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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-57.738378
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-56.860363
Nuclear repulsion energy129.381647
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 3190 3039 21.49      
2 A 3185 3035 18.45      
3 A 3170 3020 12.90      
4 A 3103 2957 20.89      
5 A 3096 2949 9.01      
6 A 3090 2944 46.00      
7 A 1809 1724 344.28      
8 A 1562 1488 0.24      
9 A 1535 1463 7.62      
10 A 1506 1435 10.02      
11 A 1414 1348 14.29      
12 A 1367 1302 1.47      
13 A 1331 1268 16.10      
14 A 1273 1213 8.60      
15 A 1234 1175 20.18      
16 A 1209 1152 5.67      
17 A 1181 1125 215.52      
18 A 1109 1056 18.85      
19 A 1077 1026 65.14      
20 A 1017 969 27.16      
21 A 954 909 4.61      
22 A 904 861 12.60      
23 A 883 841 22.97      
24 A 808 770 7.81      
25 A 669 638 3.76      
26 A 631 601 3.20      
27 A 522 497 3.17      
28 A 482 459 2.85      
29 A 230 220 3.26      
30 A 151 144 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21843.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20812.2 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 MP2/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.23981 0.11753 0.08433

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 0.888 0.001 0.008
C2 -0.036 1.209 0.192
C3 -1.400 0.669 -0.255
C4 -1.281 -0.811 0.147
O5 0.123 -1.148 -0.051
O6 2.103 -0.024 -0.080
H7 0.345 2.059 -0.376
H8 -0.033 1.473 1.257
H9 -1.505 0.753 -1.342
H10 -2.252 1.161 0.223
H11 -1.863 -1.498 -0.471
H12 -1.527 -0.968 1.205

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53222.39852.32011.38181.21832.16332.13922.84843.35493.16912.8642
C21.53221.53372.37312.37502.48411.09171.09752.17202.21693.33212.8260
C32.39851.53371.53842.38003.57562.23512.19151.09511.09372.22632.1970
C42.32012.37311.53841.45713.48143.34042.82952.17122.19991.09201.0973
O51.38182.37502.38001.45712.27703.23182.93352.81633.32422.05962.0811
O61.21832.48413.57563.48142.27702.74222.93103.90064.52404.24893.9642
H72.16331.09172.23513.34043.23182.74221.77632.46222.81324.18813.8948
H82.13921.09752.19152.82952.93352.93101.77633.07242.46853.89362.8621
H92.84842.17201.09512.17122.81633.90062.46223.07241.78132.44013.0738
H103.35492.21691.09372.19993.32424.52402.81322.46851.78132.77552.4544
H113.16913.33212.22631.09202.05964.24894.18813.89362.44012.77551.7895
H122.86422.82602.19701.09732.08113.96423.89482.86213.07382.45441.7895

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 102.944 C1 C2 H7 109.930
C1 C2 H8 107.729 C1 O5 C4 109.591
C2 C1 O5 109.068 C2 C1 O6 128.792
C2 C3 C4 101.151 C2 C3 H9 110.308
C2 C3 H10 114.033 C3 C2 H7 115.687
C3 C2 H8 111.724 C3 C4 O5 105.187
C3 C4 H11 114.570 C3 C4 H12 111.838
C4 C3 H9 109.916 C4 C3 H10 112.288
O5 C1 O6 122.140 O5 C4 H11 106.923
O5 C4 H12 108.291 H7 C2 H8 108.469
H9 C3 H10 108.940 H11 C4 H12 109.646
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability