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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.667633
Energy at 298.15K-307.676933
HF Energy-307.667633
Nuclear repulsion energy235.541650
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/SDD
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 3647 3506 33.68      
2 A 3156 3034 47.39      
3 A 3131 3010 43.07      
4 A 3129 3008 47.90      
5 A 3105 2985 0.66      
6 A 3076 2957 23.67      
7 A 3056 2938 15.45      
8 A 3036 2919 33.72      
9 A 1716 1649 290.31      
10 A 1533 1474 15.98      
11 A 1523 1464 9.80      
12 A 1522 1463 5.72      
13 A 1500 1442 8.13      
14 A 1441 1385 8.91      
15 A 1388 1334 6.23      
16 A 1356 1303 52.03      
17 A 1329 1277 4.93      
18 A 1312 1261 9.79      
19 A 1262 1213 1.35      
20 A 1182 1136 87.91      
21 A 1125 1082 14.67      
22 A 1076 1035 82.45      
23 A 1054 1013 85.94      
24 A 924 888 3.95      
25 A 902 867 4.88      
26 A 856 823 25.49      
27 A 770 740 7.29      
28 A 700 673 59.34      
29 A 607 583 117.13      
30 A 556 534 52.77      
31 A 420 404 3.92      
32 A 329 317 1.67      
33 A 234 225 0.05      
34 A 187 180 0.09      
35 A 94 90 0.28      
36 A 42 40 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26136.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25125.0 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
0.26553 0.06062 0.05381

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.184 -0.156 0.085
C2 -0.241 -0.376 0.537
C3 -1.277 0.217 -0.457
C4 -2.723 -0.037 0.014
O5 1.527 1.195 0.104
O6 1.994 -1.022 -0.282
H7 -0.392 -1.455 0.646
H8 -0.375 0.098 1.518
H9 -1.127 -0.233 -1.449
H10 -1.097 1.294 -0.560
H11 -3.445 0.381 -0.698
H12 -2.928 -1.112 0.108
H13 -2.908 0.428 0.992
H14 2.454 1.321 -0.204

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51092.54793.90991.39421.24062.11782.13272.77482.77914.72604.22184.23201.9694
C21.51091.55372.55952.40442.46581.09481.09782.17912.17393.51692.81912.82273.2696
C32.54791.55371.54183.02273.50202.19002.17491.09911.09692.18762.19312.19193.8995
C43.90992.55951.54184.42634.82772.80102.79212.17402.17841.09741.09841.09855.3568
O51.39422.40443.02274.42632.29793.31642.61163.39022.70885.10205.01714.58790.9847
O61.24062.46583.50204.82772.29792.59613.17843.42383.87215.63254.93795.26792.3890
H72.11781.09482.19002.80103.31642.59611.78082.53423.08363.80842.61533.16164.0654
H82.13271.09782.17492.79212.61163.17841.78083.07852.50433.79773.15802.60833.5302
H92.77482.17911.09912.17403.39023.42382.53423.07851.76682.51292.53753.09304.0973
H102.77912.17391.09692.17842.70883.87213.08362.50431.76682.52303.09622.53753.5691
H114.72603.51692.18761.09745.10205.63253.80843.79772.51292.52301.77421.77465.9941
H124.22182.81912.19311.09845.01714.93792.61533.15802.53753.09621.77421.77605.9146
H134.23202.82272.19191.09854.58795.26793.16162.60833.09302.53751.77461.77605.5659
H141.96943.26963.89955.35680.98472.38904.06543.53024.09733.56915.99415.91465.5659

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 112.476 C1 C2 H7 107.657
C1 C2 H8 108.635 C1 O5 H14 110.577
C2 C1 O5 111.649 C2 C1 O6 127.038
C2 C3 C4 111.548 C2 C3 H9 109.258
C2 C3 H10 108.975 C3 C2 H7 110.355
C3 C2 H8 109.009 C3 C4 H11 110.841
C3 C4 H12 111.219 C3 C4 H13 111.115
C4 C3 H9 109.676 C4 C3 H10 110.141
O5 C1 O6 121.309 H7 C2 H8 108.621
H9 C3 H10 107.134 H11 C4 H12 107.803
H11 C4 H13 107.830 H12 C4 H13 107.882
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.225      
2 C -0.374      
3 C -0.315      
4 C -0.629      
5 O -0.455      
6 O -0.262      
7 H 0.211      
8 H 0.208      
9 H 0.192      
10 H 0.212      
11 H 0.207      
12 H 0.197      
13 H 0.195      
14 H 0.387      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.426 1.344 0.320 1.986
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.066 6.280 0.294
y 6.280 -39.732 -1.862
z 0.294 -1.862 -36.071
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.835 6.280 0.294
y 6.280 -3.664 -1.862
z 0.294 -1.862 1.829
Polar
3z2-r23.657
x2-y23.666
xy6.280
xz0.294
yz-1.862


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.501 -0.174 -0.353
y -0.174 7.046 0.125
z -0.353 0.125 5.639


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.119
(<r2>)1/2 14.599