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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: AM1

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
Energy calculated at AM1
 hartrees
Energy at 0K 
Energy at 298.15K-0.145834
HF Energy-0.145834
Nuclear repulsion energy157.958521
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 AM1
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 3124 2979 3.02      
2 A 3117 2972 6.18      
3 A 3117 2972 26.33      
4 A 3071 2928 21.80      
5 A 3054 2912 11.37      
6 A 3038 2896 4.09      
7 A 2123 2024 371.98      
8 A 1488 1419 140.44      
9 A 1417 1351 1.38      
10 A 1394 1329 26.92      
11 A 1385 1321 1.79      
12 A 1369 1306 7.12      
13 A 1346 1284 127.55      
14 A 1299 1238 33.05      
15 A 1283 1223 43.15      
16 A 1204 1148 0.71      
17 A 1179 1124 13.29      
18 A 1155 1101 2.05      
19 A 1140 1087 0.72      
20 A 1136 1083 7.33      
21 A 1081 1030 0.96      
22 A 1047 998 5.02      
23 A 922 879 7.87      
24 A 793 756 3.59      
25 A 778 742 0.96      
26 A 686 654 3.91      
27 A 527 503 4.71      
28 A 471 449 16.71      
29 A 166 158 0.52      
30 A 108 103 3.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22007.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20984.5 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 AM1
ABC
0.23765 0.11875 0.08308

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at AM1

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.877 0.061 -0.000
C2 -0.053 1.244 -0.000
C3 -1.450 0.637 0.000
C4 -1.236 -0.881 0.000
O5 0.183 -1.134 -0.000
O6 2.098 -0.025 0.000
H7 0.134 1.872 -0.907
H8 0.134 1.873 0.906
H9 -2.027 0.952 -0.903
H10 -2.026 0.952 0.903
H11 -1.647 -1.371 -0.918
H12 -1.646 -1.371 0.918

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.50482.39682.31271.38171.22422.15762.15773.16893.16863.04293.0426
C21.50481.52342.43182.38972.49701.11831.11832.19022.19023.19693.1969
C32.39681.52341.53222.40833.60882.20362.20361.11711.11712.21622.2161
C42.31272.43181.53221.44083.44183.20533.20572.19102.19101.11881.1188
O51.38172.38972.40831.44082.21343.14003.14063.17013.17002.06012.0602
O61.22422.49703.60883.44182.21342.87722.87704.33424.33374.08384.0833
H72.15761.11832.20363.20533.14002.87721.81242.34822.96453.69944.1248
H82.15771.11832.20363.20573.14062.87701.81242.96422.34834.12513.7000
H93.16892.19021.11712.19103.17014.33422.34822.96421.80612.35422.9762
H103.16862.19021.11712.19103.17004.33372.96452.34831.80612.97622.3541
H113.04293.19692.21621.11882.06014.08383.69944.12512.35422.97621.8359
H123.04263.19692.21611.11882.06024.08334.12483.70002.97622.35411.8359

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 104.648 C1 C2 H7 109.797
C1 C2 H8 109.807 C1 O5 C4 110.029
C2 C1 O5 111.694 C2 C1 O6 132.144
C2 C3 C4 105.471 C2 C3 H9 111.156
C2 C3 H10 111.158 C3 C2 H7 112.143
C3 C2 H8 112.149 C3 C4 O5 108.159
C3 C4 H11 112.503 C3 C4 H12 112.496
C4 C3 H9 110.607 C4 C3 H10 110.607
O5 C1 O6 116.162 O5 C4 H11 106.516
O5 C4 H12 106.517 H7 C2 H8 108.249
H9 C3 H10 107.870 H11 C4 H12 110.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability