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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.605748
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.701515
Nuclear repulsion energy240.168299
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 QCISD/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 3169 3018 9.90      
2 A 3161 3010 26.09      
3 A 3148 2998 13.29      
4 A 3095 2947 18.30      
5 A 3087 2940 5.64      
6 A 3080 2933 38.70      
7 A 1903 1812 342.43      
8 A 1578 1502 0.36      
9 A 1550 1476 5.50      
10 A 1522 1449 7.94      
11 A 1432 1364 19.70      
12 A 1385 1319 2.17      
13 A 1350 1286 14.37      
14 A 1287 1226 14.21      
15 A 1254 1194 21.89      
16 A 1226 1167 37.25      
17 A 1220 1161 166.86      
18 A 1128 1074 9.30      
19 A 1101 1048 64.58      
20 A 1033 984 20.04      
21 A 965 919 4.90      
22 A 921 877 8.92      
23 A 903 860 16.66      
24 A 827 787 6.45      
25 A 688 656 5.60      
26 A 648 617 4.17      
27 A 535 510 4.35      
28 A 492 468 4.23      
29 A 223 212 3.04      
30 A 151 144 0.41      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22030.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20979.3 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.24227 0.11892 0.08515

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.885 -0.003 0.005
C2 -0.027 1.204 0.183
C3 -1.395 0.668 -0.240
C4 -1.273 -0.811 0.139
O5 0.122 -1.138 -0.048
O6 2.089 -0.029 -0.077
H7 0.347 2.049 -0.401
H8 -0.010 1.491 1.244
H9 -1.525 0.769 -1.325
H10 -2.240 1.159 0.254
H11 -1.856 -1.488 -0.492
H12 -1.534 -0.988 1.192

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52362.38952.30861.36871.20652.16062.13702.85913.34373.15672.8690
C21.52361.52832.36952.35792.46271.09341.09902.16932.21433.32342.8448
C32.38951.52831.53222.36633.55632.22852.19041.09701.09522.21942.1939
C42.30862.36951.53221.44503.45843.33162.84912.16892.19791.09351.0984
O51.36872.35792.36631.44502.25803.21482.93232.82463.30862.05672.0740
O61.20652.46273.55633.45842.25802.73132.90803.90564.50104.22603.9564
H72.16061.09342.22853.33163.21482.73131.77262.44902.81284.16823.9116
H82.13701.09902.19042.84912.93232.90801.77263.06852.46293.91102.9112
H92.85912.16931.09702.16892.82463.90562.44903.06851.77622.42853.0691
H103.34372.21431.09522.19793.30864.50102.81282.46291.77622.77702.4474
H113.15673.32342.21941.09352.05674.22604.16823.91102.42852.77701.7851
H122.86902.84482.19391.09842.07403.95643.91162.91123.06912.44741.7851

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 103.062 C1 C2 H7 110.218
C1 C2 H8 108.053 C1 O5 C4 110.237
C2 C1 O5 109.107 C2 C1 O6 128.491
C2 C3 C4 101.466 C2 C3 H9 110.355
C2 C3 H10 114.119 C3 C2 H7 115.424
C3 C2 H8 111.922 C3 C4 O5 105.237
C3 C4 H11 114.360 C3 C4 H12 111.964
C4 C3 H9 110.052 C4 C3 H10 112.490
O5 C1 O6 122.401 O5 C4 H11 107.426
O5 C4 H12 108.497 H7 C2 H8 107.899
H9 C3 H10 108.238 H11 C4 H12 109.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability