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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.334621
Energy at 298.15K-307.343879
HF Energy-307.334621
Nuclear repulsion energy237.025160
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 PBEPBE/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 3562 3511 27.97      
2 A 3069 3025 36.07      
3 A 3063 3019 27.61      
4 A 3055 3012 20.27      
5 A 3026 2983 0.93      
6 A 2994 2952 30.89      
7 A 2983 2940 14.49      
8 A 2981 2939 10.59      
9 A 1795 1769 264.34      
10 A 1490 1469 5.62      
11 A 1482 1460 8.01      
12 A 1476 1455 1.25      
13 A 1453 1432 4.59      
14 A 1393 1373 2.11      
15 A 1351 1331 25.18      
16 A 1343 1323 31.53      
17 A 1297 1279 1.58      
18 A 1261 1243 1.41      
19 A 1233 1215 15.13      
20 A 1176 1160 131.38      
21 A 1092 1076 8.22      
22 A 1054 1039 68.92      
23 A 1037 1022 19.75      
24 A 907 894 1.47      
25 A 871 858 3.08      
26 A 851 839 9.19      
27 A 742 732 14.46      
28 A 713 703 48.80      
29 A 619 610 60.00      
30 A 559 551 39.76      
31 A 417 411 3.18      
32 A 324 319 0.89      
33 A 248 244 0.05      
34 A 183 181 0.03      
35 A 100 99 0.19      
36 A 38 37 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25618.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9857) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25252.2 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 PBEPBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.27259 0.06115 0.05428

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.194 -0.147 0.077
C2 -0.236 -0.405 0.508
C3 -1.275 0.238 -0.434
C4 -2.713 -0.048 0.012
O5 1.494 1.189 0.120
O6 2.004 -0.987 -0.283
H7 -0.371 -1.498 0.553
H8 -0.373 -0.001 1.529
H9 -1.118 -0.145 -1.460
H10 -1.097 1.327 -0.475
H11 -3.442 0.414 -0.676
H12 -2.917 -1.133 0.038
H13 -2.904 0.352 1.023
H14 2.426 1.244 -0.194

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51522.55043.90831.37051.22122.12102.14072.77602.77954.72934.22764.23551.8789
C21.51521.54332.55152.38422.44561.10181.10622.17222.16973.51422.81802.82153.2096
C32.55041.54331.53212.97973.50352.19172.17361.10591.10422.18692.19042.18913.8437
C43.90832.55151.53214.38604.81832.80702.78922.17202.17611.10321.10441.10465.3033
O51.37052.38422.97974.38602.27143.29922.62413.33142.66195.05854.98554.56720.9855
O61.22122.44563.50354.81832.27142.56913.14703.44093.87405.63644.93385.25282.2731
H72.12101.10182.19172.80703.29922.56911.78672.53723.09213.82012.62333.17213.9879
H82.14071.10622.17362.78922.62413.14701.78673.08342.51033.80123.15882.60573.5147
H92.77602.17221.10592.17203.33143.44092.53723.08341.77162.51502.54053.09904.0126
H102.77952.16971.10422.17612.66193.87403.09212.51031.77162.52343.10222.54133.5360
H114.72933.51422.18691.10325.05855.63643.82013.80122.51502.52341.78261.78295.9460
H124.22762.81802.19041.10444.98554.93382.62333.15882.54053.10221.78261.78245.8533
H134.23552.82152.18911.10464.56725.25283.17212.60573.09902.54131.78291.78245.5403
H141.87893.20963.84375.30330.98552.27313.98793.51474.01263.53605.94605.85335.5403

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 112.997 C1 C2 H7 107.229
C1 C2 H8 108.492 C1 O5 H14 104.596
C2 C1 O5 111.324 C2 C1 O6 126.356
C2 C3 C4 112.123 C2 C3 H9 109.045
C2 C3 H10 108.951 C3 C2 H7 110.809
C3 C2 H8 109.135 C3 C4 H11 111.119
C3 C4 H12 111.327 C3 C4 H13 111.211
C4 C3 H9 109.786 C4 C3 H10 110.209
O5 C1 O6 122.316 H7 C2 H8 108.031
H9 C3 H10 106.562 H11 C4 H12 107.699
H11 C4 H13 107.716 H12 C4 H13 107.589
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.508      
2 C -0.356      
3 C -0.293      
4 C -0.485      
5 O -0.525      
6 O -0.428      
7 H 0.181      
8 H 0.178      
9 H 0.163      
10 H 0.173      
11 H 0.164      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.160      
14 H 0.397      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.082 1.252 0.261 1.675
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.567 5.229 0.237
y 5.229 -38.375 -1.372
z 0.237 -1.372 -35.832
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.537 5.229 0.237
y 5.229 -2.676 -1.372
z 0.237 -1.372 1.139
Polar
3z2-r22.278
x2-y22.808
xy5.229
xz0.237
yz-1.372


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.943 -0.027 -0.345
y -0.027 7.222 0.087
z -0.345 0.087 5.904


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.775
(<r2>)1/2 14.518