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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-59.307875
Energy at 298.15K-59.317182
HF Energy-59.307875
Nuclear repulsion energy131.425775
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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3620 3527 25.65      
2 A 3104 3025 45.61      
3 A 3074 2996 50.07      
4 A 3072 2994 55.31      
5 A 3047 2969 0.86      
6 A 3026 2949 24.05      
7 A 3002 2925 17.69      
8 A 2982 2906 42.30      
9 A 1684 1641 278.38      
10 A 1533 1494 11.26      
11 A 1522 1483 9.13      
12 A 1519 1480 2.04      
13 A 1498 1460 6.41      
14 A 1434 1398 4.22      
15 A 1381 1346 7.81      
16 A 1350 1315 44.39      
17 A 1322 1288 5.90      
18 A 1306 1272 13.62      
19 A 1257 1224 1.23      
20 A 1177 1147 78.56      
21 A 1116 1088 10.15      
22 A 1066 1039 133.94      
23 A 1041 1014 45.86      
24 A 910 887 2.28      
25 A 896 873 5.82      
26 A 844 822 23.72      
27 A 762 743 3.26      
28 A 688 671 53.31      
29 A 600 585 114.87      
30 A 549 535 50.98      
31 A 413 402 3.69      
32 A 325 317 1.89      
33 A 233 227 0.04      
34 A 183 178 0.12      
35 A 91 88 0.25      
36 A 42 41 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25832.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9745) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25174.0 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 B3LYP/CEP-121G
ABC
0.26199 0.05993 0.05328

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-121G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.188 -0.155 0.090
C2 -0.245 -0.355 0.556
C3 -1.284 0.200 -0.468
C4 -2.739 -0.029 0.014
O5 1.554 1.200 0.093
O6 1.987 -1.040 -0.281
H7 -0.390 -1.429 0.709
H8 -0.374 0.158 1.519
H9 -1.133 -0.295 -1.439
H10 -1.100 1.271 -0.620
H11 -3.458 0.365 -0.717
H12 -2.951 -1.099 0.150
H13 -2.924 0.476 0.973
H14 2.480 1.302 -0.227

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52022.55983.93031.40311.24842.12122.13992.78352.78794.74424.24614.25261.9723
C21.52021.56152.57362.42252.47951.09501.09812.18512.18133.53042.83612.83563.2835
C32.55981.56151.54933.06183.50302.19992.18561.09981.09772.19362.20102.19963.9298
C43.93032.57361.54934.46664.84162.82212.80952.18162.18581.09801.09901.09925.3914
O51.40312.42253.06184.46662.31173.32772.61463.43562.74925.14525.05824.62060.9844
O61.24842.47953.50304.84162.31172.60373.20093.41033.87065.63954.95665.28952.3940
H72.12121.09502.19992.82213.32772.60371.78222.54063.09223.82962.64233.18114.0709
H82.13991.09812.18562.80952.61463.20091.78223.08672.51723.81433.17722.62663.5354
H92.78352.18511.09982.18163.43563.41032.54063.08671.76732.52172.54453.10074.1319
H102.78792.18131.09772.18582.74923.87063.09222.51721.76732.52763.10382.54813.6014
H114.74423.53042.19361.09805.14525.63953.82963.81432.52172.52761.77511.77556.0309
H124.24612.83612.20101.09905.05824.95662.64233.17722.54453.10381.77511.77695.9497
H134.25262.83562.19961.09924.62065.28953.18112.62663.10072.54811.77551.77695.5963
H141.97233.28353.92985.39140.98442.39404.07093.53544.13193.60146.03095.94975.5963

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 112.323 C1 C2 H7 107.291
C1 C2 H8 108.555 C1 O5 H14 110.158
C2 C1 O5 111.869 C2 C1 O6 126.892
C2 C3 C4 111.650 C2 C3 H9 109.149
C2 C3 H10 108.975 C3 C2 H7 110.586
C3 C2 H8 109.288 C3 C4 H11 110.764
C3 C4 H12 111.285 C3 C4 H13 111.168
C4 C3 H9 109.716 C4 C3 H10 110.163
O5 C1 O6 121.231 H7 C2 H8 108.704
H9 C3 H10 107.071 H11 C4 H12 107.795
H11 C4 H13 107.812 H12 C4 H13 107.862
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-121G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.092      
2 C -0.305      
3 C -0.233      
4 C -0.473      
5 O -0.378      
6 O -0.152      
7 H 0.164      
8 H 0.159      
9 H 0.143      
10 H 0.161      
11 H 0.156      
12 H 0.147      
13 H 0.145      
14 H 0.374      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.458 1.316 0.312 1.988
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.522 6.125 0.239
y 6.125 -40.627 -1.863
z 0.239 -1.863 -36.705
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.144 6.125 0.239
y 6.125 -4.013 -1.863
z 0.239 -1.863 1.870
Polar
3z2-r23.739
x2-y24.105
xy6.125
xz0.239
yz-1.863


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.287 -0.146 -0.357
y -0.146 7.771 0.114
z -0.357 0.114 6.402


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 174.918
(<r2>)1/2 13.226