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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.239557
Energy at 298.15K-303.248497
HF Energy-303.124086
Nuclear repulsion energy232.528529
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 B2PLYP/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 3768 3768 20.58      
2 A 3529 3529 3.23      
3 A 3528 3528 1.93      
4 A 3504 3504 1.11      
5 A 3490 3490 0.40      
6 A 3388 3388 3.49      
7 A 3381 3381 0.38      
8 A 3353 3353 2.54      
9 A 1868 1868 65.43      
10 A 1722 1722 1.58      
11 A 1714 1714 2.91      
12 A 1698 1698 0.39      
13 A 1669 1669 0.80      
14 A 1605 1605 0.12      
15 A 1542 1542 8.42      
16 A 1503 1503 21.62      
17 A 1445 1445 0.52      
18 A 1418 1418 5.27      
19 A 1383 1383 3.01      
20 A 1304 1304 86.72      
21 A 1220 1220 4.67      
22 A 1166 1166 32.25      
23 A 1148 1148 11.53      
24 A 1002 1002 1.34      
25 A 961 961 3.79      
26 A 891 891 3.10      
27 A 808 808 3.58      
28 A 667 667 42.28      
29 A 614 614 35.26      
30 A 530 530 26.85      
31 A 396 396 1.11      
32 A 336 336 1.37      
33 A 237 237 0.01      
34 A 184 184 0.10      
35 A 91 91 0.04      
36 A 41 41 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28552.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28552.3 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 B2PLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.25978 0.05900 0.05242

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.213 -0.156 0.083
C2 -0.259 -0.400 0.548
C3 -1.292 0.187 -0.465
C4 -2.756 -0.029 0.010
O5 1.506 1.235 0.110
O6 2.058 -1.007 -0.282
H7 -0.408 -1.487 0.659
H8 -0.401 0.071 1.536
H9 -1.149 -0.291 -1.449
H10 -1.096 1.266 -0.589
H11 -3.463 0.393 -0.719
H12 -2.974 -1.101 0.122
H13 -2.926 0.461 0.980
H14 2.474 1.252 -0.222

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.56222.58633.97131.42151.25362.17482.18322.81832.79324.77534.29194.27911.9143
C21.56221.56192.58162.44502.53421.10251.10352.18962.18423.53612.83642.83583.2844
C32.58631.56191.55463.04173.56062.20202.19321.10321.10312.19562.19892.19853.9206
C43.97132.58161.55464.44624.92072.83922.80792.18602.18891.10001.10001.09995.3894
O51.42152.44503.04174.44622.34173.37212.65003.43592.69405.10695.05204.58181.0235
O61.25362.53423.56064.92072.34172.68233.24213.48703.89945.71205.04845.34622.2973
H72.17481.10252.20202.83923.37212.68231.78802.53473.09993.84292.64973.19964.0718
H82.18321.10352.19322.80792.65003.24211.78803.09842.53473.81643.16122.61443.5702
H92.81832.18961.10322.18603.43593.48702.53473.09841.77942.52032.54033.10184.1247
H102.79322.18421.10312.18892.69403.89943.09992.53471.77942.52593.10412.54113.5887
H114.77533.53612.19561.10005.10695.71203.84293.81642.52032.52591.78361.78376.0189
H124.29192.83642.19891.10005.05205.04842.64973.16122.54033.10411.78361.78325.9440
H134.27912.83582.19851.09994.58185.34623.19962.61443.10182.54111.78371.78325.5879
H141.91433.28443.92065.38941.02352.29734.07183.57024.12473.58876.01895.94405.5879

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 111.758 C1 C2 H7 108.158
C1 C2 H8 108.741 C1 O5 H14 101.828
C2 C1 O5 109.971 C2 C1 O6 127.975
C2 C3 C4 111.862 C2 C3 H9 109.277
C2 C3 H10 108.868 C3 C2 H7 110.275
C3 C2 H8 109.539 C3 C4 H11 110.428
C3 C4 H12 110.686 C3 C4 H13 110.658
C4 C3 H9 109.495 C4 C3 H10 109.725
O5 C1 O6 122.051 H7 C2 H8 108.286
H9 C3 H10 107.511 H11 C4 H12 108.336
H11 C4 H13 108.348 H12 C4 H13 108.303
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.214      
2 C -0.138      
3 C -0.112      
4 C -0.199      
5 O -0.229      
6 O -0.217      
7 H 0.077      
8 H 0.077      
9 H 0.066      
10 H 0.071      
11 H 0.069      
12 H 0.067      
13 H 0.067      
14 H 0.189      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.462 0.667 0.098 0.817
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.990 3.544 0.061
y 3.544 -35.944 -1.074
z 0.061 -1.074 -33.275
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.619 3.544 0.061
y 3.544 -2.811 -1.074
z 0.061 -1.074 1.192
Polar
3z2-r22.384
x2-y22.954
xy3.544
xz0.061
yz-1.074


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.901 0.052 -0.398
y 0.052 4.141 0.102
z -0.398 0.102 2.841


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 215.795
(<r2>)1/2 14.690