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

using model chemistry: CISD/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 CISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.442269
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.704498
Nuclear repulsion energy242.203339
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 CISD/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 3276 3033 15.60      
2 A 3271 3029 20.17      
3 A 3256 3014 13.57      
4 A 3200 2963 17.74      
5 A 3192 2955 17.79      
6 A 3191 2954 27.77      
7 A 2003 1854 435.89      
8 A 1633 1512 0.44      
9 A 1601 1482 6.44      
10 A 1568 1452 9.07      
11 A 1496 1385 30.70      
12 A 1438 1331 4.10      
13 A 1405 1301 21.17      
14 A 1338 1238 23.91      
15 A 1303 1206 53.09      
16 A 1281 1186 189.60      
17 A 1273 1179 3.30      
18 A 1173 1086 22.52      
19 A 1158 1072 67.84      
20 A 1070 991 13.26      
21 A 995 921 5.41      
22 A 954 883 9.61      
23 A 938 868 11.82      
24 A 862 798 6.00      
25 A 718 665 7.86      
26 A 675 625 5.16      
27 A 559 518 5.38      
28 A 514 476 5.48      
29 A 224 208 3.09      
30 A 155 144 0.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22859.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9258) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21163.7 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 CISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.24624 0.12092 0.08649

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.879 -0.006 0.004
C2 -0.024 1.197 0.178
C3 -1.389 0.664 -0.232
C4 -1.261 -0.811 0.134
O5 0.122 -1.123 -0.046
O6 2.069 -0.030 -0.075
H7 0.345 2.032 -0.408
H8 0.003 1.487 1.228
H9 -1.532 0.772 -1.305
H10 -2.223 1.146 0.272
H11 -1.833 -1.479 -0.500
H12 -1.525 -0.998 1.174

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51492.37772.29011.34951.19262.14752.12112.85233.32013.12762.8521
C21.51491.52202.35922.33512.43961.08471.09022.15742.20133.30082.8399
C32.37771.52201.52592.34793.53112.21622.17871.08821.08622.20512.1812
C42.29012.35921.52591.42893.42653.31052.84192.15732.18571.08441.0890
O51.34952.33512.34791.42892.23243.18332.90672.81303.27832.03922.0541
O61.19262.43963.53113.42652.23242.70862.87643.88904.46364.18433.9265
H72.14751.08472.21623.31053.18332.70861.75832.43262.80004.13333.8966
H82.12111.09022.17872.84192.90672.87641.75833.04712.44593.89302.9176
H92.85232.15741.08822.15732.81303.88902.43263.04711.76162.40983.0464
H103.32012.20131.08622.18573.27834.46362.80002.44591.76162.76382.4287
H113.12763.30082.20511.08442.03924.18434.13333.89302.40982.76381.7688
H122.85212.83992.18121.08902.05413.92653.89662.91763.04642.42871.7688

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 103.059 C1 C2 H7 110.301
C1 C2 H8 107.903 C1 O5 C4 110.991
C2 C1 O5 109.077 C2 C1 O6 128.198
C2 C3 C4 101.438 C2 C3 H9 110.382
C2 C3 H10 114.084 C3 C2 H7 115.445
C3 C2 H8 111.972 C3 C4 O5 105.186
C3 C4 H11 114.227 C3 C4 H12 111.967
C4 C3 H9 110.100 C4 C3 H10 112.506
O5 C1 O6 122.724 O5 C4 H11 107.669
O5 C4 H12 108.573 H7 C2 H8 107.888
H9 C3 H10 108.214 H11 C4 H12 108.942
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability