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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.334606
Energy at 298.15K-307.343832
HF Energy-307.334606
Nuclear repulsion energy237.021112
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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 3559 3500 28.10      
2 A 3067 3017 38.34      
3 A 3062 3012 27.15      
4 A 3054 3004 18.73      
5 A 3026 2977 0.64      
6 A 2993 2943 32.50      
7 A 2982 2932 15.68      
8 A 2980 2931 7.82      
9 A 1794 1765 265.07      
10 A 1490 1465 5.53      
11 A 1481 1457 7.94      
12 A 1475 1451 1.35      
13 A 1451 1427 4.48      
14 A 1391 1368 2.08      
15 A 1350 1328 22.30      
16 A 1342 1320 32.82      
17 A 1298 1276 1.60      
18 A 1261 1240 1.50      
19 A 1233 1213 15.23      
20 A 1177 1157 132.73      
21 A 1092 1074 7.58      
22 A 1056 1039 70.00      
23 A 1037 1020 17.82      
24 A 907 892 1.43      
25 A 869 855 2.80      
26 A 850 836 9.36      
27 A 741 729 15.42      
28 A 710 698 49.60      
29 A 617 607 59.38      
30 A 558 549 38.76      
31 A 417 410 3.18      
32 A 324 318 0.90      
33 A 246 241 0.05      
34 A 182 179 0.03      
35 A 93 92 0.19      
36 A 32 31 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25599.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25177.0 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.27372 0.06115 0.05416

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.195 -0.148 0.072
C2 -0.235 -0.427 0.488
C3 -1.278 0.257 -0.421
C4 -2.714 -0.056 0.011
O5 1.480 1.191 0.128
O6 2.019 -0.977 -0.284
H7 -0.368 -1.520 0.485
H8 -0.371 -0.071 1.527
H9 -1.120 -0.074 -1.464
H10 -1.105 1.348 -0.407
H11 -3.445 0.438 -0.651
H12 -2.914 -1.142 -0.018
H13 -2.906 0.291 1.042
H14 2.417 1.258 -0.172

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51532.55393.91061.37051.22122.12022.13892.77982.78534.73264.22874.23751.8785
C21.51531.54292.55122.38512.44541.10181.10652.17242.16933.51392.81882.82073.2101
C32.55391.54291.53212.96273.52292.19262.17341.10591.10412.18692.19042.18933.8353
C43.91062.55121.53214.37714.83072.80562.79072.17172.17621.10321.10441.10465.2992
O51.37052.38512.96274.37712.27113.30062.64133.30062.64425.04284.97734.57040.9855
O61.22122.44543.52294.83072.27112.56593.13233.47353.89575.65614.94325.25592.2721
H72.12021.10182.19262.80563.30062.56591.78552.54103.09263.82002.62293.16773.9878
H82.13891.10652.17342.79072.64133.13231.78553.08362.50853.80183.16302.60673.5245
H92.77982.17241.10592.17173.30063.47352.54103.08361.77122.51522.53963.09903.9938
H102.78532.16931.10412.17622.64423.89573.09262.50851.77122.52283.10222.54253.5302
H114.73263.51392.18691.10325.04285.65613.82003.80182.51522.52281.78251.78295.9379
H124.22872.81882.19041.10444.97734.94322.62293.16302.53963.10221.78251.78245.8480
H134.23752.82072.18931.10464.57045.25593.16772.60673.09902.54251.78291.78245.5447
H141.87853.21013.83535.29920.98552.27213.98783.52453.99383.53025.93795.84805.5447

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 113.252 C1 C2 H7 107.158
C1 C2 H8 108.327 C1 O5 H14 104.565
C2 C1 O5 111.377 C2 C1 O6 126.331
C2 C3 C4 112.129 C2 C3 H9 109.084
C2 C3 H10 108.951 C3 C2 H7 110.900
C3 C2 H8 109.128 C3 C4 H11 111.123
C3 C4 H12 111.325 C3 C4 H13 111.230
C4 C3 H9 109.760 C4 C3 H10 110.217
O5 C1 O6 122.290 H7 C2 H8 107.905
H9 C3 H10 106.534 H11 C4 H12 107.692
H11 C4 H13 107.709 H12 C4 H13 107.582
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.509      
2 C -0.357      
3 C -0.293      
4 C -0.485      
5 O -0.525      
6 O -0.428      
7 H 0.181      
8 H 0.179      
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
  -1.092 1.244 0.276 1.679
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.696 5.275 0.307
y 5.275 -38.282 -1.342
z 0.307 -1.342 -35.842
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.366 5.275 0.307
y 5.275 -2.513 -1.342
z 0.307 -1.342 1.148
Polar
3z2-r22.295
x2-y22.586
xy5.275
xz0.307
yz-1.342


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.949 -0.028 -0.339
y -0.028 7.224 0.089
z -0.339 0.089 5.891


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.920
(<r2>)1/2 14.523