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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/LANL2DZ

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/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.666936
Energy at 298.15K-307.676242
HF Energy-307.666936
Nuclear repulsion energy235.565795
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/LANL2DZ
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 3648 3506 33.95      
2 A 3156 3034 47.04      
3 A 3130 3009 42.37      
4 A 3129 3007 48.53      
5 A 3105 2984 0.74      
6 A 3075 2956 23.62      
7 A 3056 2937 15.33      
8 A 3035 2918 33.63      
9 A 1715 1648 288.41      
10 A 1533 1474 15.86      
11 A 1523 1464 9.67      
12 A 1522 1463 5.84      
13 A 1500 1442 8.16      
14 A 1441 1385 8.97      
15 A 1388 1334 6.22      
16 A 1356 1303 52.23      
17 A 1329 1277 5.00      
18 A 1312 1261 9.62      
19 A 1262 1213 1.36      
20 A 1182 1136 87.16      
21 A 1126 1082 14.68      
22 A 1076 1035 83.64      
23 A 1054 1013 84.66      
24 A 924 888 3.90      
25 A 903 868 4.96      
26 A 856 823 25.11      
27 A 770 741 7.21      
28 A 700 673 58.91      
29 A 607 583 117.68      
30 A 556 534 53.09      
31 A 420 404 3.94      
32 A 330 317 1.67      
33 A 236 227 0.05      
34 A 188 180 0.09      
35 A 95 91 0.27      
36 A 43 41 0.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26139.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25125.3 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.26560 0.06064 0.05383

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.184 -0.156 0.085
C2 -0.241 -0.376 0.537
C3 -1.277 0.217 -0.457
C4 -2.723 -0.037 0.014
O5 1.526 1.195 0.104
O6 1.994 -1.021 -0.282
H7 -0.392 -1.455 0.646
H8 -0.375 0.097 1.518
H9 -1.127 -0.233 -1.449
H10 -1.097 1.294 -0.560
H11 -3.445 0.381 -0.698
H12 -2.928 -1.112 0.108
H13 -2.908 0.428 0.992
H14 2.453 1.322 -0.203

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51092.54763.90951.39381.24052.11772.13272.77472.77884.72564.22144.23161.9691
C21.51091.55362.55912.40382.46571.09491.09792.17902.17383.51662.81852.82253.2692
C32.54761.55361.54193.02163.50172.18992.17491.09911.09702.18752.19312.19193.8987
C43.90952.55911.54194.42514.82752.80082.79162.17412.17841.09741.09841.09865.3559
O51.39382.40383.02164.42512.29763.31592.61133.38962.70775.10105.01594.58650.9847
O61.24052.46573.50174.82752.29762.59603.17843.42373.87175.63224.93775.26772.3887
H72.11771.09492.18992.80083.31592.59601.78102.53393.08373.80812.61493.16184.0650
H82.13271.09792.17492.79162.61133.17841.78103.07852.50453.79733.15712.60783.5298
H92.77472.17901.09912.17413.38963.42372.53393.07851.76712.51282.53763.09314.0970
H102.77882.17381.09702.17842.70773.87173.08372.50451.76712.52313.09632.53743.5681
H114.72563.51662.18751.09745.10105.63223.80813.79732.51282.52311.77431.77475.9932
H124.22142.81852.19311.09845.01594.93772.61493.15712.53763.09631.77431.77615.9138
H134.23162.82252.19191.09864.58655.26773.16182.60783.09312.53741.77471.77615.5646
H141.96913.26923.89875.35590.98472.38874.06503.52984.09703.56815.99325.91385.5646

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 112.466 C1 C2 H7 107.654
C1 C2 H8 108.636 C1 O5 H14 110.583
C2 C1 O5 111.636 C2 C1 O6 127.046
C2 C3 C4 111.529 C2 C3 H9 109.258
C2 C3 H10 108.982 C3 C2 H7 110.356
C3 C2 H8 109.014 C3 C4 H11 110.833
C3 C4 H12 111.219 C3 C4 H13 111.113
C4 C3 H9 109.675 C4 C3 H10 110.141
O5 C1 O6 121.314 H7 C2 H8 108.628
H9 C3 H10 107.148 H11 C4 H12 107.805
H11 C4 H13 107.834 H12 C4 H13 107.887
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.220      
2 C -0.369      
3 C -0.318      
4 C -0.632      
5 O -0.455      
6 O -0.264      
7 H 0.212      
8 H 0.209      
9 H 0.193      
10 H 0.213      
11 H 0.208      
12 H 0.198      
13 H 0.197      
14 H 0.387      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.427 1.347 0.321 1.989
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.055 6.292 0.293
y 6.292 -39.723 -1.863
z 0.293 -1.863 -36.068
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.840 6.292 0.293
y 6.292 -3.661 -1.863
z 0.293 -1.863 1.821
Polar
3z2-r23.642
x2-y23.668
xy6.292
xz0.293
yz-1.863


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.493 -0.174 -0.354
y -0.174 7.041 0.125
z -0.354 0.125 5.632


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.063
(<r2>)1/2 14.597