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

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.537760
Energy at 298.15K-307.529739
HF Energy-307.738134
Nuclear repulsion energy238.549367
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(2df,p)
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 3751 3620 49.47      
2 A 3119 3010 33.12      
3 A 3107 2998 29.36      
4 A 3101 2992 25.07      
5 A 3074 2967 0.48      
6 A 3049 2942 24.98      
7 A 3034 2928 10.77      
8 A 3032 2926 17.98      
9 A 1844 1779 287.15      
10 A 1510 1458 3.91      
11 A 1500 1447 5.82      
12 A 1494 1442 0.84      
13 A 1474 1423 4.30      
14 A 1416 1366 0.73      
15 A 1382 1334 26.01      
16 A 1373 1325 33.98      
17 A 1325 1279 1.25      
18 A 1295 1250 2.02      
19 A 1260 1216 16.70      
20 A 1207 1164 132.58      
21 A 1114 1075 5.59      
22 A 1077 1039 88.19      
23 A 1046 1009 5.43      
24 A 919 887 0.63      
25 A 893 862 2.59      
26 A 872 842 7.79      
27 A 758 731 11.49      
28 A 729 704 36.61      
29 A 625 603 66.06      
30 A 577 557 43.19      
31 A 427 412 2.92      
32 A 330 319 0.85      
33 A 249 240 0.04      
34 A 187 181 0.03      
35 A 99 96 0.25      
36 A 41 40 0.34      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26144.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25229.6 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(2df,p)
ABC
0.27604 0.06166 0.05494

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.190 -0.147 0.078
C2 -0.233 -0.384 0.528
C3 -1.266 0.220 -0.442
C4 -2.705 -0.037 0.011
O5 1.507 1.172 0.111
O6 1.971 -0.989 -0.284
H7 -0.370 -1.464 0.618
H8 -0.363 0.064 1.520
H9 -1.111 -0.206 -1.441
H10 -1.085 1.296 -0.530
H11 -3.422 0.395 -0.694
H12 -2.914 -1.110 0.083
H13 -2.895 0.405 0.995
H14 2.420 1.236 -0.208

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51102.53753.89721.35711.20432.11192.12982.75762.76194.70754.21514.22331.8729
C21.51101.54082.54942.37112.42591.09241.09632.16302.16043.50292.81282.81603.1942
C32.53751.54081.53012.98403.45962.18212.16601.09671.09482.17742.18132.18043.8309
C43.89722.54941.53014.38344.78152.80272.78822.16272.16641.09421.09541.09565.2852
O51.35712.37112.98404.38342.24523.27562.59053.34092.67315.05444.97504.55540.9690
O61.20432.42593.45964.78152.24522.55433.13273.38383.82395.58324.90045.22172.2710
H72.11191.09242.18212.80273.27562.55431.77442.52363.07323.80652.62283.16403.9696
H82.12981.09632.16602.78822.59053.13271.77443.06592.49843.79073.15422.60883.4790
H92.75762.16301.09672.16273.34093.38382.52363.06591.75702.50232.52773.08084.0083
H102.76192.16041.09482.16642.67313.82393.07322.49841.75702.50993.08352.52903.5202
H114.70753.50292.17741.09425.05445.58323.80653.79072.50232.50991.76851.76895.9220
H124.21512.81282.18131.09544.97504.90042.62283.15422.52773.08351.76851.76835.8339
H134.22332.81602.18041.09564.55545.22173.16402.60883.08082.52901.76891.76835.5126
H141.87293.19423.83095.28520.96902.27103.96963.47904.00833.52025.92205.83395.5126

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 112.593 C1 C2 H7 107.323
C1 C2 H8 108.427 C1 O5 H14 106.042
C2 C1 O5 111.420 C2 C1 O6 126.235
C2 C3 C4 112.226 C2 C3 H9 109.037
C2 C3 H10 108.950 C3 C2 H7 110.812
C3 C2 H8 109.273 C3 C4 H11 111.050
C3 C4 H12 111.296 C3 C4 H13 111.189
C4 C3 H9 109.734 C4 C3 H10 110.135
O5 C1 O6 122.342 H7 C2 H8 108.288
H9 C3 H10 106.591 H11 C4 H12 107.748
H11 C4 H13 107.759 H12 C4 H13 107.627
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.391      
2 C -0.268      
3 C -0.170      
4 C -0.381      
5 O -0.368      
6 O -0.339      
7 H 0.126      
8 H 0.124      
9 H 0.111      
10 H 0.119      
11 H 0.118      
12 H 0.120      
13 H 0.118      
14 H 0.299      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.143 1.294 0.287 1.750
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.869
(<r2>)1/2 14.452