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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-301.970587
Energy at 298.15K-301.979886
HF Energy-301.970587
Nuclear repulsion energy236.130926
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 HF/STO-3G
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 4248 3468 8.66      
2 A 3754 3065 2.20      
3 A 3754 3065 1.26      
4 A 3738 3052 0.10      
5 A 3724 3041 0.67      
6 A 3615 2951 1.26      
7 A 3611 2948 1.15      
8 A 3570 2915 1.93      
9 A 2138 1746 95.74      
10 A 1844 1506 0.82      
11 A 1835 1498 2.27      
12 A 1824 1489 0.31      
13 A 1794 1465 1.53      
14 A 1745 1425 0.35      
15 A 1695 1384 13.75      
16 A 1650 1347 18.01      
17 A 1557 1271 1.90      
18 A 1542 1259 6.94      
19 A 1496 1221 22.86      
20 A 1443 1178 99.76      
21 A 1321 1078 3.71      
22 A 1274 1040 25.57      
23 A 1244 1016 3.00      
24 A 1085 886 0.64      
25 A 1041 850 1.39      
26 A 984 803 2.30      
27 A 869 709 3.24      
28 A 729 595 20.65      
29 A 606 495 51.63      
30 A 568 464 71.08      
31 A 433 353 1.37      
32 A 364 298 1.99      
33 A 252 206 0.01      
34 A 201 164 0.14      
35 A 94 77 0.05      
36 A 53 44 0.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 30845.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25185.6 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.26947 0.06042 0.05379

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.198 -0.154 0.078
C2 -0.253 -0.400 0.537
C3 -1.277 0.198 -0.456
C4 -2.729 -0.019 0.013
O5 1.523 1.199 0.111
O6 2.000 -0.994 -0.283
H7 -0.400 -1.473 0.634
H8 -0.384 0.054 1.518
H9 -1.140 -0.261 -1.433
H10 -1.083 1.264 -0.565
H11 -3.425 0.409 -0.702
H12 -2.947 -1.078 0.111
H13 -2.896 0.454 0.977
H14 2.460 1.238 -0.206

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.54172.55643.92941.39221.21662.14562.14922.78582.76174.72164.24714.23471.9006
C21.54171.54702.55892.42792.47061.08751.08862.16552.16173.50002.81082.81153.2554
C32.55641.54701.54073.02743.49202.17982.17151.08861.08842.17182.17692.17643.8872
C43.92942.55891.54074.42384.83762.81482.78702.16242.16471.08591.08601.08605.3432
O51.39222.42793.02744.42382.27913.33402.63223.40712.69355.07605.01714.56380.9899
O61.21662.47063.49204.83762.27912.61423.16663.42363.83225.61924.96415.25862.2805
H72.14561.08752.17982.81483.33402.61421.76442.50843.06533.80482.63033.17144.0298
H82.14921.08862.17152.78702.63223.16661.76443.06292.50873.78173.13582.60023.5305
H92.78582.16551.08862.16243.40713.42362.50843.06291.75522.49102.51383.06634.0879
H102.76172.16171.08842.16472.69353.83223.06532.50871.75522.49613.06832.51343.5614
H114.72163.50002.17181.08595.07605.61923.80483.78172.49102.49611.76061.76075.9634
H124.24712.81082.17691.08605.01714.96412.63033.13582.51383.06831.76061.76065.8911
H134.23472.81152.17641.08604.56385.25863.17142.60023.06632.51341.76071.76065.5403
H141.90063.25543.88725.34320.98992.28054.02983.53054.08793.56145.96345.89115.5403

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 111.719 C1 C2 H7 108.142
C1 C2 H8 108.358 C1 O5 H14 104.580
C2 C1 O5 111.588 C2 C1 O6 126.796
C2 C3 C4 111.940 C2 C3 H9 109.255
C2 C3 H10 108.974 C3 C2 H7 110.447
C3 C2 H8 109.735 C3 C4 H11 110.350
C3 C4 H12 110.754 C3 C4 H13 110.712
C4 C3 H9 109.454 C4 C3 H10 109.651
O5 C1 O6 121.615 H7 C2 H8 108.349
H9 C3 H10 107.460 H11 C4 H12 108.315
H11 C4 H13 108.319 H12 C4 H13 108.307
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.309      
2 C -0.125      
3 C -0.092      
4 C -0.177      
5 O -0.296      
6 O -0.272      
7 H 0.073      
8 H 0.074      
9 H 0.058      
10 H 0.066      
11 H 0.062      
12 H 0.060      
13 H 0.060      
14 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.701 0.582 0.165 0.926
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -33.679 3.557 0.235
y 3.557 -36.799 -1.253
z 0.235 -1.253 -33.394
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.417 3.557 0.235
y 3.557 -3.262 -1.253
z 0.235 -1.253 1.845
Polar
3z2-r23.690
x2-y23.119
xy3.557
xz0.235
yz-1.253


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.594 -0.075 -0.385
y -0.075 3.856 0.132
z -0.385 0.132 2.780


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 211.279
(<r2>)1/2 14.535