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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.692184
Energy at 298.15K-307.701421
HF Energy-307.692184
Nuclear repulsion energy236.293111
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 BLYP/6-311G**
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 3601 3587 31.42      
2 A 3031 3020 39.56      
3 A 3015 3003 37.61      
4 A 3011 2999 35.45      
5 A 2986 2974 0.18      
6 A 2968 2956 31.32      
7 A 2953 2941 19.47      
8 A 2951 2939 14.10      
9 A 1746 1739 281.64      
10 A 1477 1471 6.57      
11 A 1466 1461 7.61      
12 A 1462 1457 1.08      
13 A 1442 1436 4.18      
14 A 1381 1375 1.46      
15 A 1337 1332 5.97      
16 A 1316 1311 25.84      
17 A 1290 1285 3.31      
18 A 1262 1257 1.22      
19 A 1227 1222 12.90      
20 A 1157 1153 114.23      
21 A 1078 1074 6.14      
22 A 1030 1026 132.06      
23 A 999 995 7.17      
24 A 883 879 0.60      
25 A 871 868 5.44      
26 A 832 829 15.13      
27 A 742 739 5.21      
28 A 704 702 42.83      
29 A 608 606 63.14      
30 A 559 556 40.07      
31 A 416 414 2.54      
32 A 321 320 0.83      
33 A 237 236 0.03      
34 A 183 182 0.02      
35 A 95 95 0.21      
36 A 34 34 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25334.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25235.5 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 BLYP/6-311G**
ABC
0.26952 0.06049 0.05392

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.199 -0.150 0.083
C2 -0.235 -0.362 0.545
C3 -1.281 0.203 -0.456
C4 -2.730 -0.031 0.014
O5 1.538 1.187 0.099
O6 1.975 -1.014 -0.280
H7 -0.375 -1.442 0.680
H8 -0.365 0.131 1.521
H9 -1.128 -0.273 -1.438
H10 -1.097 1.279 -0.594
H11 -3.449 0.374 -0.713
H12 -2.944 -1.103 0.134
H13 -2.920 0.459 0.981
H14 2.459 1.228 -0.232

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52162.56183.93141.37911.21642.12242.14342.78252.78754.74464.25164.25931.8940
C21.52161.55372.57212.39632.44731.09771.10142.17652.17493.52872.83832.84103.2239
C32.56181.55371.54173.03693.47972.19512.18031.10171.09982.19032.19612.19523.8842
C43.93142.57211.54174.43944.81532.82522.80912.17582.17941.09951.10051.10075.3455
O51.37912.39633.03694.43942.27503.30302.60013.40622.72665.11815.03374.60240.9797
O61.21642.44733.47974.81532.27502.57463.16703.39363.84575.61524.93705.26462.2941
H72.12241.09772.19512.82523.30302.57461.78372.53433.08983.83252.64803.19083.9998
H82.14341.10142.18032.80912.60013.16701.78373.08272.51513.81593.17772.63173.5011
H92.78252.17651.10172.17583.40623.39362.53433.08271.76672.51632.54193.09844.0711
H102.78752.17491.09982.17942.72663.84573.08982.51511.76672.52283.10092.54423.5750
H114.74463.52872.19031.09955.11815.61523.83253.81592.51632.52281.77641.77695.9891
H124.25162.83832.19611.10055.03374.93702.64803.17772.54193.10091.77641.77765.8963
H134.25932.84102.19521.10074.60245.26463.19082.63173.09842.54421.77691.77765.5676
H141.89403.22393.88425.34550.97972.29413.99983.50114.07113.57505.98915.89635.5676

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 112.819 C1 C2 H7 107.142
C1 C2 H8 108.544 C1 O5 H14 105.570
C2 C1 O5 111.309 C2 C1 O6 126.360
C2 C3 C4 112.391 C2 C3 H9 108.907
C2 C3 H10 108.894 C3 C2 H7 110.589
C3 C2 H8 109.219 C3 C4 H11 110.941
C3 C4 H12 111.342 C3 C4 H13 111.259
C4 C3 H9 109.673 C4 C3 H10 110.069
O5 C1 O6 122.324 H7 C2 H8 108.407
H9 C3 H10 106.738 H11 C4 H12 107.691
H11 C4 H13 107.720 H12 C4 H13 107.716
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.271      
2 C -0.198      
3 C -0.227      
4 C -0.283      
5 O -0.302      
6 O -0.298      
7 H 0.127      
8 H 0.125      
9 H 0.114      
10 H 0.121      
11 H 0.108      
12 H 0.104      
13 H 0.102      
14 H 0.237      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.095 1.222 0.238 1.658
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.517 5.068 0.203
y 5.068 -39.697 -1.407
z 0.203 -1.407 -36.712
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.687 5.068 0.203
y 5.068 -3.082 -1.407
z 0.203 -1.407 1.395
Polar
3z2-r22.791
x2-y23.180
xy5.068
xz0.203
yz-1.407


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.740 0.039 -0.351
y 0.039 7.771 0.013
z -0.351 0.013 6.528


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.102
(<r2>)1/2 14.598