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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.590923
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.701332
Nuclear repulsion energy240.565135
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 MP2=FULL/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 3211 3025 10.59      
2 A 3205 3020 17.22      
3 A 3195 3010 7.86      
4 A 3136 2955 14.46      
5 A 3123 2942 4.49      
6 A 3116 2936 36.18      
7 A 1881 1772 299.57      
8 A 1586 1495 0.44      
9 A 1558 1468 6.00      
10 A 1528 1439 9.10      
11 A 1433 1350 15.64      
12 A 1388 1307 1.54      
13 A 1350 1272 11.40      
14 A 1294 1219 9.92      
15 A 1256 1183 19.18      
16 A 1228 1157 7.07      
17 A 1208 1138 210.67      
18 A 1129 1063 11.70      
19 A 1096 1033 60.87      
20 A 1036 977 26.90      
21 A 973 917 4.62      
22 A 926 873 10.62      
23 A 906 853 19.24      
24 A 827 779 7.37      
25 A 686 646 4.39      
26 A 648 610 3.59      
27 A 535 504 3.14      
28 A 490 462 3.37      
29 A 233 220 3.04      
30 A 156 147 0.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22167.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20885.8 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.24351 0.11915 0.08554

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.883 -0.002 0.006
C2 -0.031 1.197 0.191
C3 -1.387 0.666 -0.251
C4 -1.274 -0.803 0.144
O5 0.118 -1.139 -0.048
O6 2.089 -0.028 -0.080
H7 0.348 2.050 -0.374
H8 -0.026 1.467 1.253
H9 -1.494 0.755 -1.336
H10 -2.238 1.163 0.221
H11 -1.860 -1.484 -0.475
H12 -1.529 -0.965 1.197

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51872.38012.30441.37101.20952.15432.13072.83263.33793.15422.8566
C21.51871.52202.35562.35272.46301.09081.09642.16072.20783.31322.8160
C32.38011.52201.52612.35913.54862.22272.18071.09371.09232.21322.1855
C42.30442.35561.52611.44423.45793.32262.81802.15982.19121.09071.0957
O51.37102.35272.35911.44422.26263.21362.91602.80073.30452.05272.0717
O61.20952.46303.54863.45792.26262.72642.91303.87664.49774.22713.9492
H72.15431.09082.22273.32263.21362.72641.76872.44922.79834.16833.8831
H82.13071.09642.18072.81802.91602.91301.76873.06052.45973.88032.8588
H92.83262.16071.09372.15982.80073.87662.44923.06051.77292.42613.0612
H103.33792.20781.09232.19123.30454.49772.79832.45971.77292.76262.4453
H113.15423.31322.21321.09072.05274.22714.16833.88032.42612.76261.7817
H122.85662.81602.18551.09572.07173.94923.88312.85883.06122.44531.7817

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 103.024 C1 C2 H7 110.212
C1 C2 H8 108.038 C1 O5 C4 109.858
C2 C1 O5 108.906 C2 C1 O6 128.698
C2 C3 C4 101.215 C2 C3 H9 110.321
C2 C3 H10 114.237 C3 C2 H7 115.594
C3 C2 H8 111.760 C3 C4 O5 105.133
C3 C4 H11 114.478 C3 C4 H12 111.893
C4 C3 H9 109.962 C4 C3 H10 112.559
O5 C1 O6 122.395 O5 C4 H11 107.329
O5 C4 H12 108.533 H7 C2 H8 107.938
H9 C3 H10 108.395 H11 C4 H12 109.158
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability