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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G(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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.993834
Energy at 298.15K-307.003282
HF Energy-305.915007
Nuclear repulsion energy239.589680
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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3791 3581 72.57      
2 A 3204 3026 26.16      
3 A 3200 3023 17.16      
4 A 3195 3018 3.26      
5 A 3168 2993 0.60      
6 A 3124 2951 14.02      
7 A 3112 2939 5.81      
8 A 3104 2932 14.31      
9 A 1849 1747 242.71      
10 A 1537 1452 5.05      
11 A 1530 1445 7.17      
12 A 1523 1438 1.62      
13 A 1497 1414 7.41      
14 A 1433 1354 2.94      
15 A 1406 1328 57.21      
16 A 1387 1310 14.77      
17 A 1340 1266 2.01      
18 A 1300 1227 0.70      
19 A 1273 1202 12.83      
20 A 1219 1151 135.35      
21 A 1133 1070 7.29      
22 A 1097 1036 61.52      
23 A 1079 1019 23.05      
24 A 942 889 2.19      
25 A 902 852 1.19      
26 A 887 838 9.52      
27 A 765 723 12.19      
28 A 739 698 33.32      
29 A 631 596 72.30      
30 A 585 552 44.87      
31 A 432 408 2.54      
32 A 334 315 0.91      
33 A 257 243 0.04      
34 A 187 177 0.03      
35 A 95 90 0.22      
36 A 40 38 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26648.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25169.8 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 MP2/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.27484 0.06277 0.05589

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.178 -0.146 0.084
C2 -0.235 -0.373 0.545
C3 -1.246 0.213 -0.447
C4 -2.681 -0.039 0.003
O5 1.486 1.174 0.106
O6 1.957 -0.992 -0.287
H7 -0.378 -1.448 0.656
H8 -0.366 0.101 1.521
H9 -1.080 -0.234 -1.431
H10 -1.063 1.285 -0.548
H11 -3.396 0.378 -0.707
H12 -2.881 -1.109 0.091
H13 -2.870 0.417 0.977
H14 2.394 1.226 -0.227

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50332.50713.86131.35581.20812.10772.12382.72052.73294.67144.17164.18291.8592
C21.50331.53322.52782.35522.42471.09021.09312.15432.15183.48242.78412.78453.1718
C32.50711.53321.52522.94823.42572.17442.15911.09371.09182.17222.17062.16933.7840
C43.86132.52781.52524.34134.74382.77752.77222.15872.16221.09081.09171.09185.2349
O51.35582.35522.94824.34132.25083.26372.56583.30572.63395.01284.92784.50580.9681
O61.20812.42473.42574.74382.25082.55923.14023.33263.79085.54164.85445.18452.2606
H72.10771.09022.17442.77753.26372.55921.77512.51443.06373.78162.58823.12903.9509
H82.12381.09312.15912.77222.56583.14021.77513.05632.48403.77163.13632.58163.4548
H92.72052.15431.09372.15873.30573.33262.51443.05631.75662.50292.51583.07033.9552
H102.73292.15181.09182.16222.63393.79083.06372.48401.75662.50803.07312.51843.4719
H114.67143.48242.17221.09085.01285.54163.78163.77162.50292.50801.76461.76485.8709
H124.17162.78412.17061.09174.92784.85442.58823.13632.51583.07311.76461.76445.7769
H134.18292.78452.16931.09184.50585.18453.12902.58163.07032.51841.76481.76445.4592
H141.85923.17183.78405.23490.96812.26063.95093.45483.95523.47195.87095.77695.4592

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 111.308 C1 C2 H7 107.658
C1 C2 H8 108.740 C1 O5 H14 105.040
C2 C1 O5 110.824 C2 C1 O6 126.493
C2 C3 C4 111.486 C2 C3 H9 109.046
C2 C3 H10 108.954 C3 C2 H7 110.829
C3 C2 H8 109.448 C3 C4 H11 111.181
C3 C4 H12 111.000 C3 C4 H13 110.890
C4 C3 H9 109.936 C4 C3 H10 110.323
O5 C1 O6 122.671 H7 C2 H8 108.790
H9 C3 H10 106.979 H11 C4 H12 107.905
H11 C4 H13 107.906 H12 C4 H13 107.815
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability