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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.358293
Energy at 298.15K-303.367021
HF Energy-303.358293
Nuclear repulsion energy231.346774
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 PBEPBE/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 3541 3235 24.18      
2 A 3418 3123 3.05      
3 A 3417 3122 1.89      
4 A 3392 3099 0.96      
5 A 3375 3083 0.32      
6 A 3280 2997 3.86      
7 A 3269 2987 0.75      
8 A 3248 2968 2.66      
9 A 1836 1678 65.28      
10 A 1655 1512 3.25      
11 A 1647 1505 4.43      
12 A 1630 1489 0.94      
13 A 1600 1461 0.99      
14 A 1534 1401 0.46      
15 A 1464 1337 6.39      
16 A 1419 1296 18.59      
17 A 1389 1269 0.17      
18 A 1355 1238 3.67      
19 A 1327 1212 1.69      
20 A 1240 1133 70.59      
21 A 1171 1069 8.13      
22 A 1115 1019 7.79      
23 A 1099 1004 39.68      
24 A 966 882 2.51      
25 A 920 841 5.99      
26 A 854 780 2.53      
27 A 779 712 5.58      
28 A 675 617 52.58      
29 A 606 554 14.85      
30 A 505 461 24.75      
31 A 382 349 1.60      
32 A 324 296 1.05      
33 A 232 212 0.00      
34 A 177 162 0.19      
35 A 83 76 0.06      
36 A 22 20 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27472.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9136) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25098.6 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 PBEPBE/STO-3G
ABC
0.25481 0.05859 0.05211

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.215 -0.159 0.089
C2 -0.261 -0.353 0.576
C3 -1.297 0.155 -0.480
C4 -2.762 -0.024 0.009
O5 1.528 1.245 0.088
O6 2.045 -1.036 -0.272
H7 -0.419 -1.433 0.774
H8 -0.403 0.199 1.528
H9 -1.153 -0.400 -1.430
H10 -1.100 1.228 -0.688
H11 -3.472 0.344 -0.756
H12 -2.982 -1.090 0.204
H13 -2.934 0.542 0.944
H14 2.508 1.221 -0.266

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.56662.59453.98021.43811.26132.18222.19492.82312.80754.78904.30074.29381.9241
C21.56661.56422.58542.44882.55101.10901.11032.19562.19083.54522.84322.84283.2951
C32.59451.56421.55523.08103.55472.20652.19901.10971.10972.20082.20432.20423.9574
C43.98022.58541.55524.47504.92132.83992.81492.19192.19431.10621.10621.10625.4224
O51.43812.44883.08104.47502.36673.38142.62683.49232.74035.15085.08054.59811.0418
O61.26132.55103.55474.92132.36672.70623.28093.46043.89765.70845.05045.36362.3045
H72.18221.10902.20652.83993.38142.70621.79822.54303.11153.85012.64873.20294.0856
H82.19491.11032.19902.81492.62683.28091.79823.11032.54063.82853.17322.62033.5690
H92.82312.19561.10972.19193.49233.46042.54303.11031.78932.52782.54843.11424.1694
H102.80752.19081.10972.19432.74033.89763.11152.54061.78932.53283.11612.54913.6327
H114.78903.54522.20081.10625.15085.70843.85013.82852.52782.53281.79341.79356.0644
H124.30072.84322.20431.10625.08055.05042.64873.17322.54843.11611.79341.79285.9755
H134.29382.84282.20421.10624.59815.36363.20292.62033.11422.54911.79351.79285.6164
H141.92413.29513.95745.42241.04182.30454.08563.56904.16943.63276.06445.97555.6164

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 111.933 C1 C2 H7 108.071
C1 C2 H8 108.966 C1 O5 H14 100.548
C2 C1 O5 109.094 C2 C1 O6 128.535
C2 C3 C4 111.956 C2 C3 H9 109.216
C2 C3 H10 108.846 C3 C2 H7 110.103
C3 C2 H8 109.441 C3 C4 H11 110.436
C3 C4 H12 110.714 C3 C4 H13 110.701
C4 C3 H9 109.536 C4 C3 H10 109.729
O5 C1 O6 122.367 H7 C2 H8 108.243
H9 C3 H10 107.448 H11 C4 H12 108.310
H11 C4 H13 108.327 H12 C4 H13 108.267
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.162      
2 C -0.161      
3 C -0.138      
4 C -0.232      
5 O -0.191      
6 O -0.202      
7 H 0.088      
8 H 0.088      
9 H 0.078      
10 H 0.081      
11 H 0.080      
12 H 0.078      
13 H 0.078      
14 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.403 0.838 0.070 0.932
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.283 3.692 -0.126
y 3.692 -35.409 -1.005
z -0.126 -1.005 -33.008
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.926 3.692 -0.126
y 3.692 -2.764 -1.005
z -0.126 -1.005 0.838
Polar
3z2-r21.675
x2-y23.126
xy3.692
xz-0.126
yz-1.005


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.161 0.084 -0.420
y 0.084 4.214 0.075
z -0.420 0.075 2.883


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 216.987
(<r2>)1/2 14.730