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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-59.424336
Energy at 298.15K-59.433829
HF Energy-59.424336
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3804 3804 47.00      
2 A 3140 3140 46.59      
3 A 3125 3125 49.80      
4 A 3116 3116 50.11      
5 A 3092 3092 0.03      
6 A 3074 3074 27.56      
7 A 3057 3057 15.86      
8 A 3043 3043 37.94      
9 A 1826 1826 360.35      
10 A 1535 1535 8.55      
11 A 1523 1523 8.66      
12 A 1520 1520 2.48      
13 A 1505 1505 8.94      
14 A 1443 1443 6.36      
15 A 1415 1415 17.46      
16 A 1388 1388 49.12      
17 A 1342 1342 3.94      
18 A 1311 1311 0.95      
19 A 1277 1277 41.93      
20 A 1227 1227 149.33      
21 A 1127 1127 6.25      
22 A 1099 1099 86.72      
23 A 1062 1062 4.14      
24 A 932 932 1.23      
25 A 904 904 2.03      
26 A 884 884 9.52      
27 A 768 768 6.77      
28 A 734 734 42.07      
29 A 617 617 78.57      
30 A 573 573 61.26      
31 A 430 430 3.24      
32 A 335 335 1.36      
33 A 269 269 0.04      
34 A 187 187 0.02      
35 A 100 100 0.23      
36 A 68 68 0.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26424.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26424.2 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 wB97X-D/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.27238 0.06128 0.05477

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.144 0.088
C2 -0.243 -0.343 0.558
C3 -1.267 0.197 -0.466
C4 -2.710 -0.026 0.013
O5 1.546 1.169 0.093
O6 1.946 -1.016 -0.279
H7 -0.385 -1.415 0.718
H8 -0.373 0.175 1.516
H9 -1.114 -0.307 -1.429
H10 -1.086 1.265 -0.631
H11 -3.431 0.350 -0.723
H12 -2.915 -1.093 0.168
H13 -2.895 0.493 0.962
H14 2.457 1.198 -0.241

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51692.53753.89871.36191.21362.11722.13802.75972.76814.71334.20954.22181.8773
C21.51691.54542.54692.38832.43811.09371.09722.16962.17013.50482.80222.81013.2096
C32.53751.54541.53703.02873.43932.18572.17441.09771.09612.18452.18622.18593.8628
C43.89872.54691.53704.42204.76952.79872.78632.16962.17261.09591.09721.09745.3165
O51.36192.38833.02874.42202.25213.28692.58803.40182.73145.10965.00224.57610.9706
O61.21362.43813.43934.76952.25212.56733.16543.34473.81025.56554.88205.22052.2717
H72.11721.09372.18572.79873.28692.56731.77972.52333.08133.80342.60823.16203.9785
H82.13801.09722.17442.78632.58803.16541.77973.07492.51103.79363.14382.60163.4848
H92.75972.16961.09772.16963.40183.34472.52333.07491.76362.51022.53193.08724.0530
H102.76812.17011.09612.17262.73143.81023.08132.51101.76362.51893.08902.53153.5649
H114.71333.50482.18451.09595.10965.56553.80343.79362.51022.51891.77241.77345.9681
H124.20952.80222.18621.09725.00224.88202.60823.14382.53193.08901.77241.77305.8539
H134.22182.81012.18591.09744.57615.22053.16202.60163.08722.53151.77341.77305.5310
H141.87733.20963.86285.31650.97062.27173.97853.48484.05303.56495.96815.85395.5310

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 111.910 C1 C2 H7 107.273
C1 C2 H8 108.684 C1 O5 H14 105.979
C2 C1 O5 112.007 C2 C1 O6 126.124
C2 C3 C4 111.436 C2 C3 H9 109.169
C2 C3 H10 109.297 C3 C2 H7 110.661
C3 C2 H8 109.573 C3 C4 H11 111.026
C3 C4 H12 111.082 C3 C4 H13 111.054
C4 C3 H9 109.748 C4 C3 H10 110.072
O5 C1 O6 121.858 H7 C2 H8 108.649
H9 C3 H10 107.011 H11 C4 H12 107.839
H11 C4 H13 107.907 H12 C4 H13 107.784
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/CEP-121G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.317      
2 C -0.391      
3 C -0.326      
4 C -0.550      
5 O -0.463      
6 O -0.315      
7 H 0.201      
8 H 0.189      
9 H 0.178      
10 H 0.189      
11 H 0.191      
12 H 0.173      
13 H 0.171      
14 H 0.436      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.247 1.360 0.289 1.868
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.754 5.512 0.174
y 5.512 -39.286 -1.563
z 0.174 -1.563 -36.020
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.899 5.512 0.174
y 5.512 -3.398 -1.563
z 0.174 -1.563 1.499
Polar
3z2-r22.999
x2-y23.532
xy5.512
xz0.174
yz-1.563


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.027 -0.144 -0.311
y -0.144 7.611 0.099
z -0.311 0.099 6.533


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 170.530
(<r2>)1/2 13.059