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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.383980
Energy at 298.15K-307.393409
HF Energy-307.383980
Nuclear repulsion energy239.175455
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/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 3766 3621 68.10      
2 A 3150 3028 31.20      
3 A 3146 3025 21.77      
4 A 3137 3016 16.41      
5 A 3111 2991 0.30      
6 A 3068 2950 28.03      
7 A 3058 2940 0.39      
8 A 3053 2935 25.45      
9 A 1877 1805 325.63      
10 A 1481 1424 6.78      
11 A 1469 1413 8.61      
12 A 1467 1410 1.40      
13 A 1443 1387 10.76      
14 A 1407 1353 66.25      
15 A 1397 1343 13.57      
16 A 1374 1321 8.25      
17 A 1318 1267 2.21      
18 A 1277 1228 3.01      
19 A 1253 1205 49.28      
20 A 1217 1170 120.36      
21 A 1125 1082 6.95      
22 A 1093 1051 29.79      
23 A 1077 1035 20.19      
24 A 942 906 1.89      
25 A 893 858 3.39      
26 A 876 842 5.51      
27 A 760 730 19.75      
28 A 721 693 42.63      
29 A 628 604 67.95      
30 A 576 554 39.93      
31 A 436 420 3.14      
32 A 336 323 0.97      
33 A 257 247 0.02      
34 A 189 182 0.01      
35 A 96 92 0.19      
36 A 38 36 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26253.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9615) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25242.8 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.28441 0.06214 0.05464

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.192 -0.145 0.054
C2 -0.229 -0.492 0.404
C3 -1.275 0.309 -0.369
C4 -2.695 -0.077 0.015
O5 1.425 1.181 0.144
O6 2.053 -0.928 -0.265
H7 -0.344 -1.572 0.236
H8 -0.354 -0.310 1.486
H9 -1.126 0.152 -1.451
H10 -1.110 1.383 -0.188
H11 -3.435 0.506 -0.554
H12 -2.888 -1.144 -0.180
H13 -2.882 0.102 1.087
H14 2.360 1.293 -0.097

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50402.54443.88811.34941.20632.10462.11352.77952.77364.71244.20734.20981.8588
C21.50401.52782.53092.36692.41741.09901.10452.15822.15453.49182.79952.80293.1844
C32.54441.52781.52082.88373.55212.18462.16171.10351.10142.17682.17922.17783.7759
C43.88812.53091.52084.30994.83182.79492.77462.16002.16471.10031.10191.10225.2387
O51.34942.36692.88374.30992.23783.27382.68113.17962.56454.95654.91074.53890.9720
O61.20632.41743.55214.83182.23782.53223.03983.55993.91765.67964.94645.21892.2481
H72.10461.09902.18462.79493.27382.53221.77632.53513.08193.80722.61313.15673.9538
H82.11351.10452.16172.77462.68113.03981.77633.07142.49783.78413.14542.59203.5272
H92.77952.15821.10352.16003.17963.55992.53513.07141.76402.50312.52983.08643.9096
H102.77362.15451.10142.16472.56453.91763.08192.49781.76402.51243.09002.53093.4722
H114.71243.49182.17681.10034.95655.67963.80723.78412.50312.51241.77761.77775.8664
H124.20732.79952.17921.10194.91074.94642.61313.14542.52983.09001.77761.77685.7870
H134.20982.80292.17781.10224.53895.21893.15672.59203.08642.53091.77771.77685.5041
H141.85883.18443.77595.23870.97202.24813.95383.52723.90963.47225.86645.78705.5041

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 114.121 C1 C2 H7 106.875
C1 C2 H8 107.246 C1 O5 H14 105.243
C2 C1 O5 111.988 C2 C1 O6 125.878
C2 C3 C4 112.238 C2 C3 H9 109.145
C2 C3 H10 108.980 C3 C2 H7 111.495
C3 C2 H8 109.365 C3 C4 H11 111.287
C3 C4 H12 111.379 C3 C4 H13 111.252
C4 C3 H9 109.764 C4 C3 H10 110.260
O5 C1 O6 122.133 H7 C2 H8 107.443
H9 C3 H10 106.268 H11 C4 H12 107.642
H11 C4 H13 107.640 H12 C4 H13 107.445
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.160      
2 C -0.039      
3 C -0.121      
4 C -0.079      
5 O -0.184      
6 O -0.256      
7 H 0.057      
8 H 0.068      
9 H 0.046      
10 H 0.055      
11 H 0.045      
12 H 0.047      
13 H 0.044      
14 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.160 1.272 0.328 1.752
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.492 5.476 0.567
y 5.476 -38.080 -1.154
z 0.567 -1.154 -35.865
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.480 5.476 0.567
y 5.476 -1.902 -1.154
z 0.567 -1.154 1.421
Polar
3z2-r22.843
x2-y21.588
xy5.476
xz0.567
yz-1.154


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.849 -0.037 -0.284
y -0.037 7.199 0.034
z -0.284 0.034 5.979


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.353
(<r2>)1/2 14.434