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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.798378
Energy at 298.15K-306.807829
HF Energy-305.876096
Nuclear repulsion energy238.321706
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 QCISD/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 3708 3531 56.46      
2 A 3150 3000 38.40      
3 A 3142 2992 29.89      
4 A 3136 2986 20.29      
5 A 3114 2966 0.30      
6 A 3081 2934 19.33      
7 A 3067 2921 9.68      
8 A 3062 2916 23.29      
9 A 1870 1781 277.25      
10 A 1560 1485 5.66      
11 A 1549 1475 7.45      
12 A 1546 1472 1.30      
13 A 1529 1456 6.54      
14 A 1469 1399 4.90      
15 A 1441 1372 29.03      
16 A 1418 1350 35.54      
17 A 1357 1293 1.53      
18 A 1331 1267 0.41      
19 A 1299 1237 21.11      
20 A 1250 1190 146.81      
21 A 1150 1095 5.22      
22 A 1122 1068 73.98      
23 A 1086 1034 8.15      
24 A 949 904 1.55      
25 A 915 871 1.43      
26 A 893 851 9.23      
27 A 768 732 11.84      
28 A 735 700 52.06      
29 A 632 602 82.58      
30 A 583 556 48.00      
31 A 436 415 3.09      
32 A 339 323 1.59      
33 A 252 240 0.03      
34 A 193 183 0.06      
35 A 94 89 0.23      
36 A 43 41 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26633.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25362.7 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.27489 0.06194 0.05494

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.149 0.076
C2 -0.237 -0.407 0.510
C3 -1.263 0.254 -0.422
C4 -2.699 -0.054 0.004
O5 1.487 1.178 0.121
O6 1.988 -0.984 -0.289
H7 -0.374 -1.493 0.537
H8 -0.360 -0.019 1.531
H9 -1.097 -0.101 -1.450
H10 -1.095 1.338 -0.431
H11 -3.421 0.422 -0.670
H12 -2.890 -1.135 -0.006
H13 -2.894 0.313 1.020
H14 2.412 1.251 -0.189

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50842.53043.88531.36191.21492.10962.12612.74492.76874.70044.19294.21211.8799
C21.50841.53642.53822.37402.43311.09551.09902.16192.16073.49572.79932.80013.2015
C32.53041.53641.52912.95173.48142.18312.16931.09951.09702.17842.17932.17843.8147
C43.88532.53821.52914.36514.78702.78572.79312.16382.16801.09681.09771.09795.2780
O51.36192.37402.95174.36512.25713.28272.61433.28302.64535.02854.95234.55570.9777
O61.21492.43313.48144.78702.25712.55363.12363.41203.86245.60154.88825.21832.2767
H72.10961.09552.18312.78573.28272.55361.77812.53163.07843.79602.59863.13793.9771
H82.12611.09902.16932.79312.61433.12361.77813.07122.49623.79583.16342.60623.5004
H92.74492.16191.09952.16383.28303.41202.53163.07121.76332.50652.52353.08263.9654
H102.76872.16071.09702.16802.64533.86243.07842.49621.76332.51133.08532.52883.5163
H114.70043.49572.17841.09685.02855.60153.79603.79582.50652.51131.77401.77415.9108
H124.19292.79932.17931.09774.95234.88822.59863.16342.52353.08531.77401.77465.8164
H134.21212.80012.17841.09794.55575.21833.13792.60623.08262.52881.77411.77465.5222
H141.87993.20153.81475.27800.97772.27673.97713.50043.96543.51635.91085.81645.5222

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 112.408 C1 C2 H7 107.161
C1 C2 H8 108.227 C1 O5 H14 105.760
C2 C1 O5 111.504 C2 C1 O6 126.283
C2 C3 C4 111.785 C2 C3 H9 109.077
C2 C3 H10 109.124 C3 C2 H7 110.981
C3 C2 H8 109.681 C3 C4 H11 111.040
C3 C4 H12 111.062 C3 C4 H13 110.972
C4 C3 H9 109.729 C4 C3 H10 110.200
O5 C1 O6 122.208 H7 C2 H8 108.242
H9 C3 H10 106.791 H11 C4 H12 107.885
H11 C4 H13 107.878 H12 C4 H13 107.859
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability