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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.611662
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.703139
Nuclear repulsion energy241.065493
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 MP3=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 3206 3009 7.94      
2 A 3198 3001 22.85      
3 A 3188 2991 10.37      
4 A 3134 2940 15.88      
5 A 3122 2930 4.51      
6 A 3115 2923 35.84      
7 A 1965 1843 378.53      
8 A 1591 1493 0.43      
9 A 1561 1465 6.63      
10 A 1531 1436 9.39      
11 A 1450 1360 27.40      
12 A 1394 1308 3.25      
13 A 1360 1277 18.78      
14 A 1300 1220 20.43      
15 A 1265 1187 47.79      
16 A 1243 1166 183.10      
17 A 1237 1160 2.63      
18 A 1139 1068 18.11      
19 A 1123 1054 59.41      
20 A 1044 980 14.96      
21 A 973 913 4.43      
22 A 930 873 9.80      
23 A 914 858 13.08      
24 A 840 788 5.84      
25 A 702 658 6.39      
26 A 657 617 4.39      
27 A 544 510 4.20      
28 A 502 471 4.75      
29 A 223 210 3.05      
30 A 153 143 0.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22301.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20925.0 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.24368 0.11994 0.08580

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.026 1.201 0.182
C3 -1.392 0.666 -0.238
C4 -1.266 -0.812 0.138
O5 0.124 -1.132 -0.047
O6 2.078 -0.029 -0.077
H7 0.348 2.044 -0.401
H8 -0.007 1.487 1.240
H9 -1.525 0.769 -1.319
H10 -2.234 1.154 0.258
H11 -1.847 -1.486 -0.493
H12 -1.529 -0.990 1.187

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51952.38362.29881.36031.19882.15522.13072.85373.33413.14452.8604
C21.51951.52642.36472.34962.45051.09061.09632.16522.21023.31532.8408
C32.38361.52641.53032.36023.54282.22572.18631.09411.09212.21442.1890
C42.29882.36471.53031.43843.44123.32432.84362.16512.19441.09081.0958
O51.36032.34962.36021.43842.24453.20382.92182.81943.29862.05062.0677
O61.19882.45053.54283.44122.24452.71892.89433.89334.48374.20673.9410
H72.15521.09062.22573.32433.20382.71891.76852.44522.80964.15753.9049
H82.13071.09632.18632.84362.92182.89431.76853.06152.45723.90252.9081
H92.85372.16521.09412.16512.81943.89332.44523.06151.77212.42243.0614
H103.33412.21021.09212.19443.29864.48372.80962.45721.77212.77212.4404
H113.14453.31532.21441.09082.05064.20674.15753.90252.42242.77211.7802
H122.86042.84082.18901.09582.06773.94103.90492.90813.06142.44041.7802

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 102.993 C1 C2 H7 110.242
C1 C2 H8 107.993 C1 O5 C4 110.413
C2 C1 O5 109.230 C2 C1 O6 128.317
C2 C3 C4 101.358 C2 C3 H9 110.342
C2 C3 H10 114.111 C3 C2 H7 115.515
C3 C2 H8 111.891 C3 C4 O5 105.269
C3 C4 H11 114.259 C3 C4 H12 111.871
C4 C3 H9 110.064 C4 C3 H10 112.528
O5 C1 O6 122.453 O5 C4 H11 107.548
O5 C4 H12 108.605 H7 C2 H8 107.932
H9 C3 H10 108.306 H11 C4 H12 109.010
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability