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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.644572
Energy at 298.15K-307.654133
HF Energy-307.644572
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3843 3843 64.87      
2 A 3147 3147 31.83      
3 A 3136 3136 24.35      
4 A 3130 3130 25.61      
5 A 3106 3106 0.28      
6 A 3071 3071 22.15      
7 A 3058 3058 8.27      
8 A 3049 3049 24.28      
9 A 1883 1883 305.75      
10 A 1521 1521 5.80      
11 A 1510 1510 6.87      
12 A 1508 1508 1.88      
13 A 1490 1490 7.82      
14 A 1431 1431 4.04      
15 A 1411 1411 49.71      
16 A 1397 1397 26.36      
17 A 1342 1342 1.41      
18 A 1310 1310 1.68      
19 A 1275 1275 22.34      
20 A 1227 1227 136.82      
21 A 1129 1129 6.58      
22 A 1099 1099 71.30      
23 A 1066 1066 3.65      
24 A 938 938 0.66      
25 A 909 909 2.58      
26 A 893 893 6.14      
27 A 773 773 11.36      
28 A 744 744 37.07      
29 A 630 630 70.60      
30 A 587 587 48.15      
31 A 437 437 3.19      
32 A 340 340 1.03      
33 A 273 273 0.05      
34 A 191 191 0.03      
35 A 105 105 0.23      
36 A 67 67 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26512.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26512.6 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 wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.27762 0.06213 0.05544

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.184 -0.143 0.080
C2 -0.235 -0.374 0.533
C3 -1.260 0.210 -0.451
C4 -2.694 -0.032 0.013
O5 1.507 1.165 0.107
O6 1.958 -0.988 -0.281
H7 -0.375 -1.451 0.641
H8 -0.368 0.094 1.515
H9 -1.107 -0.243 -1.437
H10 -1.077 1.283 -0.564
H11 -3.413 0.376 -0.702
H12 -2.896 -1.103 0.121
H13 -2.876 0.441 0.984
H14 2.415 1.224 -0.214

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50772.52613.88021.34811.20142.11072.12682.75032.75064.69234.19244.20101.8627
C21.50771.53562.53582.36322.41901.09191.09552.15822.15823.49062.79002.80053.1830
C32.52611.53561.52652.97973.43802.17612.16181.09581.09432.17422.17472.17373.8190
C43.88022.53581.52654.36904.75812.79022.77142.15962.16241.09331.09481.09505.2653
O51.34812.36322.97974.36902.23443.26672.57783.34692.67275.04814.95334.52870.9644
O61.20142.41903.43804.75812.23442.55073.13153.35983.80185.55774.87265.19772.2600
H72.11071.09192.17612.79023.26672.55071.77502.51283.06973.79132.59853.15553.9581
H82.12681.09552.16182.77142.57783.13151.77503.06162.49823.77703.12562.58783.4652
H92.75032.15821.09582.15963.34693.35982.51283.06161.75832.49812.52333.07524.0065
H102.75062.15821.09432.16242.67273.80183.06972.49821.75832.50933.07752.51843.5099
H114.69233.49062.17421.09335.04815.55773.79133.77702.49812.50931.76931.76975.9091
H124.19242.79002.17471.09484.95334.87262.59853.12562.52333.07751.76931.76845.8080
H134.20102.80052.17371.09504.52875.19773.15552.58783.07522.51841.76971.76845.4811
H141.86273.18303.81905.26530.96442.26003.95813.46524.00653.50995.90915.80805.4811

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 112.199 C1 C2 H7 107.490
C1 C2 H8 108.533 C1 O5 H14 106.124
C2 C1 O5 111.568 C2 C1 O6 126.108
C2 C3 C4 111.810 C2 C3 H9 109.055
C2 C3 H10 109.141 C3 C2 H7 110.692
C3 C2 H8 109.354 C3 C4 H11 111.100
C3 C4 H12 111.055 C3 C4 H13 110.962
C4 C3 H9 109.790 C4 C3 H10 110.105
O5 C1 O6 122.319 H7 C2 H8 108.473
H9 C3 H10 106.804 H11 C4 H12 107.917
H11 C4 H13 107.937 H12 C4 H13 107.722
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.410      
2 C -0.315      
3 C -0.226      
4 C -0.429      
5 O -0.394      
6 O -0.356      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.147      
9 H 0.135      
10 H 0.141      
11 H 0.140      
12 H 0.138      
13 H 0.136      
14 H 0.322      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.145 1.341 0.290 1.787
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.484 5.289 0.275
y 5.289 -38.188 -1.406
z 0.275 -1.406 -35.446
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.333 5.289 0.275
y 5.289 -2.723 -1.406
z 0.275 -1.406 1.389
Polar
3z2-r22.779
x2-y22.704
xy5.289
xz0.275
yz-1.406


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.736 -0.054 -0.277
y -0.054 7.174 0.063
z -0.277 0.063 6.153


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.246
(<r2>)1/2 14.396