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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.708965
Energy at 298.15K-307.718355
HF Energy-307.708965
Nuclear repulsion energy238.030386
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 B3LYP/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 3686 3540 43.61      
2 A 3132 3008 36.00      
3 A 3118 2995 33.34      
4 A 3113 2989 30.94      
5 A 3088 2965 0.47      
6 A 3062 2941 27.03      
7 A 3048 2927 10.29      
8 A 3045 2925 21.13      
9 A 1850 1777 294.40      
10 A 1540 1479 4.51      
11 A 1530 1469 6.88      
12 A 1525 1464 0.98      
13 A 1505 1445 4.48      
14 A 1444 1387 1.38      
15 A 1403 1348 16.92      
16 A 1386 1331 46.94      
17 A 1340 1287 1.69      
18 A 1312 1260 2.32      
19 A 1276 1225 17.55      
20 A 1220 1172 142.84      
21 A 1125 1080 6.64      
22 A 1091 1047 93.02      
23 A 1051 1009 3.52      
24 A 924 888 0.58      
25 A 901 865 3.12      
26 A 877 842 8.04      
27 A 764 734 10.25      
28 A 732 703 51.38      
29 A 631 606 72.31      
30 A 578 555 44.53      
31 A 429 412 3.17      
32 A 332 318 1.07      
33 A 250 241 0.05      
34 A 189 181 0.04      
35 A 100 96 0.23      
36 A 41 39 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26318.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25273.4 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.27465 0.06142 0.05472

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.190 -0.146 0.080
C2 -0.235 -0.376 0.531
C3 -1.270 0.224 -0.443
C4 -2.709 -0.039 0.010
O5 1.518 1.173 0.108
O6 1.970 -0.997 -0.284
H7 -0.375 -1.457 0.626
H8 -0.365 0.076 1.522
H9 -1.113 -0.204 -1.442
H10 -1.095 1.302 -0.531
H11 -3.428 0.392 -0.695
H12 -2.914 -1.114 0.081
H13 -2.902 0.402 0.995
H14 2.437 1.226 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51192.54183.90061.36031.21102.11252.13202.76052.77304.71284.21624.22811.8783
C21.51191.54222.55012.37782.43181.09361.09752.16542.16373.50492.81472.81643.2041
C32.54181.54221.53112.99683.46632.18312.16831.09781.09592.17882.18332.18243.8474
C43.90062.55011.53114.39874.78512.79882.79142.16392.16731.09561.09661.09685.3044
O51.36032.37782.99684.39872.25183.28172.59813.34972.69315.07144.98794.57360.9758
O61.21102.43183.46634.78512.25182.55723.14163.38713.83945.58884.89915.22792.2732
H72.11251.09362.18312.79883.28172.55721.77552.52733.07653.80512.61913.15823.9767
H82.13201.09752.16832.79142.59813.14161.77553.06932.49993.79413.16072.61103.4921
H92.76052.16541.09782.16393.34973.38712.52733.06931.75982.50422.52823.08344.0191
H102.77302.16371.09592.16732.69313.83943.07652.49991.75982.50963.08582.53083.5471
H114.71283.50492.17881.09565.07145.58883.80513.79412.50422.50961.77051.77085.9436
H124.21622.81472.18331.09664.98794.89912.61913.16072.52823.08581.77051.77085.8483
H134.22812.81642.18241.09684.57365.22793.15822.61103.08342.53081.77081.77085.5363
H141.87833.20413.84745.30440.97582.27323.97673.49214.01913.54715.94365.84835.5363

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 112.666 C1 C2 H7 107.258
C1 C2 H8 108.541 C1 O5 H14 105.858
C2 C1 O5 111.657 C2 C1 O6 126.178
C2 C3 C4 112.146 C2 C3 H9 109.060
C2 C3 H10 109.030 C3 C2 H7 110.693
C3 C2 H8 109.297 C3 C4 H11 111.004
C3 C4 H12 111.303 C3 C4 H13 111.216
C4 C3 H9 109.695 C4 C3 H10 110.070
O5 C1 O6 122.159 H7 C2 H8 108.261
H9 C3 H10 106.682 H11 C4 H12 107.731
H11 C4 H13 107.744 H12 C4 H13 107.673
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.555      
2 C -0.320      
3 C -0.263      
4 C -0.444      
5 O -0.563      
6 O -0.458      
7 H 0.168      
8 H 0.164      
9 H 0.149      
10 H 0.159      
11 H 0.150      
12 H 0.148      
13 H 0.146      
14 H 0.407      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.119 1.290 0.275 1.729
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.587 5.291 0.225
y 5.291 -38.755 -1.479
z 0.225 -1.479 -35.814
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.697 5.291 0.225
y 5.291 -3.054 -1.479
z 0.225 -1.479 1.357
Polar
3z2-r22.714
x2-y23.168
xy5.291
xz0.225
yz-1.479


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.481 -0.066 -0.329
y -0.066 6.986 0.102
z -0.329 0.102 5.771


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.692
(<r2>)1/2 14.481