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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.717714
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.770374
Nuclear repulsion energy241.216865
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/6-311G*
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 3160 3018 12.74      
2 A 3153 3011 25.45      
3 A 3141 3000 13.70      
4 A 3084 2945 20.22      
5 A 3076 2938 6.48      
6 A 3067 2929 41.02      
7 A 1938 1851 392.71      
8 A 1566 1496 0.74      
9 A 1537 1468 8.77      
10 A 1507 1439 10.48      
11 A 1436 1371 20.86      
12 A 1376 1314 1.75      
13 A 1342 1282 18.78      
14 A 1293 1235 17.65      
15 A 1252 1196 39.48      
16 A 1229 1173 5.24      
17 A 1222 1167 200.48      
18 A 1130 1079 44.72      
19 A 1118 1068 37.77      
20 A 1032 986 13.51      
21 A 964 921 3.55      
22 A 919 878 10.45      
23 A 901 861 14.91      
24 A 830 793 5.74      
25 A 697 665 5.76      
26 A 650 620 3.91      
27 A 541 517 3.38      
28 A 503 480 4.39      
29 A 227 217 3.14      
30 A 151 144 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22019.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21031.0 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.24331 0.12027 0.08598

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.883 -0.005 0.004
C2 -0.030 1.204 0.181
C3 -1.396 0.663 -0.240
C4 -1.258 -0.815 0.144
O5 0.127 -1.132 -0.054
O6 2.073 -0.024 -0.074
H7 0.345 2.048 -0.401
H8 -0.012 1.489 1.241
H9 -1.526 0.758 -1.324
H10 -2.243 1.148 0.254
H11 -1.843 -1.496 -0.477
H12 -1.510 -0.984 1.199

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52492.38812.29331.35861.19212.16032.13602.85553.34133.14512.8481
C21.52491.52872.36252.35222.44841.09191.09792.16882.21493.31812.8302
C32.38811.52871.53292.36113.54042.23062.18941.09591.09362.21752.1898
C42.29332.36251.53291.43393.42973.32532.83952.16822.19861.09211.0976
O51.35862.35222.36111.43392.23893.20562.92652.81383.30242.04772.0660
O61.19212.44843.54043.42972.23892.71782.89263.88954.48414.20283.9209
H72.16031.09192.23063.32533.20562.71781.77112.45282.81714.16573.8974
H82.13601.09792.18942.83952.92652.89261.77113.06732.46343.90092.8915
H92.85552.16881.09592.16822.81383.88952.45283.06731.77642.42933.0660
H103.34132.21491.09362.19863.30244.48412.81712.46341.77642.77192.4443
H113.14513.31812.21751.09212.04774.20284.16573.90092.42932.77191.7833
H122.84812.83022.18981.09762.06603.92093.89742.89153.06602.44431.7833

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 102.895 C1 C2 H7 110.183
C1 C2 H8 107.947 C1 O5 C4 110.388
C2 C1 O5 109.184 C2 C1 O6 128.201
C2 C3 C4 101.006 C2 C3 H9 110.359
C2 C3 H10 114.236 C3 C2 H7 115.674
C3 C2 H8 111.890 C3 C4 O5 105.422
C3 C4 H11 114.243 C3 C4 H12 111.642
C4 C3 H9 110.028 C4 C3 H10 112.594
O5 C1 O6 122.615 O5 C4 H11 107.548
O5 C4 H12 108.669 H7 C2 H8 107.957
H9 C3 H10 108.456 H11 C4 H12 109.055
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability