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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.642940
Energy at 298.15K-307.652320
HF Energy-307.642940
Nuclear repulsion energy238.507481
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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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 3765 3631 61.97      
2 A 3140 3029 23.73      
3 A 3124 3013 30.03      
4 A 3118 3008 28.53      
5 A 3091 2982 0.47      
6 A 3072 2963 18.61      
7 A 3052 2944 11.51      
8 A 3038 2930 26.40      
9 A 1820 1756 338.37      
10 A 1481 1429 8.89      
11 A 1469 1417 8.92      
12 A 1467 1415 1.25      
13 A 1456 1405 9.89      
14 A 1391 1342 8.37      
15 A 1378 1329 59.79      
16 A 1357 1309 15.28      
17 A 1310 1264 1.37      
18 A 1274 1229 0.21      
19 A 1250 1205 39.12      
20 A 1199 1157 136.74      
21 A 1108 1069 8.74      
22 A 1074 1036 68.73      
23 A 1064 1026 13.40      
24 A 926 893 3.10      
25 A 890 858 0.76      
26 A 874 843 8.58      
27 A 751 724 22.69      
28 A 742 716 14.97      
29 A 627 605 73.34      
30 A 583 563 47.57      
31 A 426 411 3.32      
32 A 329 318 1.04      
33 A 240 232 0.02      
34 A 184 178 0.13      
35 A 91 88 0.41      
36 A 37 36 0.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26098.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9646) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25174.4 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27072 0.06172 0.05553

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.170 -0.130 0.107
C2 -0.241 -0.161 0.628
C3 -1.261 0.075 -0.497
C4 -2.698 0.013 0.009
O5 1.645 1.136 -0.006
O6 1.828 -1.094 -0.214
H7 -0.401 -1.147 1.081
H8 -0.357 0.610 1.402
H9 -1.108 -0.681 -1.281
H10 -1.069 1.054 -0.959
H11 -3.410 0.180 -0.811
H12 -2.922 -0.968 0.453
H13 -2.884 0.779 0.776
H14 2.537 1.060 -0.380

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50422.51373.87231.35701.21052.10962.13472.72432.74864.68174.19164.20901.8766
C21.50421.53702.54002.37482.42101.09691.09882.16032.16373.49712.80572.80983.1970
C32.51371.53701.52513.13233.31542.17362.17011.10001.09952.17432.17962.18003.9249
C43.87232.54001.52514.48604.66532.78782.78862.16222.16251.09841.09961.09975.3526
O51.35702.37483.13234.48602.24713.25242.50323.53662.87785.20735.04934.61050.9699
O61.21052.42103.31544.66532.24712.57893.20823.15153.68325.42414.79895.16732.2737
H72.10961.09692.17362.78783.25242.57891.78682.50943.07493.79382.60453.15753.9542
H82.13471.09882.17012.78862.50323.20821.78683.07082.50553.79473.15762.60923.4280
H92.72432.16031.10002.16223.53663.15152.50943.07081.76572.50242.52593.08534.1385
H102.74862.16371.09952.16252.87783.68323.07492.50551.76572.50363.08512.52653.6517
H114.68173.49712.17431.09845.20735.42413.79383.79472.50242.50361.77521.77546.0268
H124.19162.80572.17961.09965.04934.79892.60453.15762.52593.08511.77521.77665.8826
H134.20902.80982.18001.09974.61055.16733.15752.60923.08532.52651.77541.77665.5502
H141.87663.19703.92495.35260.96992.27373.95423.42804.13853.65176.02685.88265.5502

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 111.481 C1 C2 H7 107.355
C1 C2 H8 109.191 C1 O5 H14 106.321
C2 C1 O5 112.092 C2 C1 O6 125.851
C2 C3 C4 112.095 C2 C3 H9 108.884
C2 C3 H10 109.173 C3 C2 H7 110.103
C3 C2 H8 109.715 C3 C4 H11 110.902
C3 C4 H12 111.254 C3 C4 H13 111.277
C4 C3 H9 109.848 C4 C3 H10 109.901
O5 C1 O6 122.036 H7 C2 H8 108.932
H9 C3 H10 106.790 H11 C4 H12 107.731
H11 C4 H13 107.741 H12 C4 H13 107.770
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.911      
2 C 0.502      
3 C 0.493      
4 C 0.478      
5 O -0.488      
6 O -0.604      
7 H -0.243      
8 H -0.241      
9 H -0.276      
10 H -0.284      
11 H -0.154      
12 H -0.128      
13 H -0.129      
14 H 0.163      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.266 1.444 0.209 1.932
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.670 4.935 -0.288
y 4.935 -40.388 -1.352
z -0.288 -1.352 -36.150
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.599 4.935 -0.288
y 4.935 -4.478 -1.352
z -0.288 -1.352 1.879
Polar
3z2-r23.758
x2-y24.718
xy4.935
xz-0.288
yz-1.352


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.409 -0.076 -0.328
y -0.076 8.412 0.031
z -0.328 0.031 7.419


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.864
(<r2>)1/2 14.452