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

using model chemistry: MP3/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP3/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.000072
Energy at 298.15K-307.009560
HF Energy-305.989263
Nuclear repulsion energy239.704743
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 MP3/TZVP
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 3882 3631 68.02      
2 A 3186 2979 27.99      
3 A 3169 2964 31.10      
4 A 3164 2959 30.56      
5 A 3143 2939 0.19      
6 A 3114 2912 20.47      
7 A 3098 2898 10.06      
8 A 3086 2886 23.46      
9 A 1906 1782 345.10      
10 A 1537 1437 7.43      
11 A 1530 1431 7.04      
12 A 1522 1424 1.61      
13 A 1508 1410 7.14      
14 A 1455 1361 5.65      
15 A 1437 1344 19.72      
16 A 1415 1324 44.21      
17 A 1356 1268 1.23      
18 A 1331 1245 1.23      
19 A 1299 1215 52.55      
20 A 1253 1172 137.72      
21 A 1147 1073 3.34      
22 A 1117 1044 77.93      
23 A 1079 1009 5.10      
24 A 947 886 1.74      
25 A 915 856 1.37      
26 A 897 839 8.78      
27 A 767 718 9.49      
28 A 731 684 30.20      
29 A 627 587 62.11      
30 A 572 535 80.06      
31 A 445 416 2.81      
32 A 338 316 1.38      
33 A 246 230 0.02      
34 A 189 177 0.10      
35 A 94 88 0.22      
36 A 46 43 0.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26773.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25038.8 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 MP3/TZVP
ABC
0.27781 0.06248 0.05548

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.150 0.076
C2 -0.236 -0.390 0.519
C3 -1.257 0.269 -0.415
C4 -2.690 -0.057 -0.002
O5 1.508 1.161 0.115
O6 1.952 -0.991 -0.292
H7 -0.383 -1.468 0.548
H8 -0.354 0.005 1.530
H9 -1.080 -0.080 -1.435
H10 -1.101 1.348 -0.413
H11 -3.407 0.419 -0.670
H12 -2.867 -1.133 -0.027
H13 -2.889 0.294 1.012
H14 2.417 1.227 -0.196

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50472.52283.87321.35151.19842.09962.12052.72062.77394.68374.16754.20061.8699
C21.50471.53322.53052.36852.41001.08811.09192.15112.15383.48232.78802.78393.1884
C32.52281.53321.52592.95323.45012.16962.16131.09231.09002.17022.16952.16813.8034
C43.87322.53051.52594.37194.74392.75922.79462.15492.15971.08981.09101.09135.2691
O51.35152.36852.95324.37192.23453.26712.60843.26172.66855.03224.94164.57060.9632
O61.19842.41003.45014.74392.23452.52753.10343.36593.84815.55454.82875.17602.2681
H72.09961.08812.16962.75923.26712.52751.77102.51813.06053.76652.57143.09813.9570
H82.12051.09192.16132.79462.60843.10341.77103.05402.47773.78683.16872.60413.4856
H92.72062.15111.09232.15493.26173.36592.51813.05401.75602.49952.50613.06593.9336
H102.77392.15381.09002.15972.66853.84813.06052.47771.75602.49923.06922.51783.5270
H114.68373.48232.17021.08985.03225.55453.76653.78682.49952.49921.76421.76515.8990
H124.16752.78802.16951.09104.94164.82872.57143.16872.50613.06921.76421.76535.7895
H134.20062.78392.16811.09134.57065.17603.09812.60413.06592.51781.76511.76535.5215
H141.86993.18843.80345.26910.96322.26813.95703.48563.93363.52705.89905.78955.5215

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 112.289 C1 C2 H7 107.053
C1 C2 H8 108.457 C1 O5 H14 106.570
C2 C1 O5 111.937 C2 C1 O6 125.766
C2 C3 C4 111.629 C2 C3 H9 108.873
C2 C3 H10 109.216 C3 C2 H7 110.579
C3 C2 H8 109.693 C3 C4 H11 111.031
C3 C4 H12 110.899 C3 C4 H13 110.779
C4 C3 H9 109.675 C4 C3 H10 110.181
O5 C1 O6 122.289 H7 C2 H8 108.661
H9 C3 H10 107.153 H11 C4 H12 107.984
H11 C4 H13 108.047 H12 C4 H13 107.975
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability