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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)

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/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.388963
Energy at 298.15K-307.398367
HF Energy-307.388963
Nuclear repulsion energy239.599871
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 3812 3648 60.08      
2 A 3150 3015 26.96      
3 A 3142 3007 23.14      
4 A 3135 3000 18.48      
5 A 3107 2974 0.33      
6 A 3072 2940 22.64      
7 A 3060 2928 5.14      
8 A 3054 2922 19.99      
9 A 1877 1797 302.09      
10 A 1504 1439 5.81      
11 A 1494 1430 7.67      
12 A 1489 1425 1.43      
13 A 1467 1404 8.02      
14 A 1409 1349 7.19      
15 A 1400 1340 65.26      
16 A 1379 1319 6.36      
17 A 1324 1267 1.21      
18 A 1287 1231 1.31      
19 A 1259 1205 31.35      
20 A 1217 1165 129.10      
21 A 1122 1074 7.50      
22 A 1087 1041 49.69      
23 A 1070 1024 14.90      
24 A 937 896 1.41      
25 A 895 857 2.54      
26 A 878 841 5.83      
27 A 757 725 24.76      
28 A 731 699 28.04      
29 A 631 604 68.07      
30 A 581 556 43.21      
31 A 430 412 3.20      
32 A 333 318 0.87      
33 A 248 238 0.04      
34 A 187 179 0.02      
35 A 97 93 0.26      
36 A 37 35 0.32      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26328.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.957) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25196.3 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.28067 0.06231 0.05529

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.145 0.070
C2 -0.232 -0.428 0.485
C3 -1.263 0.249 -0.422
C4 -2.690 -0.049 0.014
O5 1.467 1.172 0.129
O6 1.997 -0.960 -0.282
H7 -0.360 -1.513 0.484
H8 -0.364 -0.070 1.513
H9 -1.112 -0.090 -1.454
H10 -1.085 1.330 -0.420
H11 -3.415 0.436 -0.646
H12 -2.893 -1.125 -0.000
H13 -2.875 0.309 1.033
H14 2.385 1.256 -0.162

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50442.52933.87841.34821.20172.10532.11962.75772.75164.69284.19654.19891.8580
C21.50441.53092.53172.36062.41611.09261.09702.15552.15243.48682.79412.79843.1777
C32.52931.53091.52202.93423.47982.17712.15751.09681.09492.17162.17382.17243.7929
C43.87842.53171.52204.33484.78422.79162.76772.15632.16061.09391.09531.09545.2431
O51.34822.36062.93424.33482.23483.26682.60993.27832.61484.99784.93054.51890.9661
O61.20172.41613.47984.78422.23482.53893.09633.43423.84145.60094.90135.20352.2525
H72.10531.09262.17712.79163.26682.53891.77262.51863.06913.79562.60823.15373.9515
H82.11961.09702.15752.76772.60993.09631.77263.05992.49273.77213.13122.58483.4811
H92.75772.15551.09682.15633.27833.43422.51863.05991.75632.49682.52193.07473.9626
H102.75162.15241.09492.16062.61483.84143.06912.49271.75632.50613.07812.52183.4795
H114.69283.48682.17161.09394.99785.60093.79563.77212.49682.50611.76821.76855.8772
H124.19652.79412.17381.09534.93054.90132.60823.13122.52193.07811.76821.76765.7926
H134.19892.79842.17241.09544.51895.20353.15372.58483.07472.52181.76851.76765.4765
H141.85803.17773.79295.24310.96612.25253.95153.48113.96263.47955.87725.79265.4765

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 112.872 C1 C2 H7 107.265
C1 C2 H8 108.111 C1 O5 H14 105.621
C2 C1 O5 111.574 C2 C1 O6 126.100
C2 C3 C4 112.047 C2 C3 H9 109.114
C2 C3 H10 108.981 C3 C2 H7 111.068
C3 C2 H8 109.260 C3 C4 H11 111.171
C3 C4 H12 111.265 C3 C4 H13 111.143
C4 C3 H9 109.787 C4 C3 H10 110.231
O5 C1 O6 122.325 H7 C2 H8 108.108
H9 C3 H10 106.518 H11 C4 H12 107.747
H11 C4 H13 107.756 H12 C4 H13 107.585
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.426      
2 C -0.332      
3 C -0.241      
4 C -0.450      
5 O -0.394      
6 O -0.360      
7 H 0.157      
8 H 0.155      
9 H 0.140      
10 H 0.149      
11 H 0.146      
12 H 0.145      
13 H 0.143      
14 H 0.316      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.167 1.303 0.313 1.777
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.831 5.326 0.418
y 5.326 -37.905 -1.309
z 0.418 -1.309 -35.507
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.875 5.326 0.418
y 5.326 -2.236 -1.309
z 0.418 -1.309 1.361
Polar
3z2-r22.722
x2-y22.074
xy5.326
xz0.418
yz-1.309


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.861 -0.036 -0.269
y -0.036 7.171 0.052
z -0.269 0.052 6.109


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.068
(<r2>)1/2 14.390