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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.504079
Energy at 298.15K-307.513514
HF Energy-307.178760
Nuclear repulsion energy238.840864
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/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 3787 3787 62.22      
2 A 3141 3141 33.00      
3 A 3126 3126 32.90      
4 A 3121 3121 30.05      
5 A 3098 3098 0.09      
6 A 3072 3072 23.00      
7 A 3056 3056 11.29      
8 A 3049 3049 24.02      
9 A 1825 1825 294.40      
10 A 1525 1525 7.48      
11 A 1516 1516 8.40      
12 A 1512 1512 1.24      
13 A 1493 1493 6.63      
14 A 1430 1430 3.41      
15 A 1400 1400 16.72      
16 A 1382 1382 42.03      
17 A 1339 1339 3.18      
18 A 1305 1305 1.06      
19 A 1273 1273 17.95      
20 A 1217 1217 141.52      
21 A 1127 1127 5.65      
22 A 1090 1090 95.21      
23 A 1060 1060 8.20      
24 A 929 929 1.28      
25 A 903 903 2.02      
26 A 879 879 11.34      
27 A 765 765 8.88      
28 A 732 732 39.68      
29 A 625 625 73.63      
30 A 579 579 50.21      
31 A 433 433 2.46      
32 A 333 333 1.09      
33 A 248 248 0.03      
34 A 189 189 0.02      
35 A 97 97 0.22      
36 A 39 39 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26345.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26345.8 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.27545 0.06197 0.05518

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.147 0.081
C2 -0.234 -0.377 0.532
C3 -1.262 0.223 -0.441
C4 -2.699 -0.039 0.008
O5 1.508 1.172 0.108
O6 1.963 -0.994 -0.285
H7 -0.374 -1.455 0.623
H8 -0.362 0.076 1.520
H9 -1.101 -0.205 -1.436
H10 -1.084 1.298 -0.526
H11 -3.415 0.389 -0.696
H12 -2.899 -1.112 0.078
H13 -2.889 0.402 0.990
H14 2.418 1.229 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50762.52913.88611.35821.20672.10672.12502.74432.75794.69574.19664.21011.8705
C21.50761.53752.54192.37002.42401.09041.09402.15752.15623.49432.80092.80383.1895
C32.52911.53751.52852.97843.45002.17662.16271.09451.09252.17442.17572.17463.8210
C43.88612.54191.52854.37854.76712.79012.78522.15962.16341.09211.09311.09335.2760
O51.35822.37002.97844.37852.24833.27272.58713.32962.67125.04854.96354.54980.9673
O61.20672.42403.45004.76712.24832.54923.13163.36683.82055.56764.87655.20672.2703
H72.10671.09042.17662.79013.27272.54921.77392.51613.06663.79292.60553.14703.9625
H82.12501.09402.16272.78522.58713.13161.77393.05952.49023.78503.15012.60193.4738
H92.74432.15751.09452.15963.32963.36682.51613.05951.75702.50032.51913.07383.9914
H102.75792.15621.09252.16342.67123.82053.06662.49021.75702.50693.07662.52163.5165
H114.69573.49432.17441.09215.04855.56763.79293.78502.50032.50691.76621.76665.9121
H124.19662.80092.17571.09314.96354.87652.60553.15012.51913.07661.76621.76705.8166
H134.21012.80382.17461.09334.54985.20673.14702.60193.07382.52161.76661.76705.5041
H141.87053.18953.82105.27600.96732.27033.96253.47383.99143.51655.91215.81665.5041

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 112.306 C1 C2 H7 107.272
C1 C2 H8 108.488 C1 O5 H14 105.872
C2 C1 O5 111.475 C2 C1 O6 126.161
C2 C3 C4 112.001 C2 C3 H9 108.943
C2 C3 H10 108.966 C3 C2 H7 110.689
C3 C2 H8 109.383 C3 C4 H11 111.048
C3 C4 H12 111.089 C3 C4 H13 110.991
C4 C3 H9 109.727 C4 C3 H10 110.154
O5 C1 O6 122.356 H7 C2 H8 108.602
H9 C3 H10 106.908 H11 C4 H12 107.854
H11 C4 H13 107.875 H12 C4 H13 107.836
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.320      
2 C -0.218      
3 C -0.241      
4 C -0.288      
5 O -0.329      
6 O -0.328      
7 H 0.136      
8 H 0.133      
9 H 0.117      
10 H 0.126      
11 H 0.112      
12 H 0.107      
13 H 0.105      
14 H 0.248      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.093 1.245 0.263 1.678
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.490 5.185 0.273
y 5.185 -39.517 -1.434
z 0.273 -1.434 -36.543
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.540 5.185 0.273
y 5.185 -3.001 -1.434
z 0.273 -1.434 1.461
Polar
3z2-r22.921
x2-y23.027
xy5.185
xz0.273
yz-1.434


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.971 -0.067 -0.324
y -0.067 7.387 0.048
z -0.324 0.048 6.244


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.659
(<r2>)1/2 14.445