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

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-305.791713
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.734739
Nuclear repulsion energy241.306606
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 3216 3037 4.93      
2 A 3206 3028 9.77      
3 A 3193 3016 11.39      
4 A 3138 2963 11.50      
5 A 3125 2952 3.29      
6 A 3108 2936 33.58      
7 A 1879 1775 306.80      
8 A 1551 1465 0.68      
9 A 1518 1434 5.33      
10 A 1486 1403 7.68      
11 A 1416 1337 16.73      
12 A 1357 1282 2.76      
13 A 1320 1247 10.56      
14 A 1281 1210 9.06      
15 A 1232 1163 25.75      
16 A 1213 1146 2.38      
17 A 1191 1125 188.62      
18 A 1109 1048 23.35      
19 A 1094 1033 53.91      
20 A 1025 968 17.45      
21 A 965 911 3.22      
22 A 911 860 12.11      
23 A 891 842 13.37      
24 A 820 774 4.95      
25 A 686 648 4.00      
26 A 639 604 3.36      
27 A 530 501 2.27      
28 A 492 465 3.32      
29 A 229 217 2.41      
30 A 153 145 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21986.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9445) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20766.5 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
0.24412 0.12009 0.08612

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 0.881 -0.001 0.006
C2 -0.035 1.198 0.192
C3 -1.390 0.662 -0.253
C4 -1.260 -0.808 0.145
O5 0.124 -1.134 -0.048
O6 2.078 -0.023 -0.081
H7 0.343 2.052 -0.366
H8 -0.033 1.456 1.255
H9 -1.493 0.745 -1.337
H10 -2.243 1.148 0.217
H11 -1.848 -1.490 -0.468
H12 -1.515 -0.964 1.198

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52072.38012.29271.36391.19962.15472.12592.82813.33573.14472.8442
C21.52071.52352.35102.34962.45591.08791.09392.16062.20853.30842.8061
C32.38011.52351.52832.35713.53872.22472.17891.09131.08922.21022.1825
C42.29272.35101.52831.43463.43603.31842.80442.15902.19051.08901.0942
O51.36392.34962.35711.43462.24753.20912.90372.79343.29832.04662.0656
O61.19962.45593.53873.43602.24752.71992.90353.86234.48674.20793.9276
H72.15471.08792.22473.31843.20912.71991.76732.45452.80104.16603.8719
H82.12591.09392.17892.80442.90372.90351.76733.05872.46093.86542.8382
H92.82812.16061.09132.15902.79343.86232.45453.05871.77192.42373.0565
H103.33572.20851.08922.19053.29834.48672.80102.46091.77192.75422.4395
H113.14473.30842.21021.08902.04664.20794.16603.86542.42372.75421.7781
H122.84422.80612.18251.09422.06563.92763.87192.83823.05652.43951.7781

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 102.858 C1 C2 H7 110.279
C1 C2 H8 107.677 C1 O5 C4 109.993
C2 C1 O5 108.959 C2 C1 O6 128.674
C2 C3 C4 100.768 C2 C3 H9 110.348
C2 C3 H10 114.383 C3 C2 H7 115.835
C3 C2 H8 111.656 C3 C4 O5 105.372
C3 C4 H11 114.175 C3 C4 H12 111.581
C4 C3 H9 109.884 C4 C3 H10 112.544
O5 C1 O6 122.366 O5 C4 H11 107.601
O5 C4 H12 108.796 H7 C2 H8 108.195
H9 C3 H10 108.707 H11 C4 H12 109.068
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability