return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.593383
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.702424
Nuclear repulsion energy240.610533
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 CCD/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 3181 3011 9.01      
2 A 3173 3003 24.18      
3 A 3162 2993 11.01      
4 A 3108 2942 16.72      
5 A 3099 2933 4.94      
6 A 3091 2925 37.35      
7 A 1946 1841 360.34      
8 A 1583 1498 0.37      
9 A 1554 1471 6.20      
10 A 1525 1443 8.64      
11 A 1442 1364 25.51      
12 A 1389 1315 2.93      
13 A 1356 1284 18.17      
14 A 1293 1224 19.40      
15 A 1260 1193 40.97      
16 A 1236 1170 187.78      
17 A 1230 1165 5.72      
18 A 1134 1074 15.11      
19 A 1117 1058 61.45      
20 A 1040 984 15.67      
21 A 970 918 4.68      
22 A 926 876 9.28      
23 A 909 861 14.73      
24 A 835 790 6.24      
25 A 696 659 6.02      
26 A 653 619 4.28      
27 A 540 511 4.27      
28 A 499 472 4.51      
29 A 222 210 3.12      
30 A 151 143 0.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22158.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20973.4 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.24286 0.11947 0.08547

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.884 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.026 1.203 0.182
C3 -1.394 0.667 -0.238
C4 -1.269 -0.812 0.138
O5 0.123 -1.135 -0.048
O6 2.082 -0.029 -0.076
H7 0.348 2.047 -0.404
H8 -0.006 1.493 1.241
H9 -1.529 0.770 -1.321
H10 -2.237 1.157 0.260
H11 -1.851 -1.487 -0.494
H12 -1.533 -0.992 1.189

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52172.38722.30331.36411.20172.15882.13522.85973.33963.15072.8664
C21.52171.52792.36802.35392.45561.09291.09842.16862.21323.32032.8464
C32.38721.52791.53182.36363.54942.22802.18971.09631.09442.21762.1928
C42.30332.36801.53181.44103.44843.32882.85012.16842.19741.09311.0980
O51.36412.35392.36361.44102.25033.20952.92972.82473.30412.05392.0716
O61.20172.45563.54943.44842.25032.72502.90043.90244.49214.21563.9493
H72.15881.09292.22803.32883.20952.72501.77132.44762.81344.16313.9123
H82.13521.09842.18972.85012.92972.90041.77133.06662.46063.91092.9166
H92.85972.16861.09632.16842.82473.90242.44763.06661.77492.42593.0669
H103.33962.21321.09442.19743.30414.49212.81342.46061.77492.77662.4446
H113.15073.32032.21761.09312.05394.21564.16313.91092.42592.77661.7834
H122.86642.84642.19281.09802.07163.94933.91232.91663.06692.44461.7834

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 103.034 C1 C2 H7 110.230
C1 C2 H8 108.069 C1 O5 C4 110.362
C2 C1 O5 109.189 C2 C1 O6 128.368
C2 C3 C4 101.416 C2 C3 H9 110.372
C2 C3 H10 114.102 C3 C2 H7 115.450
C3 C2 H8 111.934 C3 C4 O5 105.283
C3 C4 H11 114.272 C3 C4 H12 111.932
C4 C3 H9 110.084 C4 C3 H10 112.521
O5 C1 O6 122.442 O5 C4 H11 107.503
O5 C4 H12 108.604 H7 C2 H8 107.864
H9 C3 H10 108.226 H11 C4 H12 108.966
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability