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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.841146
Energy at 298.15K-307.850532
HF Energy-307.841146
Nuclear repulsion energy238.703821
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3736 3614 61.90      
2 A 3108 3007 25.42      
3 A 3091 2990 32.07      
4 A 3086 2985 28.43      
5 A 3058 2959 2.21      
6 A 3053 2954 16.18      
7 A 3031 2933 14.02      
8 A 3025 2926 21.70      
9 A 1805 1746 344.90      
10 A 1511 1462 8.19      
11 A 1499 1451 7.81      
12 A 1496 1448 1.20      
13 A 1484 1436 4.69      
14 A 1417 1370 1.36      
15 A 1384 1339 19.72      
16 A 1363 1319 45.99      
17 A 1328 1285 4.09      
18 A 1302 1259 2.76      
19 A 1263 1222 12.08      
20 A 1199 1160 138.79      
21 A 1113 1077 7.15      
22 A 1074 1039 127.73      
23 A 1039 1005 2.02      
24 A 914 884 1.19      
25 A 896 867 2.95      
26 A 876 847 10.76      
27 A 756 732 5.01      
28 A 742 718 31.13      
29 A 620 599 68.49      
30 A 582 563 51.96      
31 A 431 417 3.30      
32 A 330 319 0.99      
33 A 239 232 0.02      
34 A 186 180 0.12      
35 A 91 89 0.42      
36 A 36 35 0.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26080.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25233.3 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.27162 0.06163 0.05546

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.173 -0.133 0.106
C2 -0.240 -0.161 0.626
C3 -1.263 0.074 -0.499
C4 -2.701 0.016 0.011
O5 1.650 1.134 -0.006
O6 1.826 -1.094 -0.213
H7 -0.402 -1.138 1.079
H8 -0.356 0.606 1.394
H9 -1.115 -0.679 -1.275
H10 -1.073 1.045 -0.960
H11 -3.410 0.181 -0.801
H12 -2.925 -0.956 0.454
H13 -2.883 0.778 0.771
H14 2.542 1.069 -0.378

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50572.51893.87841.35821.20472.10632.13112.72792.75074.68234.19414.21001.8847
C21.50571.53932.54362.37622.41711.08901.09082.15682.15963.49362.80572.80893.2027
C32.51891.53931.52673.13903.31512.16842.16491.09201.09162.17022.17482.17503.9349
C43.87842.54361.52674.49264.66672.78582.78572.15722.15741.09041.09151.09165.3620
O51.35822.37623.13904.49262.24423.24762.50223.54172.88625.20985.05054.61290.9687
O61.20472.41713.31514.66672.24422.57583.19873.15433.67895.42074.79925.16212.2839
H72.10631.08902.16842.78583.24762.57581.77242.50273.06153.78482.60563.15003.9569
H82.13111.09082.16492.78572.50223.19871.77243.05782.49893.78473.14972.60833.4279
H92.72792.15681.09202.15723.54173.15432.50273.05781.75332.49592.51853.07184.1512
H102.75072.15961.09162.15742.88623.67893.06152.49891.75332.49693.07162.51893.6610
H114.68233.49362.17021.09045.20985.42073.78483.78472.49592.49691.76211.76246.0323
H124.19412.80572.17481.09155.05054.79922.60563.14972.51853.07161.76211.76335.8886
H134.21002.80892.17501.09164.61295.16213.15002.60833.07182.51891.76241.76335.5530
H141.88473.20273.93495.36200.96872.28393.95693.42794.15123.66106.03235.88865.5530

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 111.624 C1 C2 H7 107.450
C1 C2 H8 109.283 C1 O5 H14 106.989
C2 C1 O5 112.030 C2 C1 O6 125.826
C2 C3 C4 112.120 C2 C3 H9 108.914
C2 C3 H10 109.159 C3 C2 H7 109.998
C3 C2 H8 109.621 C3 C4 H11 110.943
C3 C4 H12 111.250 C3 C4 H13 111.260
C4 C3 H9 109.813 C4 C3 H10 109.859
O5 C1 O6 122.125 H7 C2 H8 108.799
H9 C3 H10 106.827 H11 C4 H12 107.729
H11 C4 H13 107.745 H12 C4 H13 107.748
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.533      
2 C 0.112      
3 C -0.212      
4 C -0.743      
5 O -0.389      
6 O -0.732      
7 H 0.168      
8 H 0.211      
9 H 0.155      
10 H 0.162      
11 H 0.168      
12 H 0.190      
13 H 0.199      
14 H 0.178      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.268 1.428 0.210 1.921
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.995 4.915 -0.269
y 4.915 -40.781 -1.358
z -0.269 -1.358 -36.475
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.633 4.915 -0.269
y 4.915 -4.546 -1.358
z -0.269 -1.358 1.913
Polar
3z2-r23.826
x2-y24.786
xy4.915
xz-0.269
yz-1.358


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.465 -0.052 -0.325
y -0.052 8.458 0.024
z -0.325 0.024 7.464


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.207
(<r2>)1/2 14.464