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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.042101
Energy at 298.15K-307.051558
HF Energy-305.915800
Nuclear repulsion energy239.336250
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 QCISD/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 3833 3632 64.82      
2 A 3173 3006 27.42      
3 A 3164 2997 23.39      
4 A 3159 2992 17.02      
5 A 3135 2970 0.31      
6 A 3102 2939 15.89      
7 A 3088 2926 7.62      
8 A 3081 2919 18.73      
9 A 1876 1778 280.91      
10 A 1541 1460 4.57      
11 A 1531 1451 6.41      
12 A 1527 1447 1.00      
13 A 1506 1426 6.74      
14 A 1446 1370 3.90      
15 A 1427 1351 42.14      
16 A 1405 1331 19.93      
17 A 1347 1276 1.26      
18 A 1316 1246 0.54      
19 A 1285 1217 30.30      
20 A 1239 1173 131.90      
21 A 1139 1079 5.08      
22 A 1107 1049 65.85      
23 A 1076 1019 7.19      
24 A 942 892 1.30      
25 A 906 859 1.31      
26 A 890 843 7.33      
27 A 765 725 14.57      
28 A 739 700 33.59      
29 A 629 596 72.92      
30 A 585 555 47.21      
31 A 433 410 2.70      
32 A 335 317 1.10      
33 A 251 238 0.03      
34 A 189 179 0.04      
35 A 94 89 0.25      
36 A 43 40 0.31      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26650.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25248.7 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.27715 0.06233 0.05544

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.147 0.076
C2 -0.234 -0.401 0.520
C3 -1.255 0.236 -0.435
C4 -2.692 -0.045 0.007
O5 1.482 1.172 0.119
O6 1.976 -0.977 -0.288
H7 -0.372 -1.482 0.574
H8 -0.361 0.017 1.523
H9 -1.094 -0.155 -1.445
H10 -1.078 1.314 -0.479
H11 -3.410 0.410 -0.678
H12 -2.890 -1.120 0.037
H13 -2.879 0.357 1.007
H14 2.392 1.244 -0.194

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50812.52223.87851.35241.20342.11032.12372.74012.75004.68974.19004.19971.8608
C21.50811.53602.53562.36192.42261.09111.09452.15862.15653.49002.79392.79473.1792
C32.52221.53601.52902.94503.45472.17922.16361.09511.09302.17572.17622.17493.7911
C43.87852.53561.52904.34874.76912.78692.78102.16162.16501.09241.09351.09375.2480
O51.35242.36192.94504.34872.24223.26892.58893.29272.63275.01474.93724.52450.9647
O61.20342.42263.45474.76912.24222.55163.11943.38263.82265.57584.87965.19942.2612
H72.11031.09112.17922.78693.26892.55161.77432.52133.06983.79182.60033.13993.9566
H82.12371.09452.16362.78102.58893.11941.77433.06212.49133.78133.14612.59333.4684
H92.74012.15861.09512.16163.29273.38262.52133.06211.75762.50412.52083.07553.9588
H102.75002.15651.09302.16502.63273.82263.06982.49131.75762.50903.07812.52343.4821
H114.68973.49002.17571.09245.01475.57583.79183.78132.50412.50901.76721.76735.8814
H124.19002.79392.17621.09354.93724.87962.60033.14612.52083.07811.76721.76715.7914
H134.19972.79472.17491.09374.52455.19943.13992.59333.07552.52341.76731.76715.4781
H141.86083.17923.79115.24800.96472.26123.95663.46843.95883.48215.88145.79145.4781

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 111.900 C1 C2 H7 107.481
C1 C2 H8 108.322 C1 O5 H14 105.633
C2 C1 O5 111.203 C2 C1 O6 126.258
C2 C3 C4 111.637 C2 C3 H9 109.103
C2 C3 H10 109.061 C3 C2 H7 110.959
C3 C2 H8 109.527 C3 C4 H11 111.097
C3 C4 H12 111.069 C3 C4 H13 110.957
C4 C3 H9 109.818 C4 C3 H10 110.211
O5 C1 O6 122.535 H7 C2 H8 108.548
H9 C3 H10 106.885 H11 C4 H12 107.893
H11 C4 H13 107.887 H12 C4 H13 107.791
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability