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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.408400
Energy at 298.15K-307.417789
HF Energy-307.408400
Nuclear repulsion energy239.069588
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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3795 3650 67.58      
2 A 3155 3034 21.11      
3 A 3140 3020 27.49      
4 A 3133 3013 27.29      
5 A 3106 2986 0.47      
6 A 3084 2965 17.26      
7 A 3064 2947 11.02      
8 A 3050 2933 24.82      
9 A 1840 1769 348.55      
10 A 1482 1425 9.93      
11 A 1470 1414 9.90      
12 A 1467 1411 1.26      
13 A 1457 1401 13.58      
14 A 1394 1341 28.14      
15 A 1387 1334 48.80      
16 A 1362 1309 10.68      
17 A 1313 1262 0.94      
18 A 1274 1225 0.69      
19 A 1253 1205 53.53      
20 A 1208 1162 123.52      
21 A 1115 1072 9.43      
22 A 1081 1040 31.72      
23 A 1074 1033 38.46      
24 A 935 899 3.34      
25 A 894 860 0.91      
26 A 876 842 7.21      
27 A 755 726 29.91      
28 A 743 714 8.10      
29 A 629 605 74.59      
30 A 587 564 48.96      
31 A 429 412 3.34      
32 A 331 318 1.03      
33 A 244 235 0.02      
34 A 185 177 0.10      
35 A 92 89 0.41      
36 A 28 27 0.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26214.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25208.1 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 PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27205 0.06214 0.05584

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.169 -0.133 0.103
C2 -0.240 -0.208 0.617
C3 -1.255 0.106 -0.490
C4 -2.689 0.003 0.007
O5 1.613 1.142 0.020
O6 1.850 -1.073 -0.235
H7 -0.398 -1.223 0.999
H8 -0.361 0.508 1.441
H9 -1.098 -0.592 -1.325
H10 -1.063 1.116 -0.879
H11 -3.402 0.228 -0.798
H12 -2.911 -1.007 0.378
H13 -2.878 0.710 0.828
H14 2.505 1.095 -0.352

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50122.50643.86171.35301.20862.10772.13122.71812.73954.67234.18084.19631.8718
C21.50121.53342.53272.36852.41691.09651.09892.15722.15973.49072.79782.80053.1896
C32.50641.53341.52173.09133.33032.17202.16571.09991.09922.17232.17582.17603.8906
C43.86172.53271.52174.45034.67122.78222.78102.15942.16061.09801.09931.09945.3204
O51.35302.36853.09134.45032.24183.25462.51323.48782.82285.16235.02084.58270.9684
O61.20862.41693.33034.67122.24182.56853.19343.17893.69945.43904.80005.16292.2678
H72.10771.09652.17202.78223.25462.56851.78732.50813.07243.78932.59753.14923.9531
H82.13121.09892.16572.78102.51323.19341.78733.06722.49913.78663.15092.59823.4317
H92.71812.15721.09992.15943.48783.17892.50813.06721.76572.50172.52193.08224.0960
H102.73952.15971.09922.16062.82283.69943.07242.49911.76572.50303.08262.52403.6070
H114.67233.49072.17231.09805.16235.43903.78933.78662.50172.50301.77491.77495.9870
H124.18082.79782.17581.09935.02084.80002.59753.15092.52193.08261.77491.77605.8555
H134.19632.80052.17601.09944.58275.16293.14922.59823.08222.52401.77491.77605.5242
H141.87183.18963.89065.32040.96842.26783.95313.43174.09603.60705.98705.85555.5242

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 111.361 C1 C2 H7 107.441
C1 C2 H8 109.121 C1 O5 H14 106.295
C2 C1 O5 112.058 C2 C1 O6 125.892
C2 C3 C4 111.992 C2 C3 H9 108.892
C2 C3 H10 109.127 C3 C2 H7 110.246
C3 C2 H8 109.612 C3 C4 H11 111.001
C3 C4 H12 111.207 C3 C4 H13 111.211
C4 C3 H9 109.868 C4 C3 H10 110.000
O5 C1 O6 122.030 H7 C2 H8 109.002
H9 C3 H10 106.817 H11 C4 H12 107.754
H11 C4 H13 107.752 H12 C4 H13 107.752
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.990      
2 C 0.441      
3 C 0.434      
4 C 0.441      
5 O -0.519      
6 O -0.639      
7 H -0.225      
8 H -0.208      
9 H -0.256      
10 H -0.262      
11 H -0.141      
12 H -0.110      
13 H -0.111      
14 H 0.166      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.294 1.442 0.241 1.952
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.979 5.068 -0.149
y 5.068 -40.257 -1.430
z -0.149 -1.430 -36.310
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.304 5.068 -0.149
y 5.068 -4.112 -1.430
z -0.149 -1.430 1.808
Polar
3z2-r23.616
x2-y24.277
xy5.068
xz-0.149
yz-1.430


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.335 -0.084 -0.328
y -0.084 8.383 0.034
z -0.328 0.034 7.396


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.830
(<r2>)1/2 14.416