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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.126676
Energy at 298.15K-306.135963
HF Energy-306.126676
Nuclear repulsion energy240.556205
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 LSDA/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 3632 3574 50.60      
2 A 3072 3023 15.78      
3 A 3059 3010 26.45      
4 A 3047 2998 1.19      
5 A 3024 2975 0.18      
6 A 2987 2939 21.17      
7 A 2975 2927 13.76      
8 A 2962 2915 1.91      
9 A 1838 1809 269.87      
10 A 1435 1412 7.22      
11 A 1424 1401 9.68      
12 A 1416 1393 3.83      
13 A 1383 1360 1.83      
14 A 1365 1343 85.90      
15 A 1345 1324 2.66      
16 A 1325 1304 3.53      
17 A 1266 1245 1.90      
18 A 1224 1204 3.59      
19 A 1197 1178 12.16      
20 A 1162 1143 125.75      
21 A 1103 1085 17.78      
22 A 1071 1054 1.26      
23 A 1052 1036 36.56      
24 A 925 910 1.79      
25 A 864 850 8.08      
26 A 844 831 1.95      
27 A 733 721 43.61      
28 A 699 687 37.61      
29 A 606 597 50.40      
30 A 547 539 31.87      
31 A 434 427 4.82      
32 A 333 327 0.90      
33 A 251 247 0.01      
34 A 183 180 0.01      
35 A 100 99 0.13      
36 A 39 38 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25459.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.984) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25052.1 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 LSDA/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.29398 0.06339 0.05487

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.188 -0.145 0.033
C2 -0.222 -0.575 0.260
C3 -1.272 0.373 -0.278
C4 -2.670 -0.111 0.022
O5 1.327 1.188 0.136
O6 2.123 -0.871 -0.199
H7 -0.324 -1.589 -0.161
H8 -0.354 -0.684 1.355
H9 -1.134 0.491 -1.369
H10 -1.100 1.374 0.154
H11 -3.435 0.575 -0.374
H12 -2.852 -1.105 -0.420
H13 -2.834 -0.203 1.109
H14 2.283 1.348 -0.012

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49192.53333.85801.34431.20632.10002.10192.78592.74944.69674.17784.16411.8518
C21.49191.51312.50232.35042.40791.10281.10872.14892.14013.47082.76792.77143.1698
C32.53331.51311.50902.75543.61642.18242.15121.10541.10362.17462.16872.16723.6959
C43.85802.50231.50904.20424.85742.77892.73292.15692.16431.10141.10381.10405.1631
O51.34432.35042.75544.20422.23333.24482.79632.96792.43474.82854.79994.49420.9804
O61.20632.40793.61644.85742.23332.55002.93043.71863.94405.74564.98545.16992.2331
H72.10001.10282.18242.77893.24482.55001.76592.53783.07943.79612.58733.13613.9300
H82.10191.10872.15122.73292.79632.93041.76593.06712.49723.75083.09362.53793.5992
H92.78592.14891.10542.15692.96793.71862.53783.06711.76052.50812.52973.08403.7750
H102.74942.14011.10362.16432.43473.94403.07942.49721.76052.52333.08972.53083.3876
H114.69673.47082.17461.10144.82855.74563.79613.75082.50812.52331.77961.77995.7813
H124.17782.76792.16871.10384.79994.98542.58733.09362.52973.08971.77961.77615.7059
H134.16412.77142.16721.10404.49425.16993.13612.53793.08402.53081.77991.77615.4632
H141.85183.16983.69595.16310.98042.23313.93003.59923.77503.38765.78135.70595.4632

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 114.919 C1 C2 H7 107.109
C1 C2 H8 106.922 C1 O5 H14 104.525
C2 C1 O5 111.831 C2 C1 O6 126.023
C2 C3 C4 111.787 C2 C3 H9 109.312
C2 C3 H10 108.728 C3 C2 H7 112.128
C3 C2 H8 109.297 C3 C4 H11 111.874
C3 C4 H12 111.261 C3 C4 H13 111.122
C4 C3 H9 110.222 C4 C3 H10 110.914
O5 C1 O6 122.140 H7 C2 H8 105.970
H9 C3 H10 105.679 H11 C4 H12 107.615
H11 C4 H13 107.624 H12 C4 H13 107.122
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.323      
2 C -0.357      
3 C -0.236      
4 C -0.485      
5 O -0.334      
6 O -0.301      
7 H 0.162      
8 H 0.167      
9 H 0.141      
10 H 0.151      
11 H 0.151      
12 H 0.151      
13 H 0.148      
14 H 0.318      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.219 1.219 0.314 1.752
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.120 5.651 0.625
y 5.651 -37.194 -0.771
z 0.625 -0.771 -35.569
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.738 5.651 0.625
y 5.651 -0.850 -0.771
z 0.625 -0.771 1.588
Polar
3z2-r23.176
x2-y20.074
xy5.651
xz0.625
yz-0.771


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.284 0.052 -0.207
y 0.052 7.499 0.014
z -0.207 0.014 6.120


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 205.730
(<r2>)1/2 14.343