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

using model chemistry: LSDA/3-21G

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/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.425981
Energy at 298.15K-304.435408
HF Energy-304.425981
Nuclear repulsion energy239.220438
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/3-21G
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 3370 3315 10.50      
2 A 3076 3025 18.03      
3 A 3069 3018 16.34      
4 A 3054 3004 4.70      
5 A 3038 2988 3.99      
6 A 3003 2954 13.77      
7 A 2978 2929 14.82      
8 A 2971 2923 1.64      
9 A 1791 1762 191.68      
10 A 1505 1481 12.94      
11 A 1500 1476 14.52      
12 A 1490 1465 5.90      
13 A 1453 1429 7.68      
14 A 1403 1380 12.05      
15 A 1363 1341 36.16      
16 A 1346 1323 9.71      
17 A 1309 1288 2.97      
18 A 1276 1255 7.13      
19 A 1246 1225 1.02      
20 A 1152 1134 75.29      
21 A 1119 1100 11.08      
22 A 1085 1067 74.54      
23 A 1052 1035 77.90      
24 A 933 918 5.44      
25 A 885 871 1.40      
26 A 859 845 10.41      
27 A 754 741 26.26      
28 A 701 689 83.88      
29 A 606 596 59.43      
30 A 549 540 45.08      
31 A 435 428 5.21      
32 A 352 346 1.23      
33 A 253 249 0.02      
34 A 204 201 0.03      
35 A 106 104 0.06      
36 A 49 48 0.36      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25667.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9836) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25246.0 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 LSDA/3-21G
ABC
0.28837 0.06359 0.05483

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at LSDA/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.159 0.034
C2 -0.217 -0.617 0.258
C3 -1.253 0.361 -0.281
C4 -2.666 -0.112 0.020
O5 1.254 1.211 0.141
O6 2.176 -0.844 -0.196
H7 -0.323 -1.619 -0.193
H8 -0.370 -0.732 1.352
H9 -1.112 0.476 -1.373
H10 -1.054 1.348 0.170
H11 -3.419 0.596 -0.369
H12 -2.856 -1.100 -0.438
H13 -2.819 -0.210 1.111
H14 2.218 1.469 -0.007

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49332.51453.85281.37561.22492.11212.11842.76842.70364.68414.17694.14781.9275
C21.49331.52282.51152.34902.44621.10391.11082.15672.13743.48032.77092.76783.2170
C32.51451.52281.51952.68113.63552.18902.15401.10661.10412.17992.17372.17123.6541
C43.85282.51151.51954.13884.90162.79412.72562.16792.18011.10371.10581.10615.1332
O51.37562.34902.68114.13882.27693.25662.80662.90332.31214.74064.75024.42121.0088
O61.22492.44623.63554.90162.27692.61612.98163.73283.92045.77945.04365.20142.3206
H72.11211.10392.18902.79413.25662.61611.78192.53013.07733.81062.59673.14864.0029
H82.11841.11082.15402.72562.80662.98161.78193.07092.48813.74383.08472.51503.6590
H92.76842.15671.10662.16792.90333.73282.53013.07091.77322.51892.52943.09073.7331
H102.70362.13741.10412.18012.31213.92043.07732.48811.77322.53963.10012.53563.2787
H114.68413.48032.17991.10374.74065.77943.81063.74382.51892.53961.78851.78855.7153
H124.17692.77092.17371.10584.75025.04362.59673.08472.52943.10011.78851.78685.7029
H134.14782.76782.17121.10614.42125.20143.14862.51503.09072.53561.78851.78685.4256
H141.92753.21703.65415.13321.00882.32064.00293.65903.73313.27875.71535.70295.4256

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 112.955 C1 C2 H7 107.883
C1 C2 H8 107.978 C1 O5 H14 106.864
C2 C1 O5 109.855 C2 C1 O6 128.024
C2 C3 C4 111.287 C2 C3 H9 109.192
C2 C3 H10 107.848 C3 C2 H7 111.906
C3 C2 H8 108.746 C3 C4 H11 111.419
C3 C4 H12 110.798 C3 C4 H13 110.578
C4 C3 H9 110.287 C4 C3 H10 111.414
O5 C1 O6 122.115 H7 C2 H8 107.142
H9 C3 H10 106.663 H11 C4 H12 108.084
H11 C4 H13 108.066 H12 C4 H13 107.763
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.531      
2 C -0.507      
3 C -0.430      
4 C -0.630      
5 O -0.502      
6 O -0.428      
7 H 0.246      
8 H 0.255      
9 H 0.221      
10 H 0.238      
11 H 0.218      
12 H 0.212      
13 H 0.211      
14 H 0.367      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.876 1.157 0.294 1.480
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.021 6.187 0.564
y 6.187 -36.950 -0.888
z 0.564 -0.888 -35.796
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.649 6.187 0.564
y 6.187 -0.541 -0.888
z 0.564 -0.888 1.190
Polar
3z2-r22.380
x2-y2-0.072
xy6.187
xz0.564
yz-0.888


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.197 0.065 -0.251
y 0.065 6.755 0.057
z -0.251 0.057 5.161


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 205.767
(<r2>)1/2 14.345