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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.982083
Energy at 298.15K-306.991551
HF Energy-305.963556
Nuclear repulsion energy239.087566
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 CCD/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 3880 3706 64.58      
2 A 3156 3014 32.17      
3 A 3141 3000 31.28      
4 A 3137 2996 28.16      
5 A 3115 2975 0.06      
6 A 3085 2947 20.48      
7 A 3070 2932 11.09      
8 A 3058 2921 23.97      
9 A 1909 1823 309.20      
10 A 1534 1465 6.51      
11 A 1524 1456 7.25      
12 A 1520 1452 1.51      
13 A 1505 1438 8.01      
14 A 1448 1383 12.36      
15 A 1433 1369 33.28      
16 A 1411 1348 24.89      
17 A 1349 1289 1.20      
18 A 1317 1258 0.24      
19 A 1292 1234 60.34      
20 A 1249 1193 133.45      
21 A 1142 1090 3.69      
22 A 1112 1062 64.29      
23 A 1081 1032 6.97      
24 A 946 903 1.79      
25 A 911 870 1.29      
26 A 894 854 8.12      
27 A 766 732 11.22      
28 A 736 703 33.02      
29 A 625 597 69.07      
30 A 577 551 67.81      
31 A 439 419 2.31      
32 A 336 321 1.30      
33 A 246 235 0.02      
34 A 190 181 0.03      
35 A 92 88 0.20      
36 A 42 40 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26633.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25437.5 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
0.27687 0.06209 0.05522

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.188 -0.148 0.076
C2 -0.234 -0.395 0.521
C3 -1.260 0.249 -0.427
C4 -2.699 -0.049 0.004
O5 1.500 1.167 0.116
O6 1.966 -0.985 -0.290
H7 -0.378 -1.478 0.566
H8 -0.358 0.018 1.530
H9 -1.092 -0.130 -1.443
H10 -1.091 1.331 -0.455
H11 -3.418 0.413 -0.681
H12 -2.887 -1.129 0.016
H13 -2.891 0.340 1.011
H14 2.408 1.232 -0.196

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51082.53023.88861.35261.19972.11202.12852.73982.76854.70104.19154.21321.8625
C21.51081.53792.54162.36932.41811.09341.09692.15982.16033.49722.79782.79963.1854
C32.53021.53791.53142.95883.45652.17912.16701.09761.09522.17902.17772.17663.8045
C43.88862.54161.53144.37284.76672.78312.79502.16402.16791.09511.09621.09645.2690
O51.35262.36932.95884.37282.23943.27522.60213.29132.65855.03874.95244.55720.9626
O61.19972.41813.45654.76672.23942.54333.11703.37833.83895.57584.86445.19982.2631
H72.11201.09342.17912.78313.27522.54331.77942.52333.07313.79112.59233.13353.9610
H82.12851.09692.16702.79502.60213.11701.77943.06602.49073.79563.16252.60593.4792
H92.73982.15981.09762.16403.29133.37832.52333.06601.76342.50692.51993.07923.9575
H102.76852.16031.09522.16792.65853.83893.07312.49071.76342.51143.08192.52473.5103
H114.70103.49722.17901.09515.03875.57583.79113.79562.50692.51141.77321.77365.9032
H124.19152.79782.17771.09624.95244.86442.59233.16252.51993.08191.77321.77365.8015
H134.21322.79962.17661.09644.55725.19983.13352.60593.07922.52471.77361.77365.5080
H141.86253.18543.80455.26900.96262.26313.96103.47923.95753.51035.90325.80155.5080

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 112.185 C1 C2 H7 107.304
C1 C2 H8 108.378 C1 O5 H14 105.883
C2 C1 O5 111.553 C2 C1 O6 125.897
C2 C3 C4 111.800 C2 C3 H9 108.920
C2 C3 H10 109.097 C3 C2 H7 110.681
C3 C2 H8 109.527 C3 C4 H11 111.025
C3 C4 H12 110.864 C3 C4 H13 110.758
C4 C3 H9 109.698 C4 C3 H10 110.144
O5 C1 O6 122.544 H7 C2 H8 108.663
H9 C3 H10 107.056 H11 C4 H12 108.036
H11 C4 H13 108.054 H12 C4 H13 107.982
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability