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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.819158
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.736110
Nuclear repulsion energy241.654090
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 CCD/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 3205 3035 5.95      
2 A 3192 3024 14.63      
3 A 3181 3013 13.62      
4 A 3129 2964 13.39      
5 A 3120 2956 3.89      
6 A 3104 2940 34.45      
7 A 1951 1848 369.84      
8 A 1564 1482 0.75      
9 A 1532 1451 5.32      
10 A 1500 1421 7.28      
11 A 1440 1364 24.53      
12 A 1376 1303 4.31      
13 A 1342 1271 15.91      
14 A 1294 1226 16.05      
15 A 1250 1184 51.43      
16 A 1228 1163 58.66      
17 A 1227 1162 111.67      
18 A 1130 1070 51.37      
19 A 1118 1059 25.59      
20 A 1032 978 10.37      
21 A 965 914 3.56      
22 A 918 870 11.21      
23 A 902 854 9.62      
24 A 830 786 4.46      
25 A 700 663 5.62      
26 A 650 616 4.01      
27 A 541 513 3.21      
28 A 502 475 4.41      
29 A 220 208 2.46      
30 A 151 143 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22145.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9472) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20976.0 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 CCD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.24415 0.12066 0.08624

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/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 0.183
C3 -1.395 0.662 -0.240
C4 -1.255 -0.816 0.139
O5 0.128 -1.128 -0.047
O6 2.069 -0.025 -0.078
H7 0.342 2.047 -0.394
H8 -0.013 1.480 1.241
H9 -1.525 0.760 -1.320
H10 -2.239 1.142 0.255
H11 -1.836 -1.490 -0.489
H12 -1.519 -0.990 1.186

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52232.38472.28981.35481.19072.15702.12802.85123.33313.13682.8522
C21.52231.52792.36152.34722.44601.08791.09382.16532.21063.31122.8345
C32.38471.52791.53242.35823.53562.22622.18441.09181.08932.21132.1866
C42.28982.36151.53241.42973.42383.32062.83322.16432.19391.08911.0942
O51.35482.34722.35821.42972.23283.20042.91192.81363.29282.04522.0624
O61.19072.44603.53563.42382.23282.71592.88823.88284.47554.19103.9254
H72.15701.08792.22623.32063.20042.71591.76682.44842.81054.15443.8968
H82.12801.09382.18442.83322.91192.88821.76683.05942.45743.89052.8939
H92.85122.16531.09182.16432.81363.88282.44843.05941.77062.41903.0568
H103.33312.21061.08932.19393.29284.47552.81052.45741.77062.76452.4351
H113.13683.31122.21131.08912.04524.19104.15443.89052.41902.76451.7764
H122.85222.83452.18661.09422.06243.92543.89682.89393.05682.43511.7764

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 102.856 C1 C2 H7 110.349
C1 C2 H8 107.738 C1 O5 C4 110.612
C2 C1 O5 109.199 C2 C1 O6 128.319
C2 C3 C4 101.011 C2 C3 H9 110.383
C2 C3 H10 114.228 C3 C2 H7 115.633
C3 C2 H8 111.789 C3 C4 O5 105.475
C3 C4 H11 113.954 C3 C4 H12 111.617
C4 C3 H9 109.993 C4 C3 H10 112.514
O5 C1 O6 122.481 O5 C4 H11 107.811
O5 C4 H12 108.873 H7 C2 H8 108.156
H9 C3 H10 108.540 H11 C4 H12 108.896
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability