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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.616586
Energy at 298.15K-303.625535
HF Energy-303.616586
Nuclear repulsion energy233.996478
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 B1B95/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 3767 3326 14.78      
2 A 3526 3114 1.56      
3 A 3525 3113 0.93      
4 A 3504 3094 0.16      
5 A 3488 3080 0.38      
6 A 3388 2992 1.86      
7 A 3380 2984 0.84      
8 A 3351 2959 1.78      
9 A 1929 1704 76.48      
10 A 1700 1501 3.24      
11 A 1691 1493 4.39      
12 A 1676 1480 0.95      
13 A 1646 1453 1.48      
14 A 1585 1399 0.76      
15 A 1526 1347 9.13      
16 A 1495 1320 24.04      
17 A 1431 1264 0.31      
18 A 1401 1237 2.61      
19 A 1368 1208 5.99      
20 A 1302 1150 92.84      
21 A 1213 1071 7.73      
22 A 1163 1027 11.96      
23 A 1148 1013 24.22      
24 A 1002 885 2.11      
25 A 951 840 3.66      
26 A 898 793 2.60      
27 A 801 707 5.95      
28 A 678 599 42.83      
29 A 620 548 39.06      
30 A 533 471 29.22      
31 A 399 352 1.60      
32 A 333 294 1.25      
33 A 238 210 0.01      
34 A 184 163 0.13      
35 A 94 83 0.05      
36 A 42 38 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28486.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.883) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25153.8 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 B1B95/STO-3G
ABC
0.26310 0.05983 0.05314

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.204 -0.155 0.081
C2 -0.257 -0.401 0.541
C3 -1.283 0.190 -0.460
C4 -2.736 -0.030 0.010
O5 1.494 1.227 0.111
O6 2.044 -1.000 -0.280
H7 -0.404 -1.485 0.645
H8 -0.398 0.062 1.530
H9 -1.140 -0.278 -1.445
H10 -1.087 1.266 -0.574
H11 -3.442 0.397 -0.713
H12 -2.954 -1.100 0.113
H13 -2.907 0.450 0.982
H14 2.461 1.247 -0.219

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.55092.56873.94291.41251.24482.16172.17082.80022.77524.74554.26384.25141.9072
C21.55091.55032.56262.42882.51551.09931.10082.17722.17093.51492.81882.81783.2680
C32.56871.55031.54263.01893.53822.19022.18081.10021.10012.18322.18672.18643.8984
C43.94292.56261.54264.41394.88642.82102.78972.17392.17701.09711.09711.09715.3569
O51.41252.42883.01894.41392.32643.35322.63643.40942.67115.07235.01954.55261.0221
O61.24482.51553.53824.88642.32642.66233.22023.46683.87655.67755.01445.31092.2857
H72.16171.09932.19022.82103.35322.66231.78252.52313.08583.82262.63243.18114.0525
H82.17081.10082.18082.78972.63643.22021.78253.08462.52023.79543.14452.59643.5551
H92.80022.17721.10022.17393.40943.46682.52313.08461.77352.50752.52803.08864.0989
H102.77522.17091.10012.17702.67113.87653.08582.52021.77352.51343.09102.52923.5665
H114.74553.51492.18321.09715.07235.67753.82263.79542.50752.51341.77841.77855.9843
H124.26382.81882.18671.09715.01955.01442.63243.14452.52803.09101.77841.77795.9110
H134.25142.81782.18641.09714.55265.31093.18112.59643.08862.52921.77851.77795.5579
H141.90723.26803.89845.35691.02212.28574.05253.55514.09893.56655.98435.91105.5579

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 111.847 C1 C2 H7 108.097
C1 C2 H8 108.712 C1 O5 H14 101.941
C2 C1 O5 110.001 C2 C1 O6 127.918
C2 C3 C4 111.898 C2 C3 H9 109.279
C2 C3 H10 108.797 C3 C2 H7 110.342
C3 C2 H8 109.525 C3 C4 H11 110.462
C3 C4 H12 110.733 C3 C4 H13 110.714
C4 C3 H9 109.546 C4 C3 H10 109.795
O5 C1 O6 122.079 H7 C2 H8 108.229
H9 C3 H10 107.417 H11 C4 H12 108.290
H11 C4 H13 108.305 H12 C4 H13 108.249
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.212      
2 C -0.159      
3 C -0.133      
4 C -0.227      
5 O -0.234      
6 O -0.229      
7 H 0.088      
8 H 0.088      
9 H 0.077      
10 H 0.082      
11 H 0.079      
12 H 0.077      
13 H 0.076      
14 H 0.203      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.498 0.771 0.112 0.925
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.701 3.798 0.050
y 3.798 -35.662 -1.099
z 0.050 -1.099 -33.056
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.658 3.798 0.050
y 3.798 -2.783 -1.099
z 0.050 -1.099 1.125
Polar
3z2-r22.249
x2-y22.961
xy3.798
xz0.050
yz-1.099


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.897 0.041 -0.394
y 0.041 4.083 0.102
z -0.394 0.102 2.830


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.052
(<r2>)1/2 14.596