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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.670780
Energy at 298.15K-303.679793
HF Energy-303.670780
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3805 3805 16.41      
2 A 3529 3529 1.56      
3 A 3527 3527 0.96      
4 A 3509 3509 0.14      
5 A 3494 3494 0.38      
6 A 3393 3393 1.72      
7 A 3386 3386 0.72      
8 A 3353 3353 1.65      
9 A 1920 1920 76.40      
10 A 1710 1710 2.88      
11 A 1702 1702 4.06      
12 A 1688 1688 0.82      
13 A 1659 1659 1.45      
14 A 1599 1599 0.68      
15 A 1542 1542 9.01      
16 A 1508 1508 20.71      
17 A 1443 1443 0.32      
18 A 1419 1419 2.76      
19 A 1381 1381 6.78      
20 A 1312 1312 94.36      
21 A 1220 1220 6.58      
22 A 1166 1166 28.75      
23 A 1153 1153 9.25      
24 A 1007 1007 1.63      
25 A 963 963 4.25      
26 A 902 902 2.14      
27 A 813 813 4.66      
28 A 674 674 30.23      
29 A 612 612 52.35      
30 A 540 540 28.82      
31 A 402 402 1.51      
32 A 341 341 1.42      
33 A 250 250 0.01      
34 A 189 189 0.13      
35 A 92 92 0.05      
36 A 52 52 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28626.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28626.1 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 wB97X-D/STO-3G
ABC
0.25998 0.05927 0.05284

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.205 -0.153 0.089
C2 -0.262 -0.336 0.578
C3 -1.290 0.162 -0.480
C4 -2.748 -0.020 0.010
O5 1.553 1.218 0.083
O6 2.004 -1.039 -0.271
H7 -0.424 -1.406 0.786
H8 -0.398 0.225 1.517
H9 -1.144 -0.395 -1.419
H10 -1.100 1.227 -0.691
H11 -3.455 0.338 -0.752
H12 -2.959 -1.079 0.209
H13 -2.918 0.547 0.936
H14 2.512 1.192 -0.267

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.55722.57803.95581.41541.24622.16892.17922.80192.79724.76054.26694.26681.9098
C21.55721.55692.56952.44102.52031.10101.10202.18392.18093.52372.82112.82173.2787
C32.57801.55691.54913.08433.51252.19342.18811.10181.10172.18932.19152.19173.9448
C43.95582.56951.54914.47634.86852.81542.80292.18052.18221.09871.09891.09885.4052
O51.41542.44103.08434.47632.32913.35952.61723.48342.76335.15305.06484.60111.0216
O61.24622.52033.51254.86852.32912.67293.24993.41253.86595.65074.98635.31062.2881
H72.16891.10102.19342.81543.35952.67291.78692.53003.09333.82002.62033.17174.0590
H82.17921.10202.18812.80292.61723.24991.78693.09222.52473.80893.15762.60693.5479
H92.80192.18391.10182.18053.48343.41252.53003.09221.77832.51452.53223.09504.1492
H102.79722.18091.10172.18222.76333.86593.09332.52471.77832.51843.09612.53293.6370
H114.76053.52372.18931.09875.15305.65073.82003.80892.51452.51841.78261.78296.0477
H124.26692.82112.19151.09895.06484.98632.62033.15762.53223.09611.78261.78205.9430
H134.26682.82172.19171.09884.60115.31063.17172.60693.09502.53291.78291.78205.5995
H141.90983.27873.94485.40521.02162.28814.05903.54794.14923.63706.04775.94305.5995

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 108.131
C1 C2 H8 108.862 C1 O5 H14 101.977
C2 C1 O5 110.314 C2 C1 O6 127.708
C2 C3 C4 111.638 C2 C3 H9 109.260
C2 C3 H10 109.033 C3 C2 H7 110.040
C3 C2 H8 109.566 C3 C4 H11 110.398
C3 C4 H12 110.563 C3 C4 H13 110.581
C4 C3 H9 109.531 C4 C3 H10 109.672
O5 C1 O6 121.974 H7 C2 H8 108.408
H9 C3 H10 107.617 H11 C4 H12 108.422
H11 C4 H13 108.448 H12 C4 H13 108.356
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.217      
2 C -0.153      
3 C -0.127      
4 C -0.221      
5 O -0.233      
6 O -0.231      
7 H 0.086      
8 H 0.086      
9 H 0.074      
10 H 0.078      
11 H 0.076      
12 H 0.074      
13 H 0.074      
14 H 0.201      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.488 0.760 0.096 0.909
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.531 3.611 -0.083
y 3.611 -36.019 -1.098
z -0.083 -1.098 -33.057
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.007 3.611 -0.083
y 3.611 -3.225 -1.098
z -0.083 -1.098 1.218
Polar
3z2-r22.436
x2-y23.488
xy3.611
xz-0.083
yz-1.098


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.875 0.031 -0.413
y 0.031 4.084 0.096
z -0.413 0.096 2.848


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 214.597
(<r2>)1/2 14.649