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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-59.407754
Energy at 298.15K-59.417034
HF Energy-59.407754
Nuclear repulsion energy132.589257
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3718 3604 38.31      
2 A 3112 3016 44.44      
3 A 3085 2990 50.05      
4 A 3084 2989 50.00      
5 A 3058 2965 0.20      
6 A 3049 2955 24.81      
7 A 3026 2933 15.99      
8 A 3012 2920 35.09      
9 A 1790 1735 330.40      
10 A 1519 1473 7.37      
11 A 1509 1463 8.38      
12 A 1504 1458 1.37      
13 A 1488 1442 5.62      
14 A 1420 1376 2.01      
15 A 1383 1341 24.05      
16 A 1362 1320 30.94      
17 A 1323 1282 2.82      
18 A 1290 1250 0.17      
19 A 1261 1223 34.60      
20 A 1201 1164 144.58      
21 A 1104 1071 6.87      
22 A 1072 1039 112.15      
23 A 1029 997 1.91      
24 A 903 875 0.99      
25 A 884 857 2.86      
26 A 862 836 9.28      
27 A 748 725 5.42      
28 A 726 704 40.29      
29 A 616 598 81.83      
30 A 572 555 50.01      
31 A 420 407 3.18      
32 A 322 313 1.13      
33 A 239 232 0.03      
34 A 182 176 0.09      
35 A 91 88 0.33      
36 A 30 29 0.61      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25995.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9694) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25200.4 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
0.26671 0.06054 0.05443

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 1.185 -0.138 0.105
C2 -0.244 -0.209 0.624
C3 -1.272 0.108 -0.497
C4 -2.726 0.004 0.009
O5 1.636 1.156 0.020
O6 1.872 -1.084 -0.238
H7 -0.400 -1.223 1.008
H8 -0.363 0.505 1.449
H9 -1.118 -0.591 -1.331
H10 -1.083 1.117 -0.886
H11 -3.438 0.229 -0.795
H12 -2.948 -1.007 0.379
H13 -2.914 0.710 0.829
H14 2.537 1.101 -0.351

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52222.54193.91471.37301.21852.12252.14902.75212.77474.72384.23254.24791.8902
C21.52221.55422.56592.40042.44721.09521.09732.17622.17753.52232.83032.83093.2254
C32.54191.55421.54303.13443.37272.18982.18471.09871.09792.18912.19512.19493.9396
C43.91472.56591.54304.51164.73162.81242.81192.17582.17741.09761.09831.09855.3885
O51.37302.40043.13444.51162.26713.28332.54223.53072.86595.22165.08144.64270.9762
O61.21852.44723.37274.73162.26712.59553.22043.22233.74095.49814.86065.22152.2872
H72.12251.09522.18982.81243.28332.59551.78372.52713.08623.81892.63343.17553.9847
H82.14901.09732.18472.81192.54223.22041.78373.08272.51873.81643.18012.63273.4655
H92.75212.17621.09872.17583.53073.22232.52713.08271.76532.51752.53883.09574.1460
H102.77472.17751.09792.17742.86593.74093.08622.51871.76532.51843.09662.54193.6591
H114.72383.52232.18911.09765.22165.49813.81893.81642.51752.51841.77341.77356.0544
H124.23252.83032.19511.09835.08144.86062.63343.18012.53883.09661.77341.77485.9218
H134.24792.83092.19491.09854.64275.22153.17552.63273.09572.54191.77351.77485.5911
H141.89023.22543.93965.38850.97622.28723.98473.46554.14603.65916.05445.92185.5911

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 111.427 C1 C2 H7 107.244
C1 C2 H8 109.176 C1 O5 H14 105.909
C2 C1 O5 111.907 C2 C1 O6 126.132
C2 C3 C4 111.879 C2 C3 H9 109.017
C2 C3 H10 109.165 C3 C2 H7 110.281
C3 C2 H8 109.757 C3 C4 H11 110.875
C3 C4 H12 111.302 C3 C4 H13 111.277
C4 C3 H9 109.761 C4 C3 H10 109.931
O5 C1 O6 121.937 H7 C2 H8 108.888
H9 C3 H10 106.958 H11 C4 H12 107.719
H11 C4 H13 107.722 H12 C4 H13 107.779
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 0.302      
2 C -0.352      
3 C -0.296      
4 C -0.516      
5 O -0.451      
6 O -0.297      
7 H 0.183      
8 H 0.173      
9 H 0.167      
10 H 0.170      
11 H 0.177      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.160      
14 H 0.419      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.173 1.338 0.193 1.790
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.516 4.977 -0.303
y 4.977 -40.295 -1.451
z -0.303 -1.451 -36.246
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.755 4.977 -0.303
y 4.977 -4.414 -1.451
z -0.303 -1.451 1.660
Polar
3z2-r23.319
x2-y24.779
xy4.977
xz-0.303
yz-1.451


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.432 -0.070 -0.314
y -0.070 7.735 0.050
z -0.314 0.050 6.649


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 172.318
(<r2>)1/2 13.127