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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.664392
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-307.664392
Nuclear repulsion energy239.795947
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 M06-2X/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 3839 3839 84.97      
2 A 3139 3139 21.52      
3 A 3129 3129 21.29      
4 A 3124 3124 18.44      
5 A 3102 3102 0.02      
6 A 3065 3065 21.82      
7 A 3053 3053 3.08      
8 A 3047 3047 17.98      
9 A 1892 1892 364.58      
10 A 1512 1512 9.22      
11 A 1505 1505 10.01      
12 A 1499 1499 2.10      
13 A 1473 1473 10.44      
14 A 1418 1418 8.42      
15 A 1401 1401 55.05      
16 A 1386 1386 21.47      
17 A 1329 1329 1.29      
18 A 1294 1294 1.49      
19 A 1268 1268 60.85      
20 A 1226 1226 134.10      
21 A 1127 1127 6.41      
22 A 1097 1097 59.35      
23 A 1068 1068 7.54      
24 A 937 937 1.93      
25 A 899 899 2.75      
26 A 882 882 7.50      
27 A 759 759 29.33      
28 A 729 729 36.84      
29 A 642 642 77.16      
30 A 589 589 44.95      
31 A 435 435 3.03      
32 A 337 337 1.05      
33 A 232 232 0.02      
34 A 192 192 0.06      
35 A 86 86 0.27      
36 A 31i 31i 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26340.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26340.7 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 M06-2X/6-311G**
ABC
0.28099 0.06261 0.05535

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.151 0.067
C2 -0.233 -0.453 0.469
C3 -1.258 0.288 -0.397
C4 -2.687 -0.064 0.004
O5 1.453 1.171 0.137
O6 2.005 -0.950 -0.288
H7 -0.365 -1.533 0.399
H8 -0.359 -0.156 1.515
H9 -1.092 0.031 -1.447
H10 -1.090 1.363 -0.303
H11 -3.413 0.469 -0.613
H12 -2.873 -1.135 -0.108
H13 -2.875 0.201 1.048
H14 2.370 1.284 -0.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50512.52533.87421.35021.19842.10352.11732.74102.75784.68904.17954.19201.8727
C21.50511.53292.52812.36432.41421.09041.09462.15552.15143.48282.78682.78253.1892
C32.52531.53291.52572.90053.49152.17912.15891.09411.09202.17292.17152.17023.7702
C43.87422.52811.52574.32234.78412.77672.77722.15872.16351.09111.09271.09295.2357
O51.35022.36432.90054.32232.23243.26872.63463.20742.58774.97244.90784.52770.9661
O61.19842.41423.49154.78412.23242.53523.07723.44953.86385.60964.88455.18862.2685
H72.10351.09042.17912.77673.26872.53521.77282.52703.06703.78452.58973.11913.9639
H82.11731.09462.15892.77722.63463.07721.77283.05762.47903.77393.14852.58383.5039
H92.74102.15551.09412.15873.20743.44952.52703.05761.75622.50442.51453.07133.9051
H102.75782.15141.09202.16352.58773.86383.06702.47901.75622.50773.07482.52213.4641
H114.68903.48282.17291.09114.97245.60963.78453.77392.50442.50771.76591.76605.8578
H124.17952.78682.17151.09274.90784.88452.58973.14852.51453.07481.76591.76625.7738
H134.19202.78252.17021.09294.52775.18863.11912.58383.07132.52211.76601.76625.4868
H141.87273.18923.77025.23570.96612.26853.96393.50393.90513.46415.85785.77385.4868

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 112.447 C1 C2 H7 107.197
C1 C2 H8 108.018 C1 O5 H14 106.717
C2 C1 O5 111.675 C2 C1 O6 126.124
C2 C3 C4 111.493 C2 C3 H9 109.127
C2 C3 H10 108.929 C3 C2 H7 111.213
C3 C2 H8 109.367 C3 C4 H11 111.185
C3 C4 H12 110.978 C3 C4 H13 110.864
C4 C3 H9 109.882 C4 C3 H10 110.384
O5 C1 O6 122.199 H7 C2 H8 108.463
H9 C3 H10 106.906 H11 C4 H12 107.929
H11 C4 H13 107.922 H12 C4 H13 107.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.384      
2 C -0.321      
3 C -0.318      
4 C -0.383      
5 O -0.364      
6 O -0.361      
7 H 0.175      
8 H 0.174      
9 H 0.155      
10 H 0.165      
11 H 0.145      
12 H 0.139      
13 H 0.137      
14 H 0.273      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.212 1.262 0.322 1.779
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.669 5.531 0.507
y 5.531 -38.992 -1.413
z 0.507 -1.413 -36.377
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.015 5.531 0.507
y 5.531 -2.469 -1.413
z 0.507 -1.413 1.453
Polar
3z2-r22.907
x2-y22.322
xy5.531
xz0.507
yz-1.413


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.900 -0.115 -0.303
y -0.115 7.249 0.034
z -0.303 0.034 6.130


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.134
(<r2>)1/2 14.392