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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.787005
Energy at 298.15K-306.796483
HF Energy-305.876944
Nuclear repulsion energy238.666487
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 CCD/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 3740 3540 60.96      
2 A 3164 2995 37.03      
3 A 3157 2989 27.08      
4 A 3152 2983 16.14      
5 A 3130 2962 0.27      
6 A 3093 2928 19.36      
7 A 3081 2916 8.16      
8 A 3074 2910 20.67      
9 A 1915 1812 291.23      
10 A 1563 1479 6.33      
11 A 1552 1469 7.94      
12 A 1549 1466 1.43      
13 A 1532 1450 7.72      
14 A 1473 1394 6.63      
15 A 1449 1372 39.99      
16 A 1426 1350 30.92      
17 A 1361 1288 0.98      
18 A 1335 1263 0.30      
19 A 1304 1235 32.96      
20 A 1260 1192 149.26      
21 A 1154 1092 5.42      
22 A 1128 1068 69.44      
23 A 1091 1032 6.96      
24 A 954 903 1.67      
25 A 919 870 1.15      
26 A 901 852 9.00      
27 A 771 729 13.79      
28 A 739 699 47.13      
29 A 635 601 85.99      
30 A 589 557 52.35      
31 A 440 416 3.27      
32 A 341 323 1.56      
33 A 251 238 0.03      
34 A 194 183 0.06      
35 A 93 88 0.23      
36 A 45 43 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26777.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25344.6 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.27611 0.06205 0.05506

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.149 0.075
C2 -0.235 -0.409 0.507
C3 -1.262 0.256 -0.422
C4 -2.697 -0.053 0.005
O5 1.486 1.175 0.122
O6 1.985 -0.980 -0.289
H7 -0.372 -1.495 0.529
H8 -0.359 -0.026 1.529
H9 -1.098 -0.096 -1.450
H10 -1.094 1.339 -0.427
H11 -3.419 0.426 -0.666
H12 -2.889 -1.133 -0.009
H13 -2.890 0.310 1.023
H14 2.410 1.252 -0.185

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50702.52923.88331.35861.20982.10782.12422.74502.76684.69784.19144.20881.8789
C21.50701.53592.53722.37132.42641.09481.09842.16082.15993.49382.79822.79863.1992
C32.52921.53591.52852.94893.47672.18242.16801.09871.09632.17692.17822.17723.8121
C43.88332.53721.52854.36144.78152.78572.79042.16272.16681.09611.09691.09715.2742
O51.35862.37132.94894.36142.24993.27882.61303.28072.64295.02414.94834.55140.9760
O61.20982.42643.47674.78152.24992.54713.11553.41023.85665.59614.88395.21052.2747
H72.10781.09482.18242.78573.27882.54711.77722.52973.07703.79512.59903.13773.9743
H82.12421.09842.16802.79042.61303.11551.77723.06942.49563.79243.16042.60313.4980
H92.74502.16081.09872.16273.28073.41022.52973.06941.76222.50492.52183.08073.9648
H102.76682.15991.09632.16682.64293.85663.07702.49561.76222.50923.08342.52743.5129
H114.69783.49382.17691.09615.02415.59613.79513.79242.50492.50921.77301.77305.9063
H124.19142.79822.17821.09694.94834.88392.59903.16042.52183.08341.77301.77365.8132
H134.20882.79862.17721.09714.55145.21053.13772.60313.08072.52741.77301.77365.5168
H141.87893.19923.81215.27420.97602.27473.97433.49803.96483.51295.90635.81325.5168

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 112.437 C1 C2 H7 107.150
C1 C2 H8 108.213 C1 O5 H14 106.020
C2 C1 O5 111.582 C2 C1 O6 126.187
C2 C3 C4 111.776 C2 C3 H9 109.076
C2 C3 H10 109.138 C3 C2 H7 111.001
C3 C2 H8 109.649 C3 C4 H11 111.013
C3 C4 H12 111.063 C3 C4 H13 110.969
C4 C3 H9 109.726 C4 C3 H10 110.191
O5 C1 O6 122.227 H7 C2 H8 108.249
H9 C3 H10 106.800 H11 C4 H12 107.896
H11 C4 H13 107.885 H12 C4 H13 107.873
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability