return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G(2df,p)

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/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.918044
Energy at 298.15K-305.927757
HF Energy-305.918044
Nuclear repulsion energy240.732299
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/6-31G(2df,p)
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 4121 3731 108.46      
2 A 3266 2957 39.33      
3 A 3238 2932 42.83      
4 A 3235 2929 46.69      
5 A 3212 2908 0.25      
6 A 3195 2893 20.95      
7 A 3174 2874 12.67      
8 A 3165 2866 33.20      
9 A 2020 1829 413.77      
10 A 1629 1475 4.22      
11 A 1616 1463 6.17      
12 A 1612 1460 0.78      
13 A 1601 1450 8.63      
14 A 1542 1396 7.22      
15 A 1524 1380 35.02      
16 A 1495 1354 51.06      
17 A 1432 1297 1.42      
18 A 1408 1275 2.62      
19 A 1370 1241 53.89      
20 A 1327 1202 140.39      
21 A 1207 1093 9.25      
22 A 1179 1068 72.16      
23 A 1106 1002 1.42      
24 A 981 888 0.07      
25 A 967 875 3.50      
26 A 944 855 5.34      
27 A 811 735 30.20      
28 A 791 716 23.84      
29 A 666 603 78.20      
30 A 617 559 69.77      
31 A 462 418 3.64      
32 A 353 319 1.42      
33 A 263 238 0.03      
34 A 201 182 0.09      
35 A 97 88 0.40      
36 A 44 40 0.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27934.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9055) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25294.6 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/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.28319 0.06227 0.05570

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.143 0.075
C2 -0.232 -0.368 0.532
C3 -1.260 0.222 -0.443
C4 -2.695 -0.033 0.013
O5 1.527 1.143 0.106
O6 1.934 -0.984 -0.284
H7 -0.370 -1.436 0.636
H8 -0.350 0.093 1.509
H9 -1.108 -0.214 -1.428
H10 -1.089 1.289 -0.542
H11 -3.405 0.389 -0.692
H12 -2.898 -1.097 0.095
H13 -2.882 0.417 0.984
H14 2.417 1.216 -0.204

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50672.52683.88271.33051.18202.10002.11452.74332.75784.68434.19394.20621.8548
C21.50671.53522.53922.35722.39551.08261.08642.15232.15273.48362.79832.80103.1730
C32.52681.53521.52692.98603.41832.16952.15801.08741.08532.16522.17062.16983.8168
C43.88272.53921.52694.38314.73512.78592.78422.15072.15301.08531.08641.08665.2667
O51.33052.35722.98604.38312.20113.24542.56773.33742.69865.05214.95934.55390.9456
O61.18202.39553.41834.73512.20112.52203.09723.34033.79145.52764.84825.17422.2546
H72.10001.08262.16952.78593.24542.52201.76122.50893.05503.78152.60713.14143.9384
H82.11451.08642.15802.78422.56773.09721.76123.04852.48703.77643.14762.60653.4427
H92.74332.15231.08742.15073.33743.34032.50893.04851.74502.48572.50973.06003.9967
H102.75782.15271.08532.15302.69863.79143.05502.48701.74502.48933.06142.51163.5229
H114.68433.48362.16521.08535.05215.52763.78153.77642.48572.48931.75541.75555.9005
H124.19392.79832.17061.08644.95934.84822.60713.14762.50973.06141.75541.75625.8042
H134.20622.80102.16981.08664.55395.17423.14142.60653.06002.51161.75551.75625.4895
H141.85483.17303.81685.26670.94562.25463.93843.44273.99673.52295.90055.80425.4895

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 112.335 C1 C2 H7 107.258
C1 C2 H8 108.174 C1 O5 H14 107.959
C2 C1 O5 112.220 C2 C1 O6 125.555
C2 C3 C4 112.036 C2 C3 H9 109.110
C2 C3 H10 109.266 C3 C2 H7 110.758
C3 C2 H8 109.618 C3 C4 H11 110.831
C3 C4 H12 111.199 C3 C4 H13 111.117
C4 C3 H9 109.561 C4 C3 H10 109.864
O5 C1 O6 122.223 H7 C2 H8 108.579
H9 C3 H10 106.865 H11 C4 H12 107.859
H11 C4 H13 107.852 H12 C4 H13 107.834
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.572      
2 C -0.311      
3 C -0.246      
4 C -0.414      
5 O -0.506      
6 O -0.453      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.153      
9 H 0.138      
10 H 0.146      
11 H 0.141      
12 H 0.137      
13 H 0.135      
14 H 0.346      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.274 1.433 0.363 1.952
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.178 5.573 0.411
y 5.573 -38.984 -1.537
z 0.411 -1.537 -35.822
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.225 5.573 0.411
y 5.573 -2.984 -1.537
z 0.411 -1.537 1.759
Polar
3z2-r23.518
x2-y22.806
xy5.573
xz0.411
yz-1.537


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.081 -0.119 -0.231
y -0.119 6.751 0.079
z -0.231 0.079 5.910


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.742
(<r2>)1/2 14.379