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All results from a given calculation for C4H8O2 (Butanoic acid)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-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 HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-57.880159
Energy at 298.15K-57.889805
HF Energy-57.880159
Nuclear repulsion energy132.822050
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 HF/CEP-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 4045 3646 94.96      
2 A 3343 3014 62.33      
3 A 3298 2973 86.49      
4 A 3287 2963 100.85      
5 A 3272 2949 11.72      
6 A 3268 2946 26.98      
7 A 3234 2915 31.01      
8 A 3202 2887 61.00      
9 A 1864 1680 397.36      
10 A 1649 1487 9.97      
11 A 1636 1474 10.41      
12 A 1634 1473 3.43      
13 A 1625 1465 9.23      
14 A 1562 1408 3.89      
15 A 1528 1377 13.05      
16 A 1482 1336 82.44      
17 A 1445 1303 0.88      
18 A 1428 1287 18.24      
19 A 1366 1231 1.50      
20 A 1291 1164 138.70      
21 A 1220 1100 12.72      
22 A 1184 1067 143.42      
23 A 1127 1016 9.42      
24 A 989 892 1.85      
25 A 970 875 2.55      
26 A 935 843 16.08      
27 A 818 737 4.74      
28 A 761 686 64.39      
29 A 638 575 150.27      
30 A 600 541 97.60      
31 A 446 402 4.23      
32 A 350 315 3.31      
33 A 250 226 0.04      
34 A 200 180 0.27      
35 A 95 85 0.46      
36 A 56 50 0.71      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28048.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25283.0 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
0.26925 0.06080 0.05434

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.149 0.090
C2 -0.245 -0.326 0.569
C3 -1.272 0.190 -0.476
C4 -2.721 -0.020 0.016
O5 1.573 1.164 0.082
O6 1.941 -1.038 -0.276
H7 -0.396 -1.383 0.762
H8 -0.362 0.225 1.498
H9 -1.124 -0.339 -1.418
H10 -1.093 1.246 -0.666
H11 -3.436 0.342 -0.722
H12 -2.928 -1.077 0.191
H13 -2.900 0.517 0.948
H14 2.471 1.294 -0.231

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51352.53913.90391.37061.22612.11162.12202.76032.77204.71254.21244.22241.9627
C21.51351.55322.55572.40022.44921.08511.08722.17282.17143.50682.81152.81193.2618
C32.53911.55321.54433.05863.44532.18472.17411.09031.08812.18322.18862.18753.9101
C43.90392.55571.54434.45484.78082.79652.79712.16922.17201.08961.09101.09125.3613
O51.37062.40023.05864.45482.26123.29032.57503.43302.77025.13925.02884.60170.9599
O61.22612.44923.44534.78082.26122.58063.17033.34493.81765.56914.89125.23022.3922
H72.11161.08512.18472.79653.29032.58061.76922.52453.07193.79762.61323.14914.0464
H82.12201.08722.17412.79712.57503.17031.76923.06672.50203.79403.16012.61333.4871
H92.76032.17281.09032.16923.43303.34492.52453.06671.75462.50812.52703.07964.1233
H102.77202.17141.08812.17202.77023.81763.07192.50201.75462.51163.08162.52993.5906
H114.71253.50682.18321.08965.13925.56913.79763.79402.50812.51161.76291.76316.0030
H124.21242.81152.18861.09105.02884.89122.61323.16012.52703.08161.76291.76515.9114
H134.22242.81192.18751.09124.60175.23023.14912.61333.07962.52991.76311.76515.5534
H141.96273.26183.91015.36130.95992.39224.04643.48714.12333.59066.00305.91145.5534

picture of Butanoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.774 C1 C2 H7 107.553
C1 C2 H8 108.241 C1 O5 H14 113.573
C2 C1 O5 112.555 C2 C1 O6 126.438
C2 C3 C4 111.195 C2 C3 H9 109.306
C2 C3 H10 109.328 C3 C2 H7 110.549
C3 C2 H8 109.587 C3 C4 H11 110.784
C3 C4 H12 111.132 C3 C4 H13 111.033
C4 C3 H9 109.638 C4 C3 H10 109.982
O5 C1 O6 121.003 H7 C2 H8 109.058
H9 C3 H10 107.307 H11 C4 H12 107.889
H11 C4 H13 107.892 H12 C4 H13 107.973
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.067      
2 C -0.085      
3 C -0.160      
4 C -0.289      
5 O -0.485      
6 O -0.234      
7 H 0.124      
8 H 0.107      
9 H 0.091      
10 H 0.113      
11 H 0.138      
12 H 0.093      
13 H 0.090      
14 H 0.430      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.671 1.558 0.418 2.323
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.923 6.864 0.382
y 6.864 -41.376 -2.115
z 0.382 -2.115 -36.556
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.042 6.864 0.382
y 6.864 -4.636 -2.115
z 0.382 -2.115 2.594
Polar
3z2-r25.188
x2-y24.452
xy6.864
xz0.382
yz-2.115


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.785 -0.306 -0.313
y -0.306 6.466 0.128
z -0.313 0.128 5.402


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.526
(<r2>)1/2 13.135