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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.438564
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.704561
Nuclear repulsion energy242.277741
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 CID/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3279 3029 14.98      
2 A 3274 3024 19.93      
3 A 3259 3010 12.89      
4 A 3203 2959 17.39      
5 A 3194 2951 14.02      
6 A 3194 2950 30.84      
7 A 2008 1855 438.82      
8 A 1634 1509 0.45      
9 A 1601 1479 6.61      
10 A 1569 1449 9.24      
11 A 1497 1383 31.50      
12 A 1439 1329 4.24      
13 A 1406 1299 21.94      
14 A 1339 1237 25.28      
15 A 1304 1205 59.58      
16 A 1284 1186 182.73      
17 A 1274 1177 3.26      
18 A 1174 1085 27.42      
19 A 1161 1073 62.78      
20 A 1072 990 12.92      
21 A 996 920 5.39      
22 A 955 882 9.52      
23 A 939 867 11.66      
24 A 863 797 6.01      
25 A 719 664 7.89      
26 A 676 624 5.21      
27 A 560 518 5.37      
28 A 515 476 5.54      
29 A 224 207 3.09      
30 A 155 143 0.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22883.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21137.2 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.24635 0.12101 0.08654

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.879 -0.007 0.004
C2 -0.024 1.197 0.177
C3 -1.389 0.664 -0.231
C4 -1.260 -0.812 0.134
O5 0.122 -1.122 -0.046
O6 2.068 -0.030 -0.075
H7 0.345 2.031 -0.409
H8 0.004 1.488 1.227
H9 -1.533 0.773 -1.304
H10 -2.222 1.146 0.274
H11 -1.833 -1.478 -0.501
H12 -1.525 -0.999 1.174

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51452.37722.28921.34881.19192.14702.12072.85283.31913.12652.8518
C21.51451.52182.35902.33442.43841.08461.09012.15712.20093.30012.8406
C32.37721.52181.52582.34753.53002.21592.17851.08811.08612.20472.1810
C42.28922.35901.52581.42833.42503.30992.84262.15722.18551.08431.0889
O51.34882.33442.34751.42832.23123.18222.90662.81343.27742.03872.0536
O61.19192.43843.53003.42502.23122.70762.87493.88924.46204.18263.9255
H72.14701.08462.21593.30993.18222.70761.75792.43192.80014.13193.8970
H82.12071.09012.17852.84262.90662.87491.75793.04662.44533.89342.9198
H92.85282.15711.08812.15722.81343.88922.43193.04661.76122.40913.0458
H103.31912.20091.08612.18553.27744.46202.80012.44531.76122.76382.4280
H113.12653.30012.20471.08432.03874.18264.13193.89342.40912.76381.7684
H122.85182.84062.18101.08892.05363.92553.89702.91983.04582.42801.7684

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 103.063 C1 C2 H7 110.296
C1 C2 H8 107.908 C1 O5 C4 111.011
C2 C1 O5 109.093 C2 C1 O6 128.179
C2 C3 C4 101.441 C2 C3 H9 110.387
C2 C3 H10 114.079 C3 C2 H7 115.446
C3 C2 H8 111.982 C3 C4 O5 105.198
C3 C4 H11 114.211 C3 C4 H12 111.967
C4 C3 H9 110.107 C4 C3 H10 112.507
O5 C1 O6 122.727 O5 C4 H11 107.680
O5 C4 H12 108.587 H7 C2 H8 107.874
H9 C3 H10 108.205 H11 C4 H12 108.925
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability