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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.636340
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.996661
Nuclear repulsion energy235.858788
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 QCISD/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 3141 3044 12.57      
2 A 3133 3036 17.86      
3 A 3123 3027 8.90      
4 A 3070 2975 13.23      
5 A 3058 2964 4.60      
6 A 3053 2959 33.57      
7 A 1803 1748 226.65      
8 A 1588 1539 1.56      
9 A 1561 1513 5.12      
10 A 1540 1493 8.36      
11 A 1398 1355 2.24      
12 A 1388 1346 0.47      
13 A 1350 1308 5.10      
14 A 1283 1243 6.98      
15 A 1243 1204 2.64      
16 A 1205 1168 3.49      
17 A 1133 1098 55.24      
18 A 1108 1074 161.38      
19 A 1021 990 19.11      
20 A 989 959 42.92      
21 A 924 895 2.38      
22 A 892 865 21.41      
23 A 880 853 17.38      
24 A 760 737 9.70      
25 A 669 648 5.55      
26 A 628 608 3.24      
27 A 528 511 3.17      
28 A 473 459 2.51      
29 A 210 204 3.99      
30 A 139 135 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21644.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20978.1 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 QCISD/3-21G
ABC
0.23317 0.11457 0.08198

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.908 0.003 0.006
C2 -0.026 1.225 0.192
C3 -1.411 0.684 -0.252
C4 -1.313 -0.821 0.145
O5 0.122 -1.172 -0.048
O6 2.127 -0.031 -0.077
H7 0.341 2.070 -0.399
H8 -0.031 1.505 1.256
H9 -1.513 0.773 -1.342
H10 -2.255 1.185 0.235
H11 -1.904 -1.485 -0.492
H12 -1.578 -0.969 1.201

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54982.43052.37271.41471.22232.18132.16772.87613.38413.21992.9241
C21.54981.55132.41782.41412.50771.09441.10042.18352.22903.36702.8708
C32.43051.55131.56032.41603.61362.23892.20261.09791.09552.23702.2077
C42.37272.41781.56031.48963.53623.37532.87852.18932.21831.09351.0982
O51.41472.41412.41601.48962.30703.26842.98162.85133.35932.09732.1189
O61.22232.50773.61363.53622.30702.77602.96553.93664.55804.30494.0295
H72.18131.09442.23893.37533.26842.77601.78852.45192.81524.20543.9346
H82.16771.10042.20262.87852.98162.96551.78853.07922.46773.93672.9180
H92.87612.18351.09792.18932.85133.93662.45193.07921.79022.44343.0829
H103.38412.22901.09552.21833.35934.55802.81522.46771.79022.78892.4564
H113.21993.36702.23701.09352.09734.30494.20543.93672.44342.78891.7993
H122.92412.87082.20771.09822.11894.02953.93462.91803.08292.45641.7993

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 103.211 C1 C2 H7 109.961
C1 C2 H8 108.570 C1 O5 C4 109.538
C2 C1 O5 108.958 C2 C1 O6 129.155
C2 C3 C4 101.982 C2 C3 H9 109.830
C2 C3 H10 113.625 C3 C2 H7 114.503
C3 C2 H8 111.188 C3 C4 O5 104.754
C3 C4 H11 113.747 C3 C4 H12 111.092
C4 C3 H9 109.668 C4 C3 H10 112.107
O5 C1 O6 121.885 O5 C4 H11 107.589
O5 C4 H12 108.995 H7 C2 H8 109.147
H9 C3 H10 109.405 H11 C4 H12 110.365
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability