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

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.811607
Energy at 298.15K-304.821092
HF Energy-304.170354
Nuclear repulsion energy236.377737
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/3-21G
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 3539 3441 10.81      
2 A 3132 3046 28.33      
3 A 3112 3026 2.57      
4 A 3103 3017 29.99      
5 A 3092 3006 13.86      
6 A 3061 2977 15.14      
7 A 3048 2964 5.30      
8 A 3034 2950 18.17      
9 A 1824 1774 173.30      
10 A 1586 1542 6.46      
11 A 1582 1538 7.10      
12 A 1578 1534 1.57      
13 A 1551 1508 4.71      
14 A 1481 1440 3.72      
15 A 1424 1385 3.52      
16 A 1415 1376 28.98      
17 A 1370 1332 1.57      
18 A 1352 1315 1.50      
19 A 1315 1278 2.86      
20 A 1214 1180 87.60      
21 A 1151 1119 15.50      
22 A 1094 1064 157.14      
23 A 1025 997 10.90      
24 A 926 900 4.60      
25 A 917 892 0.88      
26 A 856 832 13.27      
27 A 773 751 6.02      
28 A 693 673 54.39      
29 A 607 590 100.19      
30 A 567 551 62.68      
31 A 426 414 2.56      
32 A 344 334 1.69      
33 A 248 241 0.04      
34 A 202 196 0.11      
35 A 101 98 0.06      
36 A 67 66 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26403.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9723) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25672.2 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/3-21G
ABC
0.27239 0.06147 0.05395

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.199 -0.166 0.061
C2 -0.227 -0.526 0.439
C3 -1.260 0.295 -0.385
C4 -2.717 -0.073 0.004
O5 1.379 1.214 0.154
O6 2.101 -0.920 -0.282
H7 -0.353 -1.602 0.269
H8 -0.367 -0.313 1.509
H9 -1.103 0.099 -1.456
H10 -1.071 1.360 -0.209
H11 -3.435 0.515 -0.583
H12 -2.908 -1.140 -0.180
H13 -2.891 0.130 1.071
H14 2.313 1.425 -0.108

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51812.54173.91731.39481.22502.12522.13792.76962.74864.72834.22754.22321.9497
C21.51811.55602.56812.38502.46861.09661.10022.17932.16583.52482.81922.81603.2492
C32.54171.55601.55182.84663.57612.20222.18011.10041.09642.19502.19412.19203.7585
C43.91732.56811.55184.29614.90042.82722.80012.18372.19301.09881.09951.09975.2498
O51.39482.38502.84664.29612.29483.30862.68663.16152.48114.92064.90214.50000.9929
O61.22502.46863.57614.90042.29482.60693.10963.56153.90755.72765.01485.27802.3609
H72.12521.09662.20222.82723.30862.60691.78842.53673.08543.83502.63423.17534.0520
H82.13791.10022.18012.80012.68663.10961.78843.08252.49893.80443.16082.59943.5805
H92.76962.17931.10042.18373.16153.56152.53673.08251.77402.52522.53403.09603.9045
H102.74862.16581.09642.19302.48113.90753.08542.49891.77402.53883.10262.54223.3865
H114.72833.52482.19501.09884.92065.72763.83503.80442.52522.53881.78321.78325.8398
H124.22752.81922.19411.09954.90215.01482.63423.16082.53403.10261.78321.78335.8175
H134.22322.81602.19201.09974.50005.27803.17532.59943.09602.54221.78321.78335.4911
H141.94973.24923.75855.24980.99292.36094.05203.58053.90453.38655.83985.81755.4911

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 111.539 C1 C2 H7 107.651
C1 C2 H8 108.415 C1 O5 H14 108.304
C2 C1 O5 109.852 C2 C1 O6 127.970
C2 C3 C4 111.448 C2 C3 H9 109.043
C2 C3 H10 108.234 C3 C2 H7 111.054
C3 C2 H8 109.116 C3 C4 H11 110.656
C3 C4 H12 110.536 C3 C4 H13 110.366
C4 C3 H9 109.671 C4 C3 H10 110.637
O5 C1 O6 122.178 H7 C2 H8 108.994
H9 C3 H10 107.711 H11 C4 H12 108.427
H11 C4 H13 108.409 H12 C4 H13 108.372
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability