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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-58.027058
Energy at 298.15K-58.036701
HF Energy-58.027058
Nuclear repulsion energy133.808915
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 4104 3685 109.60      
2 A 3334 2994 61.18      
3 A 3292 2957 82.84      
4 A 3284 2949 85.97      
5 A 3270 2936 3.92      
6 A 3266 2933 25.25      
7 A 3238 2908 26.37      
8 A 3214 2886 53.83      
9 A 2005 1800 496.56      
10 A 1638 1471 5.90      
11 A 1626 1460 8.24      
12 A 1622 1457 1.26      
13 A 1616 1452 10.67      
14 A 1558 1399 11.84      
15 A 1530 1374 38.91      
16 A 1492 1340 56.82      
17 A 1434 1288 2.12      
18 A 1404 1261 1.78      
19 A 1379 1239 99.53      
20 A 1326 1191 137.99      
21 A 1206 1083 5.96      
22 A 1180 1060 65.40      
23 A 1115 1002 1.38      
24 A 984 884 0.82      
25 A 960 862 2.86      
26 A 939 843 5.53      
27 A 802 720 45.93      
28 A 787 707 9.64      
29 A 661 593 96.97      
30 A 619 556 80.12      
31 A 452 406 3.24      
32 A 347 312 1.93      
33 A 259 233 0.03      
34 A 198 178 0.17      
35 A 96 86 0.46      
36 A 43 39 0.89      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28139.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25269.3 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 HF/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.27487 0.06127 0.05518

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 1.183 -0.136 0.095
C2 -0.243 -0.252 0.603
C3 -1.264 0.143 -0.490
C4 -2.712 -0.006 0.013
O5 1.609 1.137 0.047
O6 1.879 -1.050 -0.255
H7 -0.394 -1.283 0.911
H8 -0.357 0.400 1.469
H9 -1.113 -0.490 -1.366
H10 -1.084 1.173 -0.799
H11 -3.423 0.272 -0.766
H12 -2.921 -1.036 0.308
H13 -2.894 0.635 0.879
H14 2.498 1.131 -0.303

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51842.53143.89791.34361.20062.11372.13212.74462.76614.70334.20724.22241.8690
C21.51841.54682.55012.38112.42391.08691.08912.16612.16853.50152.80642.80863.2011
C32.53141.54681.53973.08773.36962.18012.17381.09141.09032.18012.18452.18433.8945
C43.89792.55011.53974.46994.71532.79502.79812.16612.16751.09101.09221.09245.3420
O51.34362.38113.08774.46992.22433.25832.53603.47252.82345.17035.03184.60660.9553
O61.20062.42393.36964.71532.22432.56463.17323.24033.74345.48774.83275.18652.2678
H72.11371.08692.18012.79503.25832.56461.77302.51633.07113.79592.61033.15143.9578
H82.13211.08912.17382.79812.53603.17321.77303.06602.50423.79643.16022.61533.4387
H92.74462.16611.09142.16613.47253.24032.51633.06601.75692.50492.52353.07834.0990
H102.76612.16851.09032.16752.82343.74343.07112.50421.75692.50623.07902.52583.6167
H114.70333.50152.18011.09105.17035.48773.79593.79642.50492.50621.76571.76596.0008
H124.20722.80642.18451.09225.03184.83272.61033.16022.52353.07901.76571.76685.8686
H134.22242.80862.18431.09244.60665.18653.15142.61533.07832.52581.76591.76685.5421
H141.86903.20113.89455.34200.95532.26783.95783.43874.09903.61676.00085.86865.5421

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 111.345 C1 C2 H7 107.286
C1 C2 H8 108.579 C1 O5 H14 107.585
C2 C1 O5 112.462 C2 C1 O6 125.714
C2 C3 C4 111.424 C2 C3 H9 109.165
C2 C3 H10 109.412 C3 C2 H7 110.527
C3 C2 H8 109.895 C3 C4 H11 110.775
C3 C4 H12 111.059 C3 C4 H13 111.026
C4 C3 H9 109.649 C4 C3 H10 109.822
O5 C1 O6 121.814 H7 C2 H8 109.135
H9 C3 H10 107.274 H11 C4 H12 107.952
H11 C4 H13 107.949 H12 C4 H13 107.947
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 0.076      
2 C -0.124      
3 C -0.198      
4 C -0.282      
5 O -0.467      
6 O -0.242      
7 H 0.128      
8 H 0.104      
9 H 0.101      
10 H 0.107      
11 H 0.145      
12 H 0.096      
13 H 0.092      
14 H 0.465      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.342 1.522 0.322 2.054
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.934 5.669 -0.013
y 5.669 -40.273 -1.631
z -0.013 -1.631 -36.007
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.206 5.669 -0.013
y 5.669 -4.303 -1.631
z -0.013 -1.631 2.097
Polar
3z2-r24.194
x2-y24.340
xy5.669
xz-0.013
yz-1.631


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.896 -0.212 -0.244
y -0.212 6.464 0.079
z -0.244 0.079 5.644


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 170.208
(<r2>)1/2 13.046