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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.589534
Energy at 298.15K-307.598749
HF Energy-307.589534
Nuclear repulsion energy235.820916
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 BLYP/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 3520 3491 20.81      
2 A 3046 3022 43.72      
3 A 3034 3009 36.02      
4 A 3029 3004 30.61      
5 A 3002 2978 0.87      
6 A 2980 2955 32.98      
7 A 2967 2943 25.20      
8 A 2965 2941 5.69      
9 A 1766 1751 253.97      
10 A 1503 1491 3.28      
11 A 1492 1480 5.74      
12 A 1487 1475 0.73      
13 A 1467 1455 2.59      
14 A 1405 1393 0.44      
15 A 1354 1343 8.57      
16 A 1332 1321 32.12      
17 A 1302 1291 2.31      
18 A 1274 1264 3.29      
19 A 1240 1230 9.65      
20 A 1171 1161 117.95      
21 A 1088 1079 6.15      
22 A 1043 1034 118.33      
23 A 1010 1001 4.95      
24 A 889 882 0.46      
25 A 874 867 5.77      
26 A 838 831 10.32      
27 A 746 739 5.54      
28 A 708 703 52.87      
29 A 614 609 59.00      
30 A 556 552 38.55      
31 A 413 410 2.94      
32 A 321 318 0.89      
33 A 243 241 0.05      
34 A 183 182 0.04      
35 A 97 96 0.20      
36 A 34 34 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25495.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25288.5 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.26806 0.06035 0.05380

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.199 -0.149 0.085
C2 -0.238 -0.356 0.550
C3 -1.281 0.208 -0.455
C4 -2.732 -0.035 0.010
O5 1.543 1.188 0.098
O6 1.975 -1.020 -0.282
H7 -0.382 -1.438 0.691
H8 -0.369 0.141 1.528
H9 -1.122 -0.264 -1.441
H10 -1.103 1.288 -0.589
H11 -3.453 0.372 -0.719
H12 -2.942 -1.113 0.124
H13 -2.927 0.449 0.983
H14 2.470 1.215 -0.241

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52372.56313.93271.38051.22332.12792.15042.78032.79584.74894.25134.26431.8934
C21.52371.55502.57222.39952.45571.10101.10482.18122.17943.53242.84052.84053.2289
C32.56311.55501.54223.04013.48462.19832.18381.10521.10342.19332.19922.19843.8901
C43.93272.57221.54224.44684.81772.82032.81382.17922.18251.10301.10391.10425.3556
O51.38052.39953.04014.44682.28153.30962.60713.40302.73505.12705.04044.61600.9874
O61.22332.45573.48464.81772.28152.58453.18163.39233.85955.62044.93475.27162.2899
H72.12791.10102.19832.82033.30962.58451.78752.54443.09723.83342.64213.18194.0057
H82.15041.10482.18382.81382.60713.18161.78753.09022.51693.82233.18792.63333.5135
H92.78032.18121.10522.17923.40303.39232.54443.09021.77172.52152.54583.10524.0662
H102.79582.17941.10342.18252.73503.85953.09722.51691.77172.52553.10742.54983.5902
H114.74893.53242.19331.10305.12705.62043.83343.82232.52152.52551.78221.78266.0012
H124.25132.84052.19921.10395.04044.93472.64213.18792.54583.10741.78221.78255.9026
H134.26432.84052.19841.10424.61605.27163.18192.63333.10522.54981.78261.78255.5866
H141.89343.22893.89015.35560.98742.28994.00573.51354.06623.59026.00125.90265.5866

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 112.716 C1 C2 H7 107.235
C1 C2 H8 108.750 C1 O5 H14 104.962
C2 C1 O5 111.327 C2 C1 O6 126.400
C2 C3 C4 112.295 C2 C3 H9 108.987
C2 C3 H10 108.948 C3 C2 H7 110.554
C3 C2 H8 109.207 C3 C4 H11 110.941
C3 C4 H12 111.345 C3 C4 H13 111.271
C4 C3 H9 109.702 C4 C3 H10 110.062
O5 C1 O6 122.262 H7 C2 H8 108.261
H9 C3 H10 106.682 H11 C4 H12 107.717
H11 C4 H13 107.734 H12 C4 H13 107.660
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.508      
2 C -0.278      
3 C -0.223      
4 C -0.404      
5 O -0.522      
6 O -0.430      
7 H 0.148      
8 H 0.145      
9 H 0.132      
10 H 0.141      
11 H 0.135      
12 H 0.134      
13 H 0.133      
14 H 0.382      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.079 1.232 0.236 1.655
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.528 5.038 0.112
y 5.038 -38.875 -1.431
z 0.112 -1.431 -35.939
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.879 5.038 0.112
y 5.038 -3.141 -1.431
z 0.112 -1.431 1.262
Polar
3z2-r22.525
x2-y23.347
xy5.038
xz0.112
yz-1.431


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.983 -0.001 -0.362
y -0.001 7.240 0.083
z -0.362 0.083 5.917


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.062
(<r2>)1/2 14.597