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

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G

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-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.490911
Energy at 298.15K-58.500144
HF Energy-57.883630
Nuclear repulsion energy130.447420
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-121G
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 3574 3489 35.58      
2 A 3095 3021 42.45      
3 A 3073 2999 47.49      
4 A 3070 2996 39.14      
5 A 3047 2974 0.79      
6 A 3012 2940 22.59      
7 A 2987 2915 20.03      
8 A 2963 2892 38.71      
9 A 1646 1606 200.55      
10 A 1533 1497 10.12      
11 A 1527 1491 7.65      
12 A 1516 1480 1.53      
13 A 1504 1468 4.71      
14 A 1450 1415 3.31      
15 A 1405 1371 6.45      
16 A 1347 1314 26.94      
17 A 1333 1301 1.57      
18 A 1306 1274 23.15      
19 A 1271 1240 2.87      
20 A 1187 1159 64.35      
21 A 1121 1094 6.50      
22 A 1070 1044 96.82      
23 A 1039 1014 104.09      
24 A 907 885 3.24      
25 A 893 872 7.87      
26 A 821 801 49.58      
27 A 737 719 3.01      
28 A 668 652 43.09      
29 A 588 574 125.24      
30 A 539 526 45.74      
31 A 407 397 2.81      
32 A 322 314 2.31      
33 A 225 220 0.03      
34 A 179 175 0.14      
35 A 85 83 0.18      
36 A 41 40 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25743.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25126.0 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-121G
ABC
0.25499 0.05939 0.05264

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.193 -0.162 0.093
C2 -0.247 -0.349 0.571
C3 -1.287 0.217 -0.461
C4 -2.755 -0.042 0.003
O5 1.559 1.217 0.088
O6 1.996 -1.061 -0.287
H7 -0.400 -1.429 0.717
H8 -0.364 0.172 1.537
H9 -1.114 -0.270 -1.439
H10 -1.108 1.298 -0.587
H11 -3.475 0.363 -0.728
H12 -2.946 -1.124 0.109
H13 -2.945 0.441 0.978
H14 2.488 1.318 -0.236

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52902.56933.95091.42671.26342.12912.15012.77092.80914.76834.24944.27481.9943
C21.52901.57102.58982.43842.50491.10131.10312.19042.18973.55132.84592.84073.3032
C32.56931.57101.56133.06613.52712.21072.20161.10561.10292.20862.20832.20733.9386
C43.95092.58981.56134.49464.86762.82542.84832.19662.20321.10281.10421.10425.4216
O51.42672.43843.06614.49462.34923.35182.62513.41822.75265.17035.07694.65640.9891
O61.26342.50493.52714.86762.34922.62353.22743.40913.91045.67004.95825.31702.4302
H72.12911.10132.21072.82543.35182.62351.79912.54993.10523.84142.63563.16964.0986
H82.15011.10312.20162.84832.62513.22741.79913.10022.51653.85223.22202.65453.5491
H92.77092.19041.10562.19663.41823.40912.54993.10021.78462.54562.54633.11464.1156
H102.80912.18971.10292.20322.75263.91043.10522.51651.78462.54813.11892.56073.6133
H114.76833.55132.20861.10285.17035.67003.84143.85222.54562.54811.78661.78776.0584
H124.24942.84592.20831.10425.07694.95822.63563.22202.54633.11891.78661.78985.9675
H134.27482.84072.20731.10424.65645.31703.16962.65453.11462.56071.78771.78985.6359
H141.99433.30323.93865.42160.98912.43024.09863.54914.11563.61336.05845.96755.6359

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 111.949 C1 C2 H7 106.960
C1 C2 H8 108.469 C1 O5 H14 109.960
C2 C1 O5 111.127 C2 C1 O6 127.291
C2 C3 C4 111.538 C2 C3 H9 108.590
C2 C3 H10 108.688 C3 C2 H7 110.401
C3 C2 H8 109.588 C3 C4 H11 110.822
C3 C4 H12 110.711 C3 C4 H13 110.632
C4 C3 H9 109.726 C4 C3 H10 110.390
O5 C1 O6 121.568 H7 C2 H8 109.402
H9 C3 H10 107.814 H11 C4 H12 108.096
H11 C4 H13 108.198 H12 C4 H13 108.283
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability