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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.359072
Energy at 298.15K-307.368462
HF Energy-307.359072
Nuclear repulsion energy239.177386
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 PBE1PBE/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 3750 3564 57.01      
2 A 3162 3005 30.07      
3 A 3154 2997 26.55      
4 A 3147 2990 22.63      
5 A 3121 2966 0.26      
6 A 3085 2931 26.73      
7 A 3074 2921 3.40      
8 A 3069 2916 21.97      
9 A 1887 1794 314.03      
10 A 1535 1458 6.78      
11 A 1526 1450 9.07      
12 A 1521 1445 1.63      
13 A 1498 1424 7.77      
14 A 1440 1369 5.54      
15 A 1417 1346 61.09      
16 A 1400 1330 18.66      
17 A 1341 1275 1.31      
18 A 1307 1242 1.40      
19 A 1277 1213 33.08      
20 A 1233 1172 141.24      
21 A 1134 1078 7.92      
22 A 1104 1049 58.38      
23 A 1078 1024 7.27      
24 A 944 897 1.38      
25 A 902 857 2.37      
26 A 887 843 6.84      
27 A 763 725 24.03      
28 A 734 697 44.92      
29 A 637 605 74.38      
30 A 582 553 44.10      
31 A 433 412 3.49      
32 A 335 318 1.10      
33 A 249 236 0.04      
34 A 189 179 0.02      
35 A 95 90 0.23      
36 A 31 30 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26518.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25200.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.28028 0.06214 0.05503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.187 -0.146 0.068
C2 -0.233 -0.437 0.472
C3 -1.267 0.267 -0.411
C4 -2.693 -0.058 0.013
O5 1.464 1.175 0.132
O6 2.009 -0.959 -0.281
H7 -0.362 -1.523 0.438
H8 -0.364 -0.113 1.513
H9 -1.113 -0.033 -1.456
H10 -1.098 1.349 -0.368
H11 -3.421 0.449 -0.630
H12 -2.890 -1.135 -0.045
H13 -2.882 0.259 1.045
H14 2.390 1.264 -0.152

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50492.53453.88201.35051.20762.10542.12062.76162.76454.69874.19724.20401.8654
C21.50491.53192.53182.36502.42151.09351.09812.15762.15503.48792.79572.79813.1874
C32.53451.53191.52302.92893.50012.17812.15911.09751.09572.17272.17572.17433.7991
C43.88202.53181.52304.33804.79652.78612.77102.15702.16141.09501.09621.09645.2547
O51.35052.36502.92894.33802.24063.27152.62823.25942.61574.99734.93204.53390.9724
O61.20762.42153.50014.79652.24062.54053.09293.46163.87055.62024.90755.21122.2586
H72.10541.09352.17812.78613.27152.54051.77252.52393.07183.79302.60323.14503.9600
H82.12061.09812.15912.77102.62823.09291.77253.06262.49273.77493.13882.58713.5003
H92.76162.15761.09752.15703.25943.46162.52393.06261.75842.49822.52183.07673.9564
H102.76452.15501.09572.16142.61573.87053.07182.49271.75842.50573.08002.52383.4949
H114.69873.48792.17271.09504.99735.62023.79303.77492.49822.50571.76961.76985.8873
H124.19722.79572.17571.09624.93204.90752.60323.13882.52183.08001.76961.76975.8001
H134.20402.79812.17431.09644.53395.21123.14502.58713.07672.52381.76981.76975.4981
H141.86543.18743.79915.25470.97242.25863.96003.50033.95643.49495.88735.80015.4981

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 113.147 C1 C2 H7 107.184
C1 C2 H8 108.089 C1 O5 H14 105.687
C2 C1 O5 111.722 C2 C1 O6 126.076
C2 C3 C4 111.944 C2 C3 H9 109.168
C2 C3 H10 109.072 C3 C2 H7 111.028
C3 C2 H8 109.259 C3 C4 H11 111.128
C3 C4 H12 111.289 C3 C4 H13 111.169
C4 C3 H9 109.731 C4 C3 H10 110.180
O5 C1 O6 122.201 H7 C2 H8 107.960
H9 C3 H10 106.595 H11 C4 H12 107.721
H11 C4 H13 107.723 H12 C4 H13 107.636
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.574      
2 C -0.402      
3 C -0.334      
4 C -0.523      
5 O -0.576      
6 O -0.466      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.198      
9 H 0.180      
10 H 0.193      
11 H 0.180      
12 H 0.176      
13 H 0.174      
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
  -1.146 1.302 0.312 1.762
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.801 5.532 0.411
y 5.532 -38.249 -1.388
z 0.411 -1.388 -35.722
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.184 5.532 0.411
y 5.532 -2.487 -1.388
z 0.411 -1.388 1.303
Polar
3z2-r22.607
x2-y22.448
xy5.532
xz0.411
yz-1.388


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.396 -0.098 -0.307
y -0.098 6.938 0.107
z -0.307 0.107 5.733


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.826
(<r2>)1/2 14.416