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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.565710
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.701025
Nuclear repulsion energy240.314359
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 MP2/6-31G*
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 3210 3027 11.05      
2 A 3204 3022 17.16      
3 A 3194 3011 7.82      
4 A 3135 2957 14.56      
5 A 3122 2944 4.55      
6 A 3116 2938 36.31      
7 A 1875 1768 298.00      
8 A 1586 1495 0.43      
9 A 1557 1468 5.84      
10 A 1527 1440 8.83      
11 A 1431 1350 15.80      
12 A 1386 1307 1.61      
13 A 1348 1271 11.48      
14 A 1291 1218 9.69      
15 A 1254 1182 18.82      
16 A 1226 1156 7.84      
17 A 1205 1136 209.53      
18 A 1127 1063 11.55      
19 A 1094 1031 60.77      
20 A 1035 976 27.32      
21 A 971 916 4.73      
22 A 925 872 10.37      
23 A 904 853 19.63      
24 A 826 779 7.43      
25 A 684 645 4.37      
26 A 646 609 3.61      
27 A 533 502 3.20      
28 A 489 461 3.37      
29 A 232 218 3.06      
30 A 155 146 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22143.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20881.1 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.24296 0.11890 0.08533

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.884 -0.002 0.006
C2 -0.031 1.199 0.190
C3 -1.389 0.667 -0.250
C4 -1.275 -0.805 0.144
O5 0.118 -1.140 -0.048
O6 2.091 -0.028 -0.079
H7 0.348 2.050 -0.378
H8 -0.025 1.471 1.252
H9 -1.499 0.756 -1.335
H10 -2.239 1.163 0.225
H11 -1.861 -1.485 -0.477
H12 -1.530 -0.968 1.197

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52052.38312.30711.37261.21052.15562.13272.83753.34033.15662.8596
C21.52051.52372.35892.35592.46551.09111.09662.16252.20923.31602.8207
C32.38311.52371.52792.36223.55292.22412.18291.09401.09262.21482.1876
C42.30712.35891.52791.44603.46153.32512.82372.16172.19261.09111.0959
O51.37262.35592.36221.44602.26463.21572.92102.80523.30712.05412.0733
O61.21052.46553.55293.46152.26462.72892.91493.88334.50134.23033.9528
H72.15561.09112.22413.32513.21572.72891.76932.44972.80094.16963.8878
H82.13271.09662.18292.82372.92102.91491.76933.06222.46083.88592.8670
H92.83752.16251.09402.16172.80523.88332.44973.06221.77352.42723.0630
H103.34032.20921.09262.19263.30714.50132.80092.46081.77352.76502.4466
H113.15663.31602.21481.09112.05414.23034.16963.88592.42722.76501.7824
H122.85962.82072.18761.09592.07333.95283.88782.86703.06302.44661.7824

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 103.041 C1 C2 H7 110.170
C1 C2 H8 108.059 C1 O5 C4 109.849
C2 C1 O5 108.934 C2 C1 O6 128.698
C2 C3 C4 101.255 C2 C3 H9 110.329
C2 C3 H10 114.208 C3 C2 H7 115.557
C3 C2 H8 111.797 C3 C4 O5 105.152
C3 C4 H11 114.461 C3 C4 H12 111.920
C4 C3 H9 109.974 C4 C3 H10 112.528
O5 C1 O6 122.368 O5 C4 H11 107.298
O5 C4 H12 108.518 H7 C2 H8 107.944
H9 C3 H10 108.397 H11 C4 H12 109.172
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability