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

using model chemistry: MP2/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 MP2/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.855434
Energy at 298.15K-58.864781
HF Energy-58.021965
Nuclear repulsion energy132.398768
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/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 3720 3531 65.57      
2 A 3208 3046 31.00      
3 A 3186 3025 41.10      
4 A 3183 3022 36.26      
5 A 3163 3003 0.37      
6 A 3124 2966 21.16      
7 A 3104 2947 17.56      
8 A 3083 2927 31.00      
9 A 1817 1725 290.80      
10 A 1533 1455 10.69      
11 A 1529 1452 9.97      
12 A 1520 1444 1.35      
13 A 1512 1436 9.20      
14 A 1448 1375 7.51      
15 A 1419 1347 33.70      
16 A 1386 1316 39.08      
17 A 1347 1279 6.25      
18 A 1300 1234 0.09      
19 A 1282 1218 20.71      
20 A 1222 1160 163.55      
21 A 1136 1078 7.27      
22 A 1102 1046 81.46      
23 A 1082 1028 11.40      
24 A 936 888 4.89      
25 A 902 857 0.49      
26 A 884 839 15.16      
27 A 756 717 7.20      
28 A 735 698 38.32      
29 A 633 601 97.65      
30 A 580 551 46.82      
31 A 425 403 2.86      
32 A 330 313 1.38      
33 A 244 232 0.03      
34 A 183 174 0.05      
35 A 93 88 0.28      
36 A 30 29 0.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26567.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25223.6 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/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.26229 0.06106 0.05480

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.177 -0.135 0.113
C2 -0.248 -0.181 0.640
C3 -1.259 0.089 -0.506
C4 -2.715 0.003 0.005
O5 1.629 1.162 0.003
O6 1.862 -1.102 -0.227
H7 -0.412 -1.185 1.065
H8 -0.366 0.579 1.431
H9 -1.096 -0.654 -1.308
H10 -1.064 1.089 -0.931
H11 -3.430 0.195 -0.815
H12 -2.926 -0.999 0.418
H13 -2.894 0.748 0.801
H14 2.533 1.090 -0.378

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52012.52303.89551.37731.23312.12882.15152.73062.75844.71084.20434.22231.8919
C21.52011.55162.55382.39362.46031.10231.10332.17702.17883.51882.80932.80923.2224
C32.52301.55161.54483.12233.35172.19212.18861.10551.10462.19542.19482.19463.9240
C43.89552.55381.54484.49514.71372.79982.80782.18492.18621.10431.10491.10505.3725
O51.37732.39363.12234.49512.28753.28562.52143.52742.85115.21465.05854.61140.9838
O61.23312.46033.35174.71372.28752.61623.24683.18103.72245.48004.83245.20592.2975
H72.12881.10232.19212.79983.28562.61621.80242.52593.09513.81402.60303.15743.9906
H82.15151.10332.18862.80782.52143.24681.80243.09182.51573.81823.17372.61123.4549
H92.73062.17701.10552.18493.52743.18102.52593.09181.78392.53202.53933.10594.1328
H102.75842.17881.10462.18622.85113.72243.09512.51571.78392.53183.10652.54303.6392
H114.71083.51882.19541.10435.21465.48003.81403.81822.53202.53181.78911.78936.0454
H124.20432.80932.19481.10495.05854.83242.60303.17372.53933.10651.78911.78885.8992
H134.22232.80922.19461.10504.61145.20593.15742.61123.10592.54301.78931.78885.5643
H141.89193.22243.92405.37250.98382.29753.99063.45494.13283.63926.04545.89925.5643

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 110.443 C1 C2 H7 107.469
C1 C2 H8 109.164 C1 O5 H14 105.289
C2 C1 O5 111.314 C2 C1 O6 126.345
C2 C3 C4 111.130 C2 C3 H9 108.879
C2 C3 H10 109.067 C3 C2 H7 110.227
C3 C2 H8 109.895 C3 C4 H11 110.843
C3 C4 H12 110.750 C3 C4 H13 110.732
C4 C3 H9 109.946 C4 C3 H10 110.101
O5 C1 O6 122.301 H7 C2 H8 109.600
H9 C3 H10 107.638 H11 C4 H12 108.159
H11 C4 H13 108.168 H12 C4 H13 108.081
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability