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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.384722
Energy at 298.15K-307.394113
HF Energy-307.384722
Nuclear repulsion energy239.179073
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 HSEh1PBE/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 3743 3559 55.74      
2 A 3161 3006 31.94      
3 A 3153 2998 27.58      
4 A 3145 2991 23.63      
5 A 3119 2967 0.25      
6 A 3084 2932 28.10      
7 A 3072 2922 3.87      
8 A 3067 2917 22.03      
9 A 1885 1792 313.59      
10 A 1535 1460 6.51      
11 A 1526 1452 8.87      
12 A 1521 1447 1.55      
13 A 1498 1425 7.41      
14 A 1440 1370 4.87      
15 A 1415 1346 56.95      
16 A 1399 1331 21.01      
17 A 1341 1276 1.34      
18 A 1307 1243 1.41      
19 A 1277 1214 32.29      
20 A 1232 1172 142.63      
21 A 1134 1078 7.73      
22 A 1103 1049 60.85      
23 A 1076 1023 7.01      
24 A 943 897 1.32      
25 A 902 858 2.28      
26 A 887 843 7.09      
27 A 763 726 22.86      
28 A 734 698 45.63      
29 A 637 605 74.20      
30 A 582 553 44.04      
31 A 434 412 3.47      
32 A 335 319 1.10      
33 A 249 237 0.04      
34 A 189 180 0.02      
35 A 95 90 0.23      
36 A 31 30 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26507.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25208.2 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.28011 0.06215 0.05504

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/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 -0.436 0.474
C3 -1.267 0.266 -0.412
C4 -2.693 -0.057 0.012
O5 1.465 1.175 0.132
O6 2.007 -0.960 -0.282
H7 -0.362 -1.521 0.444
H8 -0.365 -0.107 1.513
H9 -1.113 -0.039 -1.456
H10 -1.097 1.347 -0.374
H11 -3.421 0.447 -0.632
H12 -2.890 -1.134 -0.041
H13 -2.881 0.264 1.044
H14 2.390 1.263 -0.154

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50472.53403.88151.35101.20752.10542.12062.76092.76374.69824.19664.20341.8663
C21.50471.53192.53172.36492.42141.09331.09802.15762.15493.48792.79552.79783.1878
C32.53401.53191.52292.92993.49832.17812.15901.09741.09562.17282.17552.17413.7995
C43.88152.53171.52294.33834.79532.78592.77062.15702.16141.09491.09611.09635.2548
O51.35102.36492.92994.33832.24093.27162.62683.26132.61634.99824.93234.53320.9726
O61.20752.42143.49834.79532.24092.54103.09443.45853.86835.61844.90645.21062.2596
H72.10541.09332.17812.78593.27162.54101.77242.52393.07163.79282.60293.14463.9607
H82.12061.09802.15902.77062.62683.09441.77243.06242.49243.77463.13822.58663.4998
H92.76092.15761.09742.15703.26133.45852.52393.06241.75822.49842.52183.07653.9575
H102.76372.15491.09562.16142.61633.86833.07162.49241.75822.50603.07992.52373.4946
H114.69823.48792.17281.09494.99825.61843.79283.77462.49842.50601.76941.76955.8876
H124.19662.79552.17551.09614.93234.90642.60293.13822.52183.07991.76941.76945.8004
H134.20342.79782.17411.09634.53325.21063.14462.58663.07652.52371.76951.76945.4975
H141.86633.18783.79955.25480.97262.25963.96073.49983.95753.49465.88765.80045.4975

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 113.118 C1 C2 H7 107.202
C1 C2 H8 108.115 C1 O5 H14 105.725
C2 C1 O5 111.705 C2 C1 O6 126.099
C2 C3 C4 111.938 C2 C3 H9 109.169
C2 C3 H10 109.064 C3 C2 H7 111.023
C3 C2 H8 109.247 C3 C4 H11 111.146
C3 C4 H12 111.287 C3 C4 H13 111.164
C4 C3 H9 109.742 C4 C3 H10 110.192
O5 C1 O6 122.196 H7 C2 H8 107.964
H9 C3 H10 106.584 H11 C4 H12 107.721
H11 C4 H13 107.723 H12 C4 H13 107.626
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.571      
2 C -0.394      
3 C -0.327      
4 C -0.516      
5 O -0.575      
6 O -0.465      
7 H 0.199      
8 H 0.195      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.190      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.173      
13 H 0.171      
14 H 0.423      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.146 1.301 0.311 1.761
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.798 5.525 0.409
y 5.525 -38.265 -1.393
z 0.409 -1.393 -35.728
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.199 5.525 0.409
y 5.525 -2.503 -1.393
z 0.409 -1.393 1.303
Polar
3z2-r22.607
x2-y22.468
xy5.525
xz0.409
yz-1.393


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.412 -0.096 -0.308
y -0.096 6.947 0.106
z -0.308 0.106 5.740


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.800
(<r2>)1/2 14.415