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

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-56.852961
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-56.852961
Nuclear repulsion energy130.667526
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 3345 3004 67.39 74.28 0.41 0.58
2 A 3339 2999 26.12 74.94 0.75 0.86
3 A 3314 2976 36.88 83.02 0.29 0.45
4 A 3268 2934 48.21 235.90 0.10 0.18
5 A 3264 2931 31.79 53.28 0.16 0.27
6 A 3259 2926 46.72 30.99 0.69 0.82
7 A 2040 1832 592.06 11.97 0.39 0.56
8 A 1668 1498 0.54 7.45 0.71 0.83
9 A 1635 1468 7.87 8.21 0.66 0.79
10 A 1602 1439 8.24 9.14 0.74 0.85
11 A 1544 1387 46.94 1.74 0.50 0.67
12 A 1475 1325 14.67 0.40 0.69 0.82
13 A 1446 1299 38.44 1.31 0.69 0.81
14 A 1369 1229 32.56 12.42 0.74 0.85
15 A 1337 1201 60.94 8.57 0.75 0.86
16 A 1315 1181 180.45 2.69 0.74 0.85
17 A 1304 1171 8.28 1.12 0.59 0.74
18 A 1200 1077 89.16 4.51 0.71 0.83
19 A 1189 1068 26.25 0.78 0.63 0.77
20 A 1082 972 10.20 6.28 0.71 0.83
21 A 1002 900 6.82 11.60 0.11 0.20
22 A 962 864 9.68 2.30 0.31 0.47
23 A 946 850 9.79 7.47 0.10 0.19
24 A 872 783 6.95 5.62 0.17 0.28
25 A 729 654 11.10 3.58 0.44 0.61
26 A 684 614 6.73 2.46 0.62 0.76
27 A 575 516 7.75 1.62 0.73 0.84
28 A 524 471 7.35 1.52 0.55 0.71
29 A 213 192 3.32 0.27 0.71 0.83
30 A 149 134 0.96 0.38 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23325.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.898) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20946.1 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
0.24341 0.12027 0.08570

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 0.882 -0.008 0.003
C2 -0.027 1.212 0.170
C3 -1.408 0.665 -0.221
C4 -1.255 -0.829 0.132
O5 0.132 -1.121 -0.049
O6 2.073 -0.026 -0.071
H7 0.337 2.034 -0.438
H8 0.014 1.515 1.216
H9 -1.574 0.782 -1.291
H10 -2.235 1.131 0.310
H11 -1.819 -1.495 -0.513
H12 -1.517 -1.031 1.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53072.39732.29281.34291.19302.15912.13152.88663.33253.12592.8576
C21.53071.53652.38252.34902.44941.08511.09002.17152.21413.31772.8735
C32.39731.53651.54222.36453.55172.22892.19371.08931.08752.21752.1964
C42.29282.38251.54221.42913.42883.32502.87742.17272.19801.08521.0898
O51.34292.34902.36451.42912.22783.18562.92602.84193.28662.04012.0529
O61.19302.44943.55173.42882.22782.71882.87553.92964.47634.18263.9291
H72.15911.08512.22893.32503.18562.71881.76392.43922.82684.13603.9272
H82.13151.09002.19372.87742.92602.87551.76393.05772.45533.92552.9719
H92.88662.17151.08932.17272.84193.92962.43923.05771.76672.41823.0575
H103.33252.21411.08752.19803.28664.47632.82682.45531.76672.78272.4351
H113.12593.31772.21751.08522.04014.18264.13603.92552.41822.78271.7715
H122.85762.87352.19641.08982.05293.92913.92722.97193.05752.43511.7715

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 102.814 C1 C2 H7 110.098
C1 C2 H8 107.662 C1 O5 C4 111.568
C2 C1 O5 109.481 C2 C1 O6 127.699
C2 C3 C4 101.402 C2 C3 H9 110.427
C2 C3 H10 113.987 C3 C2 H7 115.386
C3 C2 H8 112.157 C3 C4 O5 105.393
C3 C4 H11 114.000 C3 C4 H12 111.980
C4 C3 H9 110.123 C4 C3 H10 112.253
O5 C1 O6 122.820 O5 C4 H11 107.685
O5 C4 H12 108.427 H7 C2 H8 108.380
H9 C3 H10 108.509 H11 C4 H12 109.078
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 -0.057      
2 C -0.089      
3 C -0.168      
4 C -0.097      
5 O -0.228      
6 O -0.194      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.125      
9 H 0.105      
10 H 0.151      
11 H 0.165      
12 H 0.115      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -4.979 1.758 0.485 5.302
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -41.550 1.954 0.254
y 1.954 -35.547 -0.164
z 0.254 -0.164 -33.241
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.156 1.954 0.254
y 1.954 1.849 -0.164
z 0.254 -0.164 5.308
Polar
3z2-r210.615
x2-y2-6.003
xy1.954
xz0.254
yz-0.164


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.443 0.335 -0.026
y 0.335 6.012 -0.001
z -0.026 -0.001 4.982


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 114.440
(<r2>)1/2 10.698