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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.570035
Energy at 298.15K-307.579431
HF Energy-307.570035
Nuclear repulsion energy239.595176
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 B1B95/6-31G*
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 3752 3562 57.13      
2 A 3167 3007 34.51      
3 A 3160 3000 27.79      
4 A 3153 2993 21.83      
5 A 3129 2970 0.09      
6 A 3090 2934 29.98      
7 A 3079 2923 0.94      
8 A 3075 2919 23.25      
9 A 1891 1795 317.06      
10 A 1537 1459 5.72      
11 A 1528 1451 8.30      
12 A 1522 1445 1.59      
13 A 1497 1421 6.49      
14 A 1439 1366 4.71      
15 A 1414 1343 58.06      
16 A 1398 1328 24.00      
17 A 1341 1273 1.71      
18 A 1304 1238 2.76      
19 A 1274 1209 27.54      
20 A 1231 1169 145.73      
21 A 1134 1076 6.11      
22 A 1106 1050 57.44      
23 A 1076 1022 7.37      
24 A 942 895 1.24      
25 A 899 853 2.64      
26 A 884 839 6.60      
27 A 760 722 22.49      
28 A 725 688 51.98      
29 A 632 600 72.18      
30 A 575 546 41.93      
31 A 432 410 3.57      
32 A 332 315 1.12      
33 A 251 239 0.04      
34 A 189 180 0.02      
35 A 93 89 0.22      
36 A 42 40 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26528.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9493) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25183.1 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 B1B95/6-31G*
ABC
0.28396 0.06239 0.05495

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.188 -0.147 0.058
C2 -0.230 -0.485 0.423
C3 -1.268 0.298 -0.381
C4 -2.690 -0.071 0.014
O5 1.425 1.179 0.144
O6 2.044 -0.930 -0.272
H7 -0.350 -1.560 0.285
H8 -0.361 -0.269 1.489
H9 -1.119 0.104 -1.448
H10 -1.100 1.368 -0.232
H11 -3.420 0.494 -0.570
H12 -2.884 -1.135 -0.150
H13 -2.873 0.140 1.071
H14 2.356 1.298 -0.106

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50302.53503.87931.34951.20592.10132.11252.76702.75944.69534.19564.19591.8647
C21.50301.52872.52772.36312.41871.09091.09602.15362.14873.48152.79172.79243.1849
C32.53501.52871.52112.88183.53412.17732.15481.09481.09302.16922.17202.17053.7695
C43.87932.52771.52114.30254.81932.78682.76412.15352.15861.09251.09371.09395.2296
O51.34952.36312.88184.30252.23743.26692.66353.18762.55954.94524.89964.51810.9712
O61.20592.41873.53414.81932.23742.53673.05273.52943.89425.65444.93325.20812.2563
H72.10131.09092.17732.78683.26692.53671.76572.52333.06633.79182.60603.14263.9550
H82.11251.09602.15482.76412.66353.05271.76573.05662.48743.76583.13102.57953.5184
H92.76702.15361.09482.15353.18763.52942.52333.05661.75362.49422.51743.07063.9114
H102.75942.14871.09302.15862.55953.89423.06632.48741.75362.50253.07462.52033.4587
H114.69533.48152.16921.09254.94525.65443.79183.76582.49422.50251.76551.76575.8503
H124.19562.79172.17201.09374.89964.93322.60603.13102.51743.07461.76551.76565.7771
H134.19592.79242.17051.09394.51815.20813.14262.57953.07062.52031.76571.76565.4836
H141.86473.18493.76955.22960.97122.25633.95503.51843.91143.45875.85035.77715.4836

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 113.472 C1 C2 H7 107.141
C1 C2 H8 107.719 C1 O5 H14 105.772
C2 C1 O5 111.761 C2 C1 O6 126.121
C2 C3 C4 111.953 C2 C3 H9 109.228
C2 C3 H10 108.951 C3 C2 H7 111.336
C3 C2 H8 109.255 C3 C4 H11 111.138
C3 C4 H12 111.285 C3 C4 H13 111.153
C4 C3 H9 109.744 C4 C3 H10 110.257
O5 C1 O6 122.118 H7 C2 H8 107.694
H9 C3 H10 106.555 H11 C4 H12 107.726
H11 C4 H13 107.731 H12 C4 H13 107.634
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.570      
2 C -0.381      
3 C -0.314      
4 C -0.492      
5 O -0.575      
6 O -0.465      
7 H 0.193      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.170      
10 H 0.184      
11 H 0.170      
12 H 0.165      
13 H 0.163      
14 H 0.422      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.178 1.266 0.331 1.761
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.095 5.628 0.547
y 5.628 -37.916 -1.283
z 0.547 -1.283 -35.637
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.681 5.628 0.547
y 5.628 -2.050 -1.283
z 0.547 -1.283 1.369
Polar
3z2-r22.737
x2-y21.821
xy5.628
xz0.547
yz-1.283


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.410 -0.099 -0.292
y -0.099 6.923 0.101
z -0.292 0.101 5.691


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.323
(<r2>)1/2 14.399