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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.929158
Energy at 298.15K-305.938776
HF Energy-305.929158
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/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 3606 3606 27.71      
2 A 3189 3189 18.70      
3 A 3167 3167 5.95      
4 A 3160 3160 25.71      
5 A 3141 3141 11.09      
6 A 3110 3110 15.86      
7 A 3099 3099 1.74      
8 A 3078 3078 18.66      
9 A 1834 1834 224.92      
10 A 1578 1578 11.53      
11 A 1575 1575 11.86      
12 A 1569 1569 3.25      
13 A 1537 1537 8.55      
14 A 1477 1477 8.99      
15 A 1422 1422 5.62      
16 A 1412 1412 38.92      
17 A 1371 1371 6.44      
18 A 1353 1353 4.26      
19 A 1313 1313 1.84      
20 A 1210 1210 91.57      
21 A 1157 1157 16.01      
22 A 1105 1105 155.12      
23 A 1051 1051 12.06      
24 A 939 939 1.80      
25 A 934 934 5.30      
26 A 877 877 11.19      
27 A 794 794 10.58      
28 A 714 714 63.92      
29 A 620 620 99.02      
30 A 573 573 56.70      
31 A 435 435 3.68      
32 A 351 351 1.49      
33 A 268 268 0.04      
34 A 204 204 0.08      
35 A 113 113 0.11      
36 A 77 77 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26706.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26706.3 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 wB97X-D/3-21G
ABC
0.27803 0.06242 0.05473

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.189 -0.162 0.058
C2 -0.226 -0.528 0.418
C3 -1.254 0.301 -0.378
C4 -2.693 -0.078 0.008
O5 1.363 1.201 0.154
O6 2.095 -0.909 -0.273
H7 -0.353 -1.596 0.232
H8 -0.369 -0.336 1.488
H9 -1.102 0.132 -1.449
H10 -1.071 1.360 -0.179
H11 -3.415 0.515 -0.561
H12 -2.881 -1.138 -0.196
H13 -2.865 0.102 1.075
H14 2.294 1.422 -0.095

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50552.52463.88311.37751.22042.11352.12212.75802.73474.69464.19354.18741.9369
C21.50551.54242.54092.36372.45191.09151.09662.16612.15293.49542.79282.79113.2273
C32.52461.54241.53712.81833.56292.18722.16151.09561.09242.17922.18002.17783.7312
C43.88312.54091.53714.25554.86782.79782.76742.16792.17551.09431.09541.09565.2082
O51.37752.36372.81834.25552.27403.28312.67283.12862.46194.87994.85904.46430.9881
O61.22042.45193.56294.86782.27402.59313.08303.56203.89625.69874.98255.23832.3459
H72.11351.09152.18722.79783.28312.59311.77982.52503.06943.80282.60463.14654.0277
H82.12211.09662.16152.76742.67283.08301.77983.06392.47923.76873.12932.56733.5618
H92.75802.16611.09562.16793.12863.56202.52503.06391.76692.50752.52043.07903.8762
H102.73472.15291.09242.17552.46193.89623.06942.47921.76692.52083.08472.52383.3662
H114.69463.49542.17921.09434.87995.69873.80283.76872.50752.52081.77501.77475.7990
H124.19352.79282.18001.09544.85904.98252.60463.12932.52043.08471.77501.77555.7743
H134.18742.79112.17781.09564.46435.23833.14652.56733.07902.52381.77471.77555.4514
H141.93693.22733.73125.20820.98812.34594.02773.56183.87623.36625.79905.77435.4514

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 111.842 C1 C2 H7 107.880
C1 C2 H8 108.255 C1 O5 H14 108.810
C2 C1 O5 110.068 C2 C1 O6 127.876
C2 C3 C4 111.196 C2 C3 H9 109.219
C2 C3 H10 108.381 C3 C2 H7 111.124
C3 C2 H8 108.803 C3 C4 H11 110.698
C3 C4 H12 110.694 C3 C4 H13 110.508
C4 C3 H9 109.727 C4 C3 H10 110.518
O5 C1 O6 122.056 H7 C2 H8 108.854
H9 C3 H10 107.717 H11 C4 H12 108.315
H11 C4 H13 108.274 H12 C4 H13 108.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.652      
2 C -0.503      
3 C -0.426      
4 C -0.610      
5 O -0.583      
6 O -0.497      
7 H 0.245      
8 H 0.251      
9 H 0.219      
10 H 0.241      
11 H 0.214      
12 H 0.208      
13 H 0.208      
14 H 0.382      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.009 1.211 0.289 1.603
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.315 6.116 0.536
y 6.116 -37.800 -1.452
z 0.536 -1.452 -35.725
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.448 6.116 0.536
y 6.116 -1.781 -1.452
z 0.536 -1.452 1.333
Polar
3z2-r22.666
x2-y21.486
xy6.116
xz0.536
yz-1.452


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.670 -0.080 -0.326
y -0.080 6.448 0.116
z -0.326 0.116 5.114


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.962
(<r2>)1/2 14.421