847 8.88      
27 A 763 728 9.34      
28 A 730 697 36.15      
29 A 620 592 70.09      
30 A 574 548 60.71      
31 A 435 415 2.17      
32 A 335 319 1.32      
33 A 245 234 0.02      
34 A 189 181 0.03      
35 A 92 88 0.20      
36 A 39 38 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26496.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25280.5 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.27581 0.06199 0.05509

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.188 -0.148 0.076
C2 -0.235 -0.397 0.521
C3 -1.261 0.249 -0.427
C4 -2.700 -0.050 0.004
O5 1.497 1.172 0.116
O6 1.973 -0.986 -0.290
H7 -0.378 -1.481 0.564
H8 -0.359 0.014 1.531
H9 -1.092 -0.129 -1.444
H10 -1.091 1.331 -0.453
H11 -3.419 0.413 -0.681
H12 -2.888 -1.131 0.014
H13 -2.893 0.337 1.012
H14 2.407 1.234 -0.197

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51182.53123.89021.35631.20512.11342.12952.74102.76854.70294.19344.21491.8630
C21.51181.53822.54232.37202.42481.09401.09742.16042.16073.49842.79852.80073.1871
C32.53121.53821.53182.95843.46422.18002.16791.09831.09582.17982.17852.17733.8048
C43.89022.54231.53184.37294.77502.78462.79592.16502.16901.09571.09681.09705.2700
O51.35632.37202.95844.37292.24693.27932.60513.29122.65515.03824.95404.55740.9644
O61.20512.42483.46424.77502.24692.54943.12263.38603.84545.58464.87285.20792.2641
H72.11341.09402.18002.78463.27932.54941.78032.52403.07433.79292.59343.13563.9630
H82.12951.09742.16792.79592.60513.12261.78033.06732.49163.79723.16312.60683.4820
H92.74102.16041.09832.16503.29123.38602.52403.06731.76442.50792.52113.08063.9573
H102.76852.16071.09582.16902.65513.84543.07432.49161.76442.51303.08342.52573.5092
H114.70293.49842.17981.09575.03825.58463.79293.79722.50792.51301.77421.77465.9040
H124.19342.79852.17851.09684.95404.87282.59343.16312.52113.08341.77421.77475.8031
H134.21492.80072.17731.09704.55745.20793.13562.60683.08062.52571.77461.77475.5095
H141.86303.18713.80485.27000.96442.26413.96303.48203.95733.50925.90405.80315.5095

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 112.176 C1 C2 H7 107.313
C1 C2 H8 108.356 C1 O5 H14 105.541
C2 C1 O5 111.478 C2 C1 O6 126.005
C2 C3 C4 111.809 C2 C3 H9 108.906
C2 C3 H10 109.069 C3 C2 H7 110.696
C3 C2 H8 109.538 C3 C4 H11 111.025
C3 C4 H12 110.858 C3 C4 H13 110.755
C4 C3 H9 109.704 C4 C3 H10 110.167
O5 C1 O6 122.512 H7 C2 H8 108.659
H9 C3 H10 107.060 H11 C4 H12 108.037
H11 C4 H13 108.060 H12 C4 H13 107.984
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability