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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.412279
Energy at 298.15K-303.421260
HF Energy-303.412279
Nuclear repulsion energy233.942639
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 PBE1PBE/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 3790 3343 14.45      
2 A 3539 3122 1.57      
3 A 3538 3121 0.84      
4 A 3516 3101 0.16      
5 A 3500 3088 0.39      
6 A 3400 2999 1.93      
7 A 3391 2991 0.83      
8 A 3363 2966 1.79      
9 A 1934 1706 77.68      
10 A 1709 1507 3.40      
11 A 1699 1499 4.51      
12 A 1684 1486 0.99      
13 A 1654 1459 1.55      
14 A 1593 1405 0.90      
15 A 1534 1353 9.80      
16 A 1504 1327 22.55      
17 A 1438 1269 0.35      
18 A 1409 1243 2.07      
19 A 1377 1215 6.13      
20 A 1311 1157 93.36      
21 A 1220 1076 7.62      
22 A 1170 1032 12.13      
23 A 1156 1020 23.17      
24 A 1009 890 2.22      
25 A 958 845 3.62      
26 A 905 798 2.61      
27 A 807 712 6.07      
28 A 683 603 43.20      
29 A 625 551 37.89      
30 A 537 474 28.84      
31 A 402 355 1.57      
32 A 338 298 1.25      
33 A 240 212 0.01      
34 A 185 163 0.14      
35 A 93 82 0.05      
36 A 41 36 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28625.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8821) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25250.1 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 PBE1PBE/STO-3G
ABC
0.26278 0.05981 0.05313

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.204 -0.155 0.082
C2 -0.257 -0.396 0.544
C3 -1.283 0.188 -0.461
C4 -2.737 -0.030 0.010
O5 1.497 1.227 0.109
O6 2.042 -1.003 -0.280
H7 -0.405 -1.480 0.655
H8 -0.399 0.075 1.530
H9 -1.140 -0.288 -1.444
H10 -1.088 1.264 -0.584
H11 -3.443 0.391 -0.717
H12 -2.953 -1.100 0.121
H13 -2.907 0.458 0.979
H14 2.463 1.242 -0.223

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.55102.56923.94361.41221.24532.16232.17192.80022.77724.74694.26334.25221.9052
C21.55101.55102.56322.42842.51561.09991.10142.17802.17253.51602.81852.81813.2665
C32.56921.55101.54333.02243.53632.19082.18151.10091.10082.18422.18732.18703.8997
C43.94362.56321.54334.41724.88492.82062.79032.17502.17801.09761.09761.09765.3585
O51.41222.42843.02244.41722.32733.35302.63403.41432.67695.07775.02134.55441.0218
O61.24532.51563.53634.88492.32732.66253.22313.46253.87655.67585.01135.31082.2847
H72.16231.09992.19082.82063.35302.66251.78392.52363.08763.82282.63063.18104.0509
H82.17191.10142.18152.79032.63403.22311.78393.08582.52133.79673.14462.59643.5529
H92.80022.17801.10092.17503.41433.46252.52363.08581.77482.50872.52883.08994.1008
H102.77722.17251.10082.17802.67693.87653.08762.52131.77482.51463.09222.52983.5703
H114.74693.51602.18421.09765.07775.67583.82283.79672.50872.51461.77951.77965.9879
H124.26332.81852.18731.09765.02135.01132.63063.14462.52883.09221.77951.77895.9109
H134.25222.81812.18701.09764.55445.31083.18102.59643.08992.52981.77961.77895.5588
H141.90523.26653.89975.35851.02182.28474.05093.55294.10083.57035.98795.91095.5588

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 111.835 C1 C2 H7 108.095
C1 C2 H8 108.749 C1 O5 H14 101.822
C2 C1 O5 109.981 C2 C1 O6 127.875
C2 C3 C4 111.862 C2 C3 H9 109.257
C2 C3 H10 108.839 C3 C2 H7 110.309
C3 C2 H8 109.500 C3 C4 H11 110.462
C3 C4 H12 110.703 C3 C4 H13 110.684
C4 C3 H9 109.548 C4 C3 H10 109.789
O5 C1 O6 122.142 H7 C2 H8 108.266
H9 C3 H10 107.440 H11 C4 H12 108.315
H11 C4 H13 108.330 H12 C4 H13 108.261
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.205      
2 C -0.163      
3 C -0.137      
4 C -0.233      
5 O -0.228      
6 O -0.225      
7 H 0.090      
8 H 0.090      
9 H 0.078      
10 H 0.083      
11 H 0.081      
12 H 0.078      
13 H 0.078      
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
  -0.494 0.789 0.113 0.937
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.649 3.805 0.039
y 3.805 -35.618 -1.092
z 0.039 -1.092 -33.023
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.672 3.805 0.039
y 3.805 -2.782 -1.092
z 0.039 -1.092 1.110
Polar
3z2-r22.221
x2-y22.969
xy3.805
xz0.039
yz-1.092


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.837 0.035 -0.393
y 0.035 4.055 0.104
z -0.393 0.104 2.803


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.090
(<r2>)1/2 14.598