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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.633022
Energy at 298.15K-307.642430
HF Energy-307.633022
Nuclear repulsion energy239.143729
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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 3755 3561 57.06      
2 A 3167 3003 30.51      
3 A 3157 2994 28.32      
4 A 3151 2988 25.65      
5 A 3125 2963 0.33      
6 A 3091 2931 25.93      
7 A 3079 2920 5.54      
8 A 3073 2914 23.23      
9 A 1885 1788 314.55      
10 A 1540 1461 6.59      
11 A 1533 1453 8.81      
12 A 1527 1448 1.47      
13 A 1505 1427 7.39      
14 A 1447 1372 4.25      
15 A 1417 1344 53.02      
16 A 1403 1330 27.41      
17 A 1346 1277 1.43      
18 A 1313 1245 1.52      
19 A 1281 1214 27.78      
20 A 1234 1170 144.38      
21 A 1135 1077 7.82      
22 A 1105 1047 66.35      
23 A 1075 1019 5.67      
24 A 942 894 1.20      
25 A 905 858 2.16      
26 A 889 843 7.31      
27 A 765 725 21.69      
28 A 737 699 44.91      
29 A 637 604 75.93      
30 A 583 553 45.44      
31 A 433 411 3.46      
32 A 334 317 1.10      
33 A 249 236 0.04      
34 A 189 179 0.03      
35 A 97 92 0.24      
36 A 35 33 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26568.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25194.6 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.27916 0.06207 0.05510

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.145 0.072
C2 -0.234 -0.416 0.493
C3 -1.266 0.250 -0.424
C4 -2.695 -0.051 0.013
O5 1.481 1.172 0.125
O6 1.992 -0.970 -0.283
H7 -0.365 -1.500 0.506
H8 -0.364 -0.044 1.516
H9 -1.112 -0.099 -1.452
H10 -1.094 1.331 -0.431
H11 -3.418 0.427 -0.654
H12 -2.895 -1.127 0.005
H13 -2.884 0.315 1.027
H14 2.402 1.250 -0.173

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50522.53293.88241.35091.20722.10502.12122.75792.76254.69634.19794.20581.8671
C21.50521.53322.53412.36562.42151.09211.09642.15742.15543.48852.79772.80083.1884
C32.53291.53321.52372.94893.48242.17692.15961.09621.09442.17172.17552.17423.8106
C43.88242.53411.52374.35224.78552.78742.77332.15642.16031.09381.09491.09515.2636
O51.35092.36562.94894.35222.24043.27012.61163.28992.63895.01604.94434.53850.9716
O61.20722.42153.48244.78552.24042.54213.10633.42983.85295.60064.89815.21022.2609
H72.10501.09212.17692.78743.27012.54211.77162.52083.06973.79222.60553.14773.9603
H82.12121.09642.15962.77332.61163.10631.77163.06102.49293.77603.14012.59153.4903
H92.75792.15741.09622.15643.28993.42982.52083.06101.75692.49622.52103.07493.9759
H102.76252.15541.09442.16032.63893.85293.06972.49291.75692.50353.07792.52213.5070
H114.69633.48852.17171.09385.01605.60063.79223.77602.49622.50351.76751.76775.8981
H124.19792.79772.17551.09494.94434.89812.60553.14012.52103.07791.76751.76795.8088
H134.20582.80082.17421.09514.53855.21023.14772.59153.07492.52211.76771.76795.5007
H141.86713.18843.81065.26360.97162.26093.96033.49033.97593.50705.89815.80885.5007

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 112.946 C1 C2 H7 107.212
C1 C2 H8 108.218 C1 O5 H14 105.852
C2 C1 O5 111.725 C2 C1 O6 126.096
C2 C3 C4 111.988 C2 C3 H9 109.138
C2 C3 H10 109.085 C3 C2 H7 110.922
C3 C2 H8 109.294 C3 C4 H11 111.065
C3 C4 H12 111.306 C3 C4 H13 111.191
C4 C3 H9 109.713 C4 C3 H10 110.123
O5 C1 O6 122.177 H7 C2 H8 108.093
H9 C3 H10 106.643 H11 C4 H12 107.721
H11 C4 H13 107.720 H12 C4 H13 107.666
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.580      
2 C -0.399      
3 C -0.332      
4 C -0.521      
5 O -0.580      
6 O -0.472      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.197      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.192      
11 H 0.179      
12 H 0.175      
13 H 0.173      
14 H 0.425      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.151 1.309 0.304 1.770
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.583 5.491 0.350
y 5.491 -38.292 -1.436
z 0.350 -1.436 -35.624
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.375 5.491 0.350
y 5.491 -2.689 -1.436
z 0.350 -1.436 1.314
Polar
3z2-r22.627
x2-y22.709
xy5.491
xz0.350
yz-1.436


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.364 -0.102 -0.310
y -0.102 6.918 0.108
z -0.310 0.108 5.729


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.821
(<r2>)1/2 14.416