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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.594956
Energy at 298.15K-307.604355
HF Energy-307.594956
Nuclear repulsion energy238.614507
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3721 3560 50.71      
2 A 3148 3011 32.08      
3 A 3136 3000 29.66      
4 A 3131 2995 26.73      
5 A 3104 2970 0.45      
6 A 3073 2940 25.84      
7 A 3060 2928 7.12      
8 A 3055 2922 23.67      
9 A 1866 1785 304.55      
10 A 1533 1467 6.32      
11 A 1525 1459 8.51      
12 A 1520 1454 1.33      
13 A 1498 1434 6.53      
14 A 1439 1376 3.29      
15 A 1404 1344 44.10      
16 A 1392 1332 32.15      
17 A 1339 1281 1.52      
18 A 1305 1249 1.51      
19 A 1273 1218 22.97      
20 A 1223 1170 144.91      
21 A 1127 1078 7.84      
22 A 1095 1047 74.11      
23 A 1065 1019 5.55      
24 A 934 893 1.11      
25 A 900 861 2.37      
26 A 883 844 7.73      
27 A 762 729 17.98      
28 A 734 702 46.55      
29 A 634 607 74.73      
30 A 580 554 45.28      
31 A 430 411 3.43      
32 A 332 318 1.06      
33 A 251 240 0.04      
34 A 188 180 0.03      
35 A 100 95 0.23      
36 A 40 39 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26397.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25254.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.27701 0.06176 0.05493

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.187 -0.145 0.076
C2 -0.235 -0.395 0.511
C3 -1.268 0.236 -0.434
C4 -2.701 -0.045 0.012
O5 1.499 1.173 0.116
O6 1.981 -0.984 -0.283
H7 -0.370 -1.479 0.568
H8 -0.365 0.019 1.520
H9 -1.114 -0.156 -1.448
H10 -1.095 1.317 -0.486
H11 -3.423 0.408 -0.676
H12 -2.904 -1.122 0.048
H13 -2.892 0.363 1.012
H14 2.420 1.236 -0.193

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50782.53683.88971.35501.20972.10842.12642.76002.76764.70364.20634.21601.8711
C21.50781.53642.54042.37062.42641.09371.09782.16092.15943.49562.80532.80843.1946
C32.53681.53641.52622.97353.47442.17942.16351.09781.09602.17482.17942.17823.8297
C43.88972.54041.52624.37414.78432.79222.78032.15962.16321.09551.09651.09675.2829
O51.35502.37062.97354.37412.24623.27542.60323.32292.66705.04384.96584.55420.9739
O61.20972.42643.47444.78432.24622.54883.12443.40923.84685.59444.89835.21922.2653
H72.10841.09372.17942.79223.27542.54881.77452.52333.07383.79822.61143.15413.9669
H82.12641.09782.16352.78032.60323.12441.77453.06582.49733.78423.14852.59993.4894
H92.76002.16091.09782.15963.32293.40922.52333.06581.75932.49942.52503.07984.0004
H102.76762.15941.09602.16322.66703.84683.07382.49731.75932.50623.08262.52633.5284
H114.70363.49562.17481.09555.04385.59443.79823.78422.49942.50621.77001.77025.9214
H124.20632.80532.17941.09654.96584.89832.61143.14852.52503.08261.77001.77055.8282
H134.21602.80842.17821.09674.55425.21923.15412.59993.07982.52631.77021.77055.5170
H141.87113.19463.82975.28290.97392.26533.96693.48944.00043.52845.92145.82825.5170

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 112.884 C1 C2 H7 107.214
C1 C2 H8 108.364 C1 O5 H14 105.756
C2 C1 O5 111.694 C2 C1 O6 126.126
C2 C3 C4 112.088 C2 C3 H9 109.102
C2 C3 H10 109.083 C3 C2 H7 110.800
C3 C2 H8 109.297 C3 C4 H11 111.035
C3 C4 H12 111.338 C3 C4 H13 111.236
C4 C3 H9 109.695 C4 C3 H10 110.084
O5 C1 O6 122.177 H7 C2 H8 108.137
H9 C3 H10 106.633 H11 C4 H12 107.698
H11 C4 H13 107.702 H12 C4 H13 107.657
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.569      
2 C -0.388      
3 C -0.322      
4 C -0.511      
5 O -0.573      
6 O -0.466      
7 H 0.197      
8 H 0.192      
9 H 0.176      
10 H 0.187      
11 H 0.175      
12 H 0.171      
13 H 0.170      
14 H 0.421      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.128 1.310 0.286 1.753
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.419 5.421 0.271
y 5.421 -38.402 -1.457
z 0.271 -1.457 -35.623
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.593 5.421 0.271
y 5.421 -2.881 -1.457
z 0.271 -1.457 1.287
Polar
3z2-r22.574
x2-y22.983
xy5.421
xz0.271
yz-1.457


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.456 -0.089 -0.318
y -0.089 6.980 0.105
z -0.318 0.105 5.777


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.615
(<r2>)1/2 14.444