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

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-57.670579
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-56.847985
Nuclear repulsion energy128.826188
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 3213 3050 28.68      
2 A 3204 3042 20.53      
3 A 3192 3030 7.25      
4 A 3124 2966 17.73      
5 A 3119 2961 19.91      
6 A 3111 2954 51.12      
7 A 1837 1744 344.56      
8 A 1554 1476 0.20      
9 A 1528 1450 7.74      
10 A 1499 1423 9.30      
11 A 1414 1343 17.91      
12 A 1367 1298 1.84      
13 A 1331 1264 19.93      
14 A 1274 1209 7.66      
15 A 1243 1180 25.46      
16 A 1209 1148 1.86      
17 A 1189 1128 213.53      
18 A 1109 1053 15.61      
19 A 1083 1028 63.01      
20 A 1022 970 31.95      
21 A 957 909 5.16      
22 A 905 859 9.89      
23 A 883 838 19.78      
24 A 812 771 8.57      
25 A 668 635 3.48      
26 A 630 598 4.00      
27 A 528 501 2.90      
28 A 481 457 3.12      
29 A 216 206 3.43      
30 A 147 140 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21923.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20814.0 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 MP2/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.23764 0.11672 0.08359

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 0.889 -0.000 0.006
C2 -0.038 1.216 0.185
C3 -1.413 0.670 -0.246
C4 -1.279 -0.821 0.145
O5 0.128 -1.152 -0.053
O6 2.111 -0.020 -0.075
H7 0.342 2.060 -0.409
H8 -0.021 1.499 1.253
H9 -1.539 0.766 -1.337
H10 -2.264 1.155 0.260
H11 -1.860 -1.507 -0.488
H12 -1.526 -0.991 1.209

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53972.41022.32171.38101.22502.17212.15152.87853.36743.17392.8741
C21.53971.54042.38522.38562.49301.10011.10462.18472.22803.34552.8523
C32.41021.54041.54702.39413.59472.24422.20591.10301.10252.23652.2110
C42.32172.38521.54701.45933.48973.35152.86112.18662.21091.10061.1052
O51.38102.38562.39411.45932.28253.23872.95842.84713.33832.06682.0871
O61.22502.49303.59473.48972.28252.75182.93553.94134.54254.26073.9773
H72.17211.10012.24423.35153.23872.75181.79172.46452.83834.19333.9268
H82.15151.10462.20592.86112.95842.93551.79173.08992.47633.93042.9096
H92.87852.18471.10302.18662.84713.94132.46453.08991.79652.44773.0933
H103.36742.22801.10252.21093.33834.54252.83832.47631.79652.79512.4602
H113.17393.34552.23651.10062.06684.26074.19333.93042.44772.79511.8048
H122.87412.85232.21101.10522.08713.97733.92682.90963.09332.46021.8048

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 102.985 C1 C2 H7 109.618
C1 C2 H8 107.775 C1 O5 C4 109.622
C2 C1 O5 109.413 C2 C1 O6 128.407
C2 C3 C4 101.167 C2 C3 H9 110.383
C2 C3 H10 113.894 C3 C2 H7 115.395
C3 C2 H8 111.973 C3 C4 O5 105.534
C3 C4 H11 114.227 C3 C4 H12 111.875
C4 C3 H9 110.075 C4 C3 H10 112.025
O5 C1 O6 122.180 O5 C4 H11 106.849
O5 C4 H12 108.162 H7 C2 H8 108.724
H9 C3 H10 109.090 H11 C4 H12 109.814
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability