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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.412519
Energy at 298.15K-307.421766
HF Energy-307.412519
Nuclear repulsion energy237.544397
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3593 3556 18.89      
2 A 3053 3021 39.75      
3 A 3041 3009 35.44      
4 A 3034 3003 29.40      
5 A 3007 2976 0.23      
6 A 2984 2953 30.41      
7 A 2969 2938 12.30      
8 A 2965 2934 23.51      
9 A 1778 1760 294.48      
10 A 1476 1461 9.77      
11 A 1469 1454 10.65      
12 A 1461 1446 2.26      
13 A 1438 1423 6.04      
14 A 1377 1362 3.89      
15 A 1341 1327 29.92      
16 A 1335 1321 10.47      
17 A 1296 1283 1.60      
18 A 1255 1242 0.13      
19 A 1233 1220 29.58      
20 A 1172 1160 134.92      
21 A 1087 1075 8.15      
22 A 1049 1038 82.67      
23 A 1033 1022 19.67      
24 A 902 893 1.89      
25 A 870 861 2.89      
26 A 848 840 11.85      
27 A 741 733 26.96      
28 A 721 713 37.01      
29 A 625 619 67.12      
30 A 568 562 41.55      
31 A 418 414 2.87      
32 A 324 320 0.88      
33 A 243 240 0.03      
34 A 181 179 0.02      
35 A 93 92 0.19      
36 A 26 25 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25502.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25236.9 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
0.27184 0.06138 0.05470

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.189 -0.148 0.084
C2 -0.236 -0.357 0.544
C3 -1.269 0.205 -0.452
C4 -2.708 -0.034 0.010
O5 1.525 1.179 0.099
O6 1.963 -1.010 -0.281
H7 -0.379 -1.439 0.682
H8 -0.369 0.134 1.523
H9 -1.110 -0.263 -1.439
H10 -1.087 1.284 -0.586
H11 -3.431 0.370 -0.715
H12 -2.920 -1.109 0.127
H13 -2.904 0.450 0.980
H14 2.444 1.222 -0.234

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51162.54003.89851.36821.21492.11672.13912.75982.77034.71684.21994.23211.8857
C21.51161.54132.54932.37842.43761.09971.10352.16882.16653.51042.81842.82153.2072
C32.54001.54131.52973.00923.45722.18682.17171.10381.10202.18432.18832.18733.8563
C43.89852.54931.52974.40344.78032.80192.79072.16842.17231.10081.10201.10225.3086
O51.36822.37843.00924.40342.26383.28832.58943.37432.70165.08694.99894.57390.9794
O61.21492.43763.45724.78032.26382.56783.16233.36793.82805.58474.90125.23552.2838
H72.11671.09972.18682.80193.28832.56781.78382.53243.08583.81342.62243.16813.9864
H82.13911.10352.17172.79072.58943.16231.78383.07882.50713.80033.16282.61193.4913
H92.75982.16881.10382.16843.37433.36792.53243.07881.76682.51222.53803.09484.0364
H102.77032.16651.10202.17232.70163.82803.08582.50711.76682.51973.09762.53983.5490
H114.71683.51042.18431.10085.08695.58473.81343.80032.51222.51971.77671.77705.9565
H124.21992.81842.18831.10204.99894.90122.62243.16282.53803.09761.77671.77755.8604
H134.23212.82152.18731.10224.57395.23553.16812.61193.09482.53981.77701.77755.5388
H141.88573.20723.85635.30860.97942.28383.98643.49134.03643.54905.95655.86045.5388

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 112.606 C1 C2 H7 107.254
C1 C2 H8 108.768 C1 O5 H14 105.681
C2 C1 O5 111.259 C2 C1 O6 126.424
C2 C3 C4 112.219 C2 C3 H9 109.035
C2 C3 H10 108.957 C3 C2 H7 110.683
C3 C2 H8 109.278 C3 C4 H11 111.225
C3 C4 H12 111.473 C3 C4 H13 111.389
C4 C3 H9 109.796 C4 C3 H10 110.209
O5 C1 O6 122.307 H7 C2 H8 108.127
H9 C3 H10 106.449 H11 C4 H12 107.518
H11 C4 H13 107.535 H12 C4 H13 107.494
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.368      
2 C -0.489      
3 C -0.436      
4 C -0.639      
5 O -0.468      
6 O -0.300      
7 H 0.239      
8 H 0.235      
9 H 0.223      
10 H 0.230      
11 H 0.222      
12 H 0.218      
13 H 0.216      
14 H 0.381      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.995 1.253 0.208 1.613
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.011 5.196 0.116
y 5.196 -39.423 -1.427
z 0.116 -1.427 -36.543
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.973 5.196 0.116
y 5.196 -3.146 -1.427
z 0.116 -1.427 1.174
Polar
3z2-r22.347
x2-y23.413
xy5.196
xz0.116
yz-1.427


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.503 0.019 -0.362
y 0.019 7.642 0.019
z -0.362 0.019 6.411


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.387
(<r2>)1/2 14.505