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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.827455
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.735736
Nuclear repulsion energy241.412256
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 CCSD/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 3195 3021 6.14      
2 A 3181 3008 17.67      
3 A 3172 2999 13.34      
4 A 3119 2949 14.28      
5 A 3112 2943 4.25      
6 A 3095 2927 35.03      
7 A 1928 1823 360.33      
8 A 1560 1475 0.64      
9 A 1528 1445 4.99      
10 A 1497 1416 6.94      
11 A 1434 1356 22.33      
12 A 1372 1297 3.88      
13 A 1338 1265 14.34      
14 A 1290 1219 14.40      
15 A 1245 1178 35.90      
16 A 1224 1157 2.30      
17 A 1220 1153 176.17      
18 A 1123 1062 28.95      
19 A 1111 1051 48.17      
20 A 1029 973 11.55      
21 A 962 910 3.65      
22 A 915 865 10.94      
23 A 898 849 10.31      
24 A 826 781 4.43      
25 A 696 658 5.54      
26 A 647 612 3.91      
27 A 539 510 3.22      
28 A 498 471 4.28      
29 A 220 208 2.42      
30 A 150 142 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22063.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9455) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20861.3 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 CCSD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.24382 0.12037 0.08607

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.003 0.005
C2 -0.030 1.203 0.184
C3 -1.395 0.663 -0.241
C4 -1.257 -0.815 0.139
O5 0.127 -1.130 -0.047
O6 2.072 -0.025 -0.078
H7 0.342 2.048 -0.393
H8 -0.014 1.479 1.242
H9 -1.523 0.760 -1.321
H10 -2.240 1.144 0.252
H11 -1.839 -1.490 -0.487
H12 -1.520 -0.988 1.188

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52302.38562.29261.35721.19332.15782.12882.85083.33513.14012.8534
C21.52301.52812.36242.34942.44931.08831.09422.16572.21133.31302.8337
C32.38561.52811.53252.35983.53912.22652.18491.09241.08982.21232.1872
C42.29262.36241.53251.43213.42923.32212.83302.16462.19421.08951.0946
O51.35722.34942.35981.43212.23713.20322.91362.81363.29542.04692.0639
O61.19332.44933.53913.42922.23712.71882.89173.88454.48004.19683.9290
H72.15781.08832.22653.32213.20322.71881.76772.44902.81034.15713.8965
H82.12881.09422.18492.83302.91362.89171.76773.06062.45873.89092.8912
H92.85082.16571.09242.16462.81363.88452.44903.06061.77152.42053.0582
H103.33512.21131.08982.19423.29544.48002.81032.45871.77152.76502.4367
H113.14013.31302.21231.08952.04694.19684.15713.89092.42052.76501.7776
H122.85342.83372.18721.09462.06393.92903.89652.89123.05822.43671.7776

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 102.869 C1 C2 H7 110.337
C1 C2 H8 107.731 C1 O5 C4 110.524
C2 C1 O5 109.178 C2 C1 O6 128.361
C2 C3 C4 101.045 C2 C3 H9 110.369
C2 C3 H10 114.231 C3 C2 H7 115.614
C3 C2 H8 111.789 C3 C4 O5 105.446
C3 C4 H11 114.009 C3 C4 H12 111.636
C4 C3 H9 109.976 C4 C3 H10 112.500
O5 C1 O6 122.461 O5 C4 H11 107.760
O5 C4 H12 108.805 H7 C2 H8 108.180
H9 C3 H10 108.548 H11 C4 H12 108.956
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability