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

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-57.297322
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-56.698169
Nuclear repulsion energy126.326961
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 3128 3053 33.41      
2 A 3105 3031 16.19      
3 A 3088 3014 16.80      
4 A 3024 2952 42.01      
5 A 3017 2945 24.32      
6 A 3010 2938 18.76      
7 A 1656 1616 259.41      
8 A 1536 1499 0.29      
9 A 1517 1481 6.92      
10 A 1499 1463 10.52      
11 A 1390 1356 3.32      
12 A 1372 1339 0.04      
13 A 1338 1306 4.24      
14 A 1244 1214 4.40      
15 A 1217 1188 2.19      
16 A 1169 1141 4.70      
17 A 1121 1094 91.96      
18 A 1091 1065 135.65      
19 A 1037 1012 38.49      
20 A 960 937 52.24      
21 A 918 896 12.29      
22 A 885 863 12.49      
23 A 851 830 60.02      
24 A 751 733 29.25      
25 A 637 622 1.93      
26 A 613 598 4.71      
27 A 501 489 4.41      
28 A 453 442 2.40      
29 A 195 190 5.19      
30 A 138 135 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21230.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20720.8 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
0.22975 0.11125 0.07969

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 0.916 0.002 0.009
C2 -0.017 1.234 0.180
C3 -1.425 0.699 -0.236
C4 -1.346 -0.822 0.134
O5 0.111 -1.185 -0.043
O6 2.166 -0.041 -0.076
H7 0.353 2.068 -0.433
H8 0.005 1.541 1.241
H9 -1.569 0.813 -1.322
H10 -2.250 1.205 0.289
H11 -1.906 -1.485 -0.535
H12 -1.613 -1.014 1.186

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.55432.45472.41011.43491.25362.18572.17102.93363.39763.23622.9683
C21.55431.56332.44832.43272.54041.09861.10432.20132.23563.38782.9346
C32.45471.56331.56672.43873.66992.25272.22151.10211.10062.25632.2337
C42.41012.44831.56671.51243.60343.39922.93752.20102.22471.09641.1017
O51.43492.43272.43871.51242.35153.28473.01482.90773.37622.09852.1243
O61.25362.54043.66993.60342.35152.80342.98394.02924.60214.34504.1007
H72.18571.09862.25273.39923.28472.80341.78862.46182.83484.21173.9974
H82.17101.10432.22152.93753.01482.98391.78863.09482.46993.99523.0242
H92.93362.20131.10212.20102.90774.02922.46183.09481.79252.45313.1034
H103.39762.23561.10062.22473.37624.60212.83482.46991.79252.83482.4768
H113.23623.38782.25631.09642.09854.34504.21173.99522.45312.83481.8076
H122.96832.93462.23371.10172.12434.10073.99743.02423.10342.47681.8076

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 103.879 C1 C2 H7 109.762
C1 C2 H8 108.303 C1 O5 C4 109.690
C2 C1 O5 108.877 C2 C1 O6 129.262
C2 C3 C4 102.925 C2 C3 H9 110.159
C2 C3 H10 112.963 C3 C2 H7 114.487
C3 C2 H8 111.612 C3 C4 O5 104.735
C3 C4 H11 114.673 C3 C4 H12 112.492
C4 C3 H9 109.897 C4 C3 H10 111.842
O5 C1 O6 121.861 O5 C4 H11 106.001
O5 C4 H12 107.672 H7 C2 H8 108.571
H9 C3 H10 108.936 H11 C4 H12 110.639
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability