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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.708953
Energy at 298.15K-307.718312
HF Energy-307.708953
Nuclear repulsion energy238.022796
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3685 3530 43.74      
2 A 3131 2999 36.88      
3 A 3118 2987 33.06      
4 A 3112 2981 30.31      
5 A 3087 2958 0.35      
6 A 3061 2932 28.03      
7 A 3047 2919 9.32      
8 A 3045 2917 21.20      
9 A 1850 1773 295.00      
10 A 1539 1475 4.51      
11 A 1529 1465 6.86      
12 A 1524 1460 1.04      
13 A 1505 1441 4.38      
14 A 1443 1382 1.36      
15 A 1403 1344 16.46      
16 A 1386 1328 46.23      
17 A 1340 1284 1.62      
18 A 1311 1256 2.28      
19 A 1276 1222 18.24      
20 A 1220 1169 143.66      
21 A 1125 1077 6.40      
22 A 1091 1045 92.04      
23 A 1051 1006 3.57      
24 A 924 886 0.57      
25 A 899 862 2.84      
26 A 876 839 8.26      
27 A 763 731 10.83      
28 A 731 700 51.31      
29 A 629 603 72.34      
30 A 577 553 43.92      
31 A 429 411 3.17      
32 A 331 317 1.07      
33 A 249 238 0.05      
34 A 188 180 0.04      
35 A 93 89 0.23      
36 A 35 33 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26300.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25195.8 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.27528 0.06141 0.05464

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.191 -0.147 0.078
C2 -0.235 -0.390 0.519
C3 -1.272 0.234 -0.436
C4 -2.709 -0.044 0.011
O5 1.510 1.175 0.114
O6 1.980 -0.991 -0.285
H7 -0.373 -1.473 0.587
H8 -0.365 0.035 1.523
H9 -1.115 -0.165 -1.447
H10 -1.098 1.315 -0.495
H11 -3.430 0.406 -0.682
H12 -2.913 -1.121 0.052
H13 -2.902 0.370 1.008
H14 2.431 1.236 -0.201

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51202.54403.90201.36041.21092.11212.13092.76382.77574.71494.21744.22881.8782
C21.51201.54192.54992.37832.43181.09361.09762.16552.16363.50462.81492.81603.2044
C32.54401.54191.53122.98713.47802.18362.16801.09781.09592.17882.18342.18253.8428
C43.90202.54991.53124.39274.79332.79882.79122.16372.16731.09561.09661.09685.3015
O51.36042.37832.98714.39272.25173.28282.60693.33462.68185.06184.98304.57280.9757
O61.21092.43183.47804.79332.25172.55513.13353.40703.85175.60114.90625.23052.2729
H72.11211.09362.18362.79883.28282.55511.77492.52863.07693.80552.61953.15743.9770
H82.13091.09762.16802.79122.60693.13351.77493.06932.49963.79373.16122.61063.4968
H92.76382.16551.09782.16373.33463.40702.52863.06931.75962.50412.52793.08334.0108
H102.77572.16361.09592.16732.68183.85173.07692.49961.75962.50933.08582.53123.5425
H114.71493.50462.17881.09565.06185.60113.80553.79372.50412.50931.77051.77075.9387
H124.21742.81492.18341.09664.98304.90622.61953.16122.52793.08581.77051.77085.8456
H134.22882.81602.18251.09684.57285.23053.15742.61063.08332.53121.77071.77085.5366
H141.87823.20443.84285.30150.97572.27293.97703.49684.01083.54255.93875.84565.5366

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 112.820 C1 C2 H7 107.218
C1 C2 H8 108.437 C1 O5 H14 105.847
C2 C1 O5 111.673 C2 C1 O6 126.173
C2 C3 C4 112.143 C2 C3 H9 109.081
C2 C3 H10 109.039 C3 C2 H7 110.747
C3 C2 H8 109.286 C3 C4 H11 111.002
C3 C4 H12 111.307 C3 C4 H13 111.220
C4 C3 H9 109.675 C4 C3 H10 110.072
O5 C1 O6 122.149 H7 C2 H8 108.196
H9 C3 H10 106.674 H11 C4 H12 107.734
H11 C4 H13 107.734 H12 C4 H13 107.673
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.555      
2 C -0.321      
3 C -0.263      
4 C -0.444      
5 O -0.563      
6 O -0.459      
7 H 0.168      
8 H 0.165      
9 H 0.149      
10 H 0.160      
11 H 0.150      
12 H 0.148      
13 H 0.146      
14 H 0.407      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.126 1.285 0.284 1.732
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.670 5.325 0.274
y 5.325 -38.689 -1.463
z 0.274 -1.463 -35.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.588 5.325 0.274
y 5.325 -2.941 -1.463
z 0.274 -1.463 1.354
Polar
3z2-r22.708
x2-y23.019
xy5.325
xz0.274
yz-1.463


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.486 -0.067 -0.326
y -0.067 6.986 0.104
z -0.326 0.104 5.764


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.783
(<r2>)1/2 14.484