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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.659193
Energy at 298.15K-307.668601
HF Energy-307.659193
Nuclear repulsion energy240.077345
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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 3819 3667 66.79      
2 A 3147 3021 32.80      
3 A 3136 3011 30.86      
4 A 3129 3004 27.32      
5 A 3105 2981 0.11      
6 A 3071 2949 30.29      
7 A 3060 2938 2.97      
8 A 3054 2932 24.57      
9 A 1871 1797 344.62      
10 A 1509 1449 8.28      
11 A 1499 1440 9.34      
12 A 1495 1436 1.72      
13 A 1470 1412 8.15      
14 A 1413 1356 7.36      
15 A 1395 1340 52.21      
16 A 1381 1326 24.16      
17 A 1329 1276 2.17      
18 A 1289 1238 2.56      
19 A 1260 1210 32.98      
20 A 1217 1169 141.85      
21 A 1124 1079 5.98      
22 A 1094 1050 61.11      
23 A 1068 1026 11.18      
24 A 936 899 1.68      
25 A 895 859 3.00      
26 A 877 842 7.57      
27 A 756 726 21.73      
28 A 721 693 40.13      
29 A 627 602 74.57      
30 A 576 553 44.28      
31 A 433 416 3.09      
32 A 331 318 1.04      
33 A 246 236 0.02      
34 A 189 181 0.02      
35 A 92 89 0.21      
36 A 39 37 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26327.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25276.9 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.28480 0.06257 0.05516

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.187 -0.147 0.059
C2 -0.229 -0.479 0.427
C3 -1.266 0.290 -0.389
C4 -2.687 -0.066 0.017
O5 1.429 1.176 0.143
O6 2.033 -0.931 -0.272
H7 -0.347 -1.554 0.306
H8 -0.358 -0.244 1.488
H9 -1.120 0.073 -1.450
H10 -1.094 1.359 -0.262
H11 -3.416 0.485 -0.576
H12 -2.883 -1.131 -0.121
H13 -2.867 0.170 1.068
H14 2.353 1.296 -0.109

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50032.53223.87521.34781.19962.09642.10642.76582.75274.68994.19174.18951.8628
C21.50031.52702.52572.35972.41021.08861.09382.14972.14503.47762.78792.79073.1783
C32.53221.52701.51962.88703.51992.17412.15191.09281.09072.16682.16892.16713.7666
C43.87522.52571.51964.30144.80712.78762.76012.15082.15581.09011.09151.09175.2218
O51.34782.35972.88704.30142.23073.26132.64943.20182.56224.94694.89814.50820.9644
O61.19962.41023.51994.80712.23072.52723.04673.51273.87605.63844.92275.19732.2561
H72.09641.08862.17412.78763.26132.52721.76392.51583.06073.78892.60653.14623.9478
H82.10641.09382.15192.76012.64943.04671.76393.05122.48503.76103.12302.57723.5026
H92.76582.14971.09282.15083.20183.51272.51583.05121.75042.49082.51483.06553.9181
H102.75272.14501.09072.15582.56223.87603.06072.48501.75042.50093.06962.51533.4505
H114.68993.47762.16681.09014.94695.63843.78893.76102.49082.50091.76171.76205.8440
H124.19172.78792.16891.09154.89814.92272.60653.12302.51483.06961.76171.76225.7711
H134.18952.79072.16711.09174.50825.19733.14622.57723.06552.51531.76201.76225.4675
H141.86283.17833.76665.22180.96442.25613.94783.50263.91813.45055.84405.77115.4675

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 113.533 C1 C2 H7 107.067
C1 C2 H8 107.554 C1 O5 H14 106.150
C2 C1 O5 111.784 C2 C1 O6 126.069
C2 C3 C4 112.000 C2 C3 H9 109.158
C2 C3 H10 108.914 C3 C2 H7 111.341
C3 C2 H8 109.273 C3 C4 H11 111.187
C3 C4 H12 111.281 C3 C4 H13 111.120
C4 C3 H9 109.758 C4 C3 H10 110.276
O5 C1 O6 122.147 H7 C2 H8 107.850
H9 C3 H10 106.577 H11 C4 H12 107.708
H11 C4 H13 107.723 H12 C4 H13 107.647
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.338      
2 C -0.277      
3 C -0.287      
4 C -0.336      
5 O -0.330      
6 O -0.341      
7 H 0.158      
8 H 0.156      
9 H 0.138      
10 H 0.150      
11 H 0.128      
12 H 0.124      
13 H 0.121      
14 H 0.259      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.204 1.263 0.325 1.775
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.666 5.586 0.596
y 5.586 -38.472 -1.275
z 0.596 -1.275 -36.069
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.604 5.586 0.596
y 5.586 -2.104 -1.275
z 0.596 -1.275 1.500
Polar
3z2-r23.000
x2-y21.806
xy5.586
xz0.596
yz-1.275


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.037 -0.076 -0.292
y -0.076 7.351 0.032
z -0.292 0.032 6.169


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.043
(<r2>)1/2 14.389