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

using model chemistry: HF/SDD

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.791114
Energy at 298.15K-305.800783
HF Energy-305.791114
Nuclear repulsion energy238.283437
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 HF/SDD
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 4028 3627 101.26      
2 A 3326 2995 41.51      
3 A 3289 2961 56.86      
4 A 3281 2954 70.49      
5 A 3265 2939 11.79      
6 A 3250 2927 22.02      
7 A 3222 2901 24.55      
8 A 3193 2875 51.71      
9 A 1884 1696 425.30      
10 A 1662 1496 10.73      
11 A 1649 1484 5.87      
12 A 1648 1484 10.16      
13 A 1636 1473 8.31      
14 A 1570 1413 5.60      
15 A 1531 1378 8.48      
16 A 1484 1336 78.33      
17 A 1455 1310 0.86      
18 A 1436 1293 18.23      
19 A 1377 1240 1.50      
20 A 1300 1170 113.95      
21 A 1228 1106 18.64      
22 A 1188 1069 161.14      
23 A 1129 1016 11.72      
24 A 992 894 1.14      
25 A 984 886 3.03      
26 A 937 843 17.53      
27 A 830 747 6.31      
28 A 766 690 70.26      
29 A 640 576 141.25      
30 A 601 541 100.46      
31 A 454 409 4.51      
32 A 354 319 3.10      
33 A 252 227 0.04      
34 A 203 183 0.18      
35 A 95 85 0.45      
36 A 52 47 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28093.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9004) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25295.6 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 HF/SDD
ABC
0.27409 0.06155 0.05479

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.178 -0.152 0.080
C2 -0.238 -0.378 0.531
C3 -1.267 0.226 -0.450
C4 -2.707 -0.034 0.015
O5 1.530 1.164 0.107
O6 1.964 -1.006 -0.285
H7 -0.385 -1.444 0.625
H8 -0.360 0.078 1.505
H9 -1.120 -0.204 -1.435
H10 -1.093 1.291 -0.537
H11 -3.419 0.393 -0.682
H12 -2.909 -1.098 0.088
H13 -2.889 0.409 0.989
H14 2.425 1.335 -0.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50292.52983.88701.36271.21672.10012.10912.75322.76064.69124.19514.20451.9588
C21.50291.54472.54562.38412.43061.07991.08292.16192.15873.49062.80192.80303.2461
C32.52981.54471.53583.00153.46182.17332.16071.08511.08242.17112.17742.17633.8641
C43.88702.54561.53584.40374.78052.78372.78252.15642.16021.08411.08521.08535.3153
O51.36272.38413.00154.40372.24733.27722.59003.35752.70375.07004.98224.56870.9564
O61.21672.43063.46184.78052.24732.55753.12713.38823.83245.57604.88865.21292.3881
H72.10011.07992.17332.78373.27722.55751.75792.51443.05523.77962.60373.13554.0344
H82.10911.08292.16072.78252.59003.12711.75793.05042.48673.77393.14512.60233.4910
H92.75322.16191.08512.15643.35753.38822.51443.05041.74472.49162.51353.06294.0633
H102.76062.15871.08242.16022.70373.83243.05522.48671.74472.49743.06542.51683.5364
H114.69123.49062.17111.08415.07005.57603.77963.77392.49162.49741.75331.75345.9406
H124.19512.80192.17741.08524.98224.88862.60373.14512.51353.06541.75331.75575.8694
H134.20452.80302.17631.08534.56875.21293.13552.60233.06292.51681.75341.75575.5200
H141.95883.24613.86415.31530.95642.38814.03443.49104.06333.53645.94065.86945.5200

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 112.209 C1 C2 H7 107.673
C1 C2 H8 108.209 C1 O5 H14 114.116
C2 C1 O5 112.516 C2 C1 O6 126.374
C2 C3 C4 111.454 C2 C3 H9 109.341
C2 C3 H10 109.240 C3 C2 H7 110.543
C3 C2 H8 109.375 C3 C4 H11 110.747
C3 C4 H12 111.189 C3 C4 H13 111.094
C4 C3 H9 109.525 C4 C3 H10 109.979
O5 C1 O6 121.109 H7 C2 H8 108.738
H9 C3 H10 107.203 H11 C4 H12 107.851
H11 C4 H13 107.839 H12 C4 H13 107.978
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.477      
2 C -0.357      
3 C -0.279      
4 C -0.566      
5 O -0.615      
6 O -0.403      
7 H 0.204      
8 H 0.196      
9 H 0.172      
10 H 0.195      
11 H 0.190      
12 H 0.175      
13 H 0.174      
14 H 0.439      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.620 1.527 0.426 2.266
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.187 6.925 0.558
y 6.925 -40.969 -2.102
z 0.558 -2.102 -36.685
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.640 6.925 0.558
y 6.925 -4.033 -2.102
z 0.558 -2.102 2.393
Polar
3z2-r24.786
x2-y23.782
xy6.925
xz0.558
yz-2.102


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.591 -0.313 -0.313
y -0.313 6.547 0.158
z -0.313 0.158 5.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.386
(<r2>)1/2 14.505