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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.378419
Energy at 298.15K-307.387853
HF Energy-307.089151
Nuclear repulsion energy238.418498
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
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 3700 3512 54.48      
2 A 3167 3006 36.92      
3 A 3157 2997 30.23      
4 A 3152 2992 23.00      
5 A 3127 2968 0.54      
6 A 3097 2939 22.74      
7 A 3083 2926 9.70      
8 A 3078 2922 21.45      
9 A 1843 1750 272.09      
10 A 1559 1480 4.81      
11 A 1550 1471 7.09      
12 A 1545 1467 1.05      
13 A 1525 1447 5.18      
14 A 1463 1388 2.04      
15 A 1422 1350 18.44      
16 A 1401 1330 47.22      
17 A 1355 1286 2.69      
18 A 1324 1257 1.87      
19 A 1290 1225 10.71      
20 A 1232 1169 141.97      
21 A 1140 1082 6.30      
22 A 1106 1049 93.64      
23 A 1070 1016 6.03      
24 A 938 890 0.91      
25 A 910 864 2.62      
26 A 886 841 9.15      
27 A 770 731 9.56      
28 A 737 700 53.83      
29 A 635 603 75.02      
30 A 581 552 45.03      
31 A 432 410 3.05      
32 A 335 318 1.24      
33 A 254 241 0.05      
34 A 190 181 0.04      
35 A 98 93 0.23      
36 A 41 39 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26596.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25245.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.27442 0.06183 0.05503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.184 -0.146 0.082
C2 -0.236 -0.379 0.532
C3 -1.263 0.223 -0.442
C4 -2.700 -0.040 0.008
O5 1.506 1.176 0.108
O6 1.970 -0.996 -0.285
H7 -0.375 -1.458 0.623
H8 -0.366 0.072 1.521
H9 -1.104 -0.204 -1.439
H10 -1.086 1.299 -0.528
H11 -3.417 0.391 -0.695
H12 -2.902 -1.114 0.076
H13 -2.890 0.399 0.992
H14 2.425 1.230 -0.216

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50812.53023.88621.36081.21412.10862.12702.74822.75964.69724.19934.21021.8764
C21.50811.53792.54112.37302.43211.09191.09532.16002.15833.49492.80242.80343.1980
C32.53021.53791.52822.98023.45892.17902.16431.09571.09382.17492.17722.17623.8297
C43.88622.54111.52824.37934.77552.79102.78342.16032.16411.09341.09431.09455.2843
O51.36082.37302.98024.37932.25533.27732.59263.33342.67225.04944.96734.55100.9758
O61.21412.43213.45894.77552.25532.55713.14033.37743.82965.57774.88675.21502.2728
H72.10861.09192.17902.79103.27732.55711.77372.52073.07063.79582.60803.14733.9710
H82.12701.09532.16432.78342.59263.14031.77373.06322.49453.78443.15022.59913.4858
H92.74822.16001.09572.16033.33343.37742.52073.06321.75792.50142.52083.07644.0005
H102.75962.15831.09382.16412.67223.82963.07062.49451.75792.50653.07912.52463.5256
H114.69723.49492.17491.09345.04945.57773.79583.78442.50142.50651.76791.76815.9208
H124.19932.80242.17721.09434.96734.88672.60803.15022.52083.07911.76791.76835.8268
H134.21022.80342.17621.09454.55105.21503.14732.59913.07642.52461.76811.76835.5134
H141.87643.19803.82975.28430.97582.27283.97103.48584.00053.52565.92085.82685.5134

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 112.336 C1 C2 H7 107.305
C1 C2 H8 108.535 C1 O5 H14 105.662
C2 C1 O5 111.515 C2 C1 O6 126.282
C2 C3 C4 111.944 C2 C3 H9 109.045
C2 C3 H10 109.026 C3 C2 H7 110.770
C3 C2 H8 109.403 C3 C4 H11 111.026
C3 C4 H12 111.157 C3 C4 H13 111.066
C4 C3 H9 109.730 C4 C3 H10 110.143
O5 C1 O6 122.194 H7 C2 H8 108.379
H9 C3 H10 106.810 H11 C4 H12 107.825
H11 C4 H13 107.830 H12 C4 H13 107.782
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.560      
2 C -0.344      
3 C -0.283      
4 C -0.459      
5 O -0.582      
6 O -0.453      
7 H 0.179      
8 H 0.175      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.168      
11 H 0.158      
12 H 0.154      
13 H 0.152      
14 H 0.420      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.098 1.256 0.267 1.689
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.826 5.264 0.207
y 5.264 -38.981 -1.483
z 0.207 -1.483 -36.030
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.679 5.264 0.207
y 5.264 -3.053 -1.483
z 0.207 -1.483 1.374
Polar
3z2-r22.747
x2-y23.155
xy5.264
xz0.207
yz-1.483


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.292 -0.096 -0.330
y -0.096 6.955 0.117
z -0.330 0.117 5.714


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.770
(<r2>)1/2 14.449