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

using model chemistry: G3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.480796
Energy at 298.15K-307.472668
HF Energy-305.879847
Nuclear repulsion energy240.431614
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 HF/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 4055 3821 113.57      
2 A 3299 3108 40.86      
3 A 3271 3082 45.56      
4 A 3268 3080 52.41      
5 A 3248 3060 1.10      
6 A 3230 3044 21.88      
7 A 3211 3026 13.73      
8 A 3201 3016 35.47      
9 A 2035 1917 431.82      
10 A 1655 1559 3.78      
11 A 1644 1549 6.64      
12 A 1640 1545 0.90      
13 A 1627 1533 8.61      
14 A 1569 1478 4.74      
15 A 1544 1455 33.53      
16 A 1512 1424 66.68      
17 A 1449 1365 1.66      
18 A 1427 1344 3.44      
19 A 1386 1306 54.70      
20 A 1341 1264 150.70      
21 A 1220 1149 11.14      
22 A 1196 1127 72.59      
23 A 1116 1051 1.48      
24 A 990 933 0.08      
25 A 974 918 3.17      
26 A 953 898 6.13      
27 A 816 769 23.29      
28 A 794 748 44.54      
29 A 669 631 92.76      
30 A 621 586 71.82      
31 A 463 436 3.82      
32 A 354 334 1.79      
33 A 262 247 0.03      
34 A 202 191 0.12      
35 A 98 92 0.39      
36 A 44 41 0.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28191.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26561.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.27313 0.06245 0.05551

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.177 -0.147 0.085
C2 -0.237 -0.371 0.540
C3 -1.253 0.224 -0.440
C4 -2.686 -0.045 0.002
O5 1.496 1.178 0.105
O6 1.961 -1.002 -0.287
H7 -0.379 -1.450 0.640
H8 -0.365 0.090 1.526
H9 -1.084 -0.206 -1.434
H10 -1.078 1.300 -0.525
H11 -3.403 0.383 -0.705
H12 -2.881 -1.119 0.069
H13 -2.881 0.395 0.985
H14 2.416 1.228 -0.226

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50212.51313.86531.36241.21802.10412.12332.72422.74814.67694.17234.19101.8773
C21.50211.53192.52892.36452.43151.09271.09552.15452.15333.48402.78752.78783.1916
C32.51311.53191.52392.96013.44282.17522.16161.09591.09382.17172.17092.17003.8102
C43.86532.52891.52394.35854.75332.77562.78062.15742.16161.09321.09381.09405.2641
O51.36242.36452.96014.35852.26233.27202.58183.30742.65325.02824.94274.53230.9796
O61.21802.43153.44284.75332.26232.55663.14393.34963.82005.55484.85595.19662.2767
H72.10411.09272.17522.77563.27202.55661.77592.51913.06773.78252.58703.12673.9672
H82.12331.09552.16162.78062.58183.14391.77593.06042.48663.78043.14862.59153.4788
H92.72422.15451.09592.15743.30743.34962.51913.06041.75932.50072.51403.07213.9710
H102.74812.15331.09382.16162.65323.82003.06772.48661.75932.50523.07492.51963.5083
H114.67693.48402.17171.09325.02825.55483.78253.78042.50072.50521.76831.76855.8995
H124.17232.78752.17091.09384.94274.85592.58703.14862.51403.07491.76831.76895.8014
H134.19102.78782.17001.09404.53235.19663.12672.59153.07212.51961.76851.76895.4973
H141.87733.19163.81025.26410.97962.27673.96723.47883.97103.50835.89955.80145.4973

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 112.340 C1 C2 H7 107.253
C1 C2 H8 108.247 C1 O5 H14 108.051
C2 C1 O5 112.285 C2 C1 O6 125.667
C2 C3 C4 111.871 C2 C3 H9 109.173
C2 C3 H10 109.342 C3 C2 H7 110.740
C3 C2 H8 109.655 C3 C4 H11 110.859
C3 C4 H12 111.249 C3 C4 H13 111.166
C4 C3 H9 109.543 C4 C3 H10 109.868
O5 C1 O6 122.046 H7 C2 H8 108.485
H9 C3 H10 106.915 H11 C4 H12 107.795
H11 C4 H13 107.780 H12 C4 H13 107.836
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability