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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.682242
Energy at 298.15K-307.691650
HF Energy-307.682242
Nuclear repulsion energy239.022705
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 mPW1PW91/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 3799 3640 67.37      
2 A 3158 3026 22.95      
3 A 3143 3012 29.47      
4 A 3136 3006 28.55      
5 A 3109 2979 0.52      
6 A 3089 2960 18.06      
7 A 3069 2941 11.52      
8 A 3054 2927 26.12      
9 A 1838 1761 347.15      
10 A 1489 1427 9.39      
11 A 1477 1415 9.34      
12 A 1475 1413 1.28      
13 A 1464 1403 11.67      
14 A 1400 1341 15.68      
15 A 1390 1332 58.64      
16 A 1367 1310 13.30      
17 A 1317 1263 1.14      
18 A 1280 1227 0.35      
19 A 1258 1205 46.83      
20 A 1210 1160 131.35      
21 A 1116 1070 8.96      
22 A 1082 1037 59.81      
23 A 1073 1029 15.47      
24 A 934 895 3.05      
25 A 896 859 0.78      
26 A 879 843 7.60      
27 A 756 724 27.72      
28 A 746 715 10.65      
29 A 631 604 74.59      
30 A 587 563 49.06      
31 A 429 411 3.34      
32 A 331 317 1.05      
33 A 243 233 0.01      
34 A 185 177 0.12      
35 A 93 89 0.41      
36 A 34 33 0.93      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26267.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25172.3 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27200 0.06202 0.05578

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.169 -0.131 0.106
C2 -0.240 -0.181 0.623
C3 -1.257 0.089 -0.494
C4 -2.692 0.009 0.008
O5 1.630 1.136 0.006
O6 1.835 -1.084 -0.224
H7 -0.399 -1.180 1.045
H8 -0.358 0.565 1.419
H9 -1.102 -0.640 -1.300
H10 -1.066 1.082 -0.922
H11 -3.403 0.202 -0.804
H12 -2.914 -0.985 0.419
H13 -2.879 0.747 0.799
H14 2.521 1.074 -0.367

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50182.50813.86441.35281.20812.10642.13092.71862.74244.67304.18304.19931.8722
C21.50181.53412.53472.36972.41631.09531.09752.15692.15983.49082.79982.80253.1906
C32.50811.53411.52253.11133.31792.17102.16641.09861.09812.17132.17582.17593.9059
C43.86442.53471.52254.46684.66272.78312.78362.15902.15941.09691.09811.09825.3338
O51.35282.36973.11134.46682.24123.24952.50533.51092.85165.18275.03234.59460.9676
O61.20812.41633.31794.66272.24122.57063.19793.15923.68675.42444.79365.15932.2686
H72.10641.09532.17102.78313.24952.57061.78492.50683.07063.78842.59963.15023.9492
H82.13091.09752.16642.78362.50533.19791.78493.06622.50013.78793.15282.60233.4259
H92.71862.15691.09862.15903.51093.15922.50683.06621.76372.49972.52143.08054.1151
H102.74242.15981.09812.15942.85163.68673.07062.50011.76372.50023.08052.52243.6291
H114.67303.49082.17131.09695.18275.42443.78843.78792.49972.50021.77301.77316.0034
H124.18302.79982.17581.09815.03234.79362.59963.15282.52143.08051.77301.77435.8651
H134.19932.80252.17591.09824.59465.15933.15022.60233.08052.52241.77311.77435.5337
H141.87223.19063.90595.33380.96762.26863.94923.42594.11513.62916.00345.86515.5337

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 111.406 C1 C2 H7 107.368
C1 C2 H8 109.142 C1 O5 H14 106.390
C2 C1 O5 112.123 C2 C1 O6 125.826
C2 C3 C4 112.043 C2 C3 H9 108.899
C2 C3 H10 109.158 C3 C2 H7 110.188
C3 C2 H8 109.702 C3 C4 H11 110.933
C3 C4 H12 111.222 C3 C4 H13 111.225
C4 C3 H9 109.860 C4 C3 H10 109.922
O5 C1 O6 122.029 H7 C2 H8 108.974
H9 C3 H10 106.813 H11 C4 H12 107.758
H11 C4 H13 107.760 H12 C4 H13 107.781
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.940      
2 C 0.437      
3 C 0.420      
4 C 0.412      
5 O -0.510      
6 O -0.624      
7 H -0.213      
8 H -0.203      
9 H -0.245      
10 H -0.253      
11 H -0.130      
12 H -0.103      
13 H -0.104      
14 H 0.175      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.286 1.449 0.228 1.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.757 5.003 -0.221
y 5.003 -40.303 -1.393
z -0.221 -1.393 -36.166
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.477 5.003 -0.221
y 5.003 -4.342 -1.393
z -0.221 -1.393 1.865
Polar
3z2-r23.729
x2-y24.546
xy5.003
xz-0.221
yz-1.393


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.283 -0.085 -0.322
y -0.085 8.333 0.034
z -0.322 0.034 7.355


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.002
(<r2>)1/2 14.422