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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.016763
Energy at 298.15K-306.026228
HF Energy-306.016763
Nuclear repulsion energy237.247777
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/3-21G
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 3472 3350 11.13      
2 A 3147 3036 26.97      
3 A 3125 3015 6.48      
4 A 3115 3005 32.94      
5 A 3100 2991 12.29      
6 A 3070 2962 20.17      
7 A 3056 2949 0.57      
8 A 3047 2940 20.63      
9 A 1792 1729 206.89      
10 A 1572 1517 7.67      
11 A 1568 1513 8.66      
12 A 1559 1505 2.45      
13 A 1528 1474 5.17      
14 A 1463 1412 4.35      
15 A 1401 1352 2.80      
16 A 1387 1338 25.85      
17 A 1352 1305 8.49      
18 A 1335 1288 1.77      
19 A 1299 1253 1.52      
20 A 1193 1151 69.60      
21 A 1141 1101 13.09      
22 A 1076 1038 162.51      
23 A 1026 990 14.85      
24 A 920 888 1.91      
25 A 913 881 5.11      
26 A 852 823 13.36      
27 A 776 748 8.68      
28 A 699 675 66.25      
29 A 614 592 83.71      
30 A 561 541 47.52      
31 A 424 409 3.09      
32 A 343 331 1.28      
33 A 253 244 0.04      
34 A 202 195 0.06      
35 A 98 95 0.09      
36 A 62 60 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26269.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25347.2 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/3-21G
ABC
0.27652 0.06191 0.05423

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.196 -0.164 0.057
C2 -0.223 -0.543 0.407
C3 -1.261 0.295 -0.379
C4 -2.704 -0.076 0.013
O5 1.352 1.213 0.156
O6 2.117 -0.902 -0.268
H7 -0.342 -1.611 0.208
H8 -0.369 -0.367 1.481
H9 -1.115 0.131 -1.454
H10 -1.066 1.352 -0.177
H11 -3.426 0.526 -0.549
H12 -2.905 -1.134 -0.195
H13 -2.871 0.099 1.083
H14 2.294 1.435 -0.085

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51072.53723.90171.38911.22392.11702.12582.77732.73334.71254.22194.20261.9443
C21.51071.54832.55492.37242.46211.09241.09782.17132.15473.50902.81112.80673.2391
C32.53721.54831.54152.82033.58522.19582.16661.09671.09322.18422.18612.18363.7448
C43.90172.55491.54154.25844.89952.82372.77352.17262.18141.09531.09621.09645.2228
O51.38912.37242.82034.25842.28863.29292.68543.13852.44494.87804.87344.46400.9977
O61.22392.46213.58524.89952.28862.60283.08623.59483.90135.73085.02795.26342.3502
H72.11701.09242.19582.82373.29292.60281.77992.52893.07403.82772.63833.17574.0382
H82.12581.09782.16662.77352.68543.08621.77993.06912.48803.77653.13512.57583.5761
H92.77732.17131.09672.17263.13853.59482.52893.06911.76692.51282.52733.08493.8988
H102.73332.15471.09322.18142.44493.90133.07402.48801.76692.52733.09162.53213.3630
H114.71253.50902.18421.09534.87805.73083.82773.77652.51282.52731.77521.77525.8105
H124.22192.81112.18611.09624.87345.02792.63833.13512.52733.09161.77521.77605.8001
H134.20262.80672.18361.09644.46405.26343.17572.57583.08492.53211.77521.77605.4610
H141.94433.23913.74485.22280.99772.35024.03823.57613.89883.36305.81055.80015.4610

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 112.074 C1 C2 H7 107.753
C1 C2 H8 108.123 C1 O5 H14 107.973
C2 C1 O5 109.724 C2 C1 O6 128.108
C2 C3 C4 111.562 C2 C3 H9 109.159
C2 C3 H10 108.081 C3 C2 H7 111.341
C3 C2 H8 108.732 C3 C4 H11 110.721
C3 C4 H12 110.826 C3 C4 H13 110.611
C4 C3 H9 109.732 C4 C3 H10 110.627
O5 C1 O6 122.168 H7 C2 H8 108.717
H9 C3 H10 107.575 H11 C4 H12 108.203
H11 C4 H13 108.187 H12 C4 H13 108.194
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.624      
2 C -0.453      
3 C -0.380      
4 C -0.554      
5 O -0.551      
6 O -0.480      
7 H 0.221      
8 H 0.228      
9 H 0.197      
10 H 0.218      
11 H 0.193      
12 H 0.189      
13 H 0.188      
14 H 0.360      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.988 1.124 0.282 1.523
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.636 5.861 0.562
y 5.861 -37.890 -1.352
z 0.562 -1.352 -35.935
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.277 5.861 0.562
y 5.861 -1.605 -1.352
z 0.562 -1.352 1.328
Polar
3z2-r22.656
x2-y21.254
xy5.861
xz0.562
yz-1.352


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.980 -0.013 -0.328
y -0.013 6.556 0.096
z -0.328 0.096 5.129


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.598
(<r2>)1/2 14.477