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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G(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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.624321
Energy at 298.15K-307.633713
HF Energy-307.624321
Nuclear repulsion energy239.067361
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 B3PW91/6-31G(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 3782 3636 54.71      
2 A 3136 3015 28.95      
3 A 3126 3005 26.07      
4 A 3120 2999 21.58      
5 A 3091 2972 0.58      
6 A 3061 2943 22.28      
7 A 3047 2930 8.17      
8 A 3041 2924 21.53      
9 A 1857 1786 293.34      
10 A 1502 1444 5.35      
11 A 1493 1436 7.16      
12 A 1488 1431 1.15      
13 A 1467 1410 6.55      
14 A 1408 1354 2.26      
15 A 1387 1333 64.21      
16 A 1373 1320 8.23      
17 A 1322 1271 1.18      
18 A 1286 1236 1.35      
19 A 1256 1207 21.91      
20 A 1207 1161 132.98      
21 A 1115 1072 7.22      
22 A 1079 1037 67.27      
23 A 1059 1018 10.22      
24 A 927 891 1.15      
25 A 892 858 2.18      
26 A 876 842 7.01      
27 A 756 727 20.21      
28 A 732 704 29.08      
29 A 628 604 67.83      
30 A 579 557 44.28      
31 A 427 410 3.11      
32 A 330 317 0.84      
33 A 248 239 0.04      
34 A 185 178 0.03      
35 A 99 95 0.25      
36 A 40 38 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26210.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9614) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25199.0 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 B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.27732 0.06196 0.05521

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.145 0.078
C2 -0.233 -0.380 0.526
C3 -1.264 0.218 -0.443
C4 -2.697 -0.037 0.012
O5 1.505 1.169 0.109
O6 1.966 -0.988 -0.282
H7 -0.370 -1.460 0.621
H8 -0.363 0.071 1.517
H9 -1.109 -0.212 -1.440
H10 -1.083 1.294 -0.536
H11 -3.416 0.392 -0.694
H12 -2.906 -1.109 0.089
H13 -2.887 0.409 0.994
H14 2.417 1.225 -0.209

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50712.53053.88551.35221.20372.10822.12612.75222.75594.69684.20434.21191.8637
C21.50711.53542.54042.36562.42071.09261.09652.15882.15673.49452.80472.80813.1846
C32.53051.53541.52532.97963.45102.17802.16191.09681.09512.17362.17742.17653.8235
C43.88552.54041.52534.37344.76832.79532.77962.15882.16241.09421.09541.09565.2727
O51.35222.36562.97964.37342.24013.26922.58463.33812.67085.04654.96514.54490.9675
O61.20372.42073.45104.76832.24012.54793.12813.37583.81685.57094.88745.20912.2597
H72.10821.09262.17802.79533.26922.54791.77432.51943.07063.79932.61503.15793.9576
H82.12611.09652.16192.77962.58463.12811.77433.06282.49583.78273.14622.59983.4704
H92.75222.15881.09682.15883.33813.37582.51943.06281.75682.49862.52423.07784.0020
H102.75592.15671.09512.16242.67083.81683.07062.49581.75682.50583.08032.52543.5165
H114.69683.49452.17361.09425.04655.57093.79933.78272.49862.50581.76811.76865.9122
H124.20432.80472.17741.09544.96514.88742.61503.14622.52423.08031.76811.76815.8203
H134.21192.80812.17651.09564.54495.20913.15792.59983.07782.52541.76861.76815.5002
H141.86373.18463.82355.27270.96752.25973.95763.47044.00203.51655.91225.82035.5002

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 112.546 C1 C2 H7 107.298
C1 C2 H8 108.456 C1 O5 H14 105.722
C2 C1 O5 111.531 C2 C1 O6 126.141
C2 C3 C4 112.198 C2 C3 H9 109.054
C2 C3 H10 108.994 C3 C2 H7 110.814
C3 C2 H8 109.319 C3 C4 H11 111.083
C3 C4 H12 111.311 C3 C4 H13 111.231
C4 C3 H9 109.753 C4 C3 H10 110.135
O5 C1 O6 122.325 H7 C2 H8 108.284
H9 C3 H10 106.539 H11 C4 H12 107.706
H11 C4 H13 107.730 H12 C4 H13 107.602
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.427      
2 C -0.330      
3 C -0.234      
4 C -0.446      
5 O -0.393      
6 O -0.360      
7 H 0.155      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.139      
10 H 0.146      
11 H 0.143      
12 H 0.143      
13 H 0.141      
14 H 0.315      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.141 1.315 0.287 1.764
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.459 5.210 0.270
y 5.210 -38.094 -1.376
z 0.270 -1.376 -35.418
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.297 5.210 0.270
y 5.210 -2.656 -1.376
z 0.270 -1.376 1.359
Polar
3z2-r22.718
x2-y22.635
xy5.210
xz0.270
yz-1.376


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.922 -0.029 -0.281
y -0.029 7.207 0.051
z -0.281 0.051 6.158


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.811
(<r2>)1/2 14.416