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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.704032
Energy at 298.15K-307.713599
HF Energy-307.704032
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3841 3674 69.99      
2 A 3140 3004 31.51      
3 A 3125 2989 29.82      
4 A 3120 2984 33.78      
5 A 3097 2962 0.16      
6 A 3067 2934 23.04      
7 A 3053 2920 10.33      
8 A 3043 2911 27.39      
9 A 1873 1791 343.25      
10 A 1519 1453 9.57      
11 A 1509 1443 6.62      
12 A 1507 1442 4.81      
13 A 1490 1426 10.01      
14 A 1432 1370 7.36      
15 A 1410 1349 31.90      
16 A 1395 1334 43.07      
17 A 1343 1284 2.23      
18 A 1311 1254 1.36      
19 A 1276 1220 34.69      
20 A 1228 1175 144.92      
21 A 1130 1081 7.14      
22 A 1101 1053 78.12      
23 A 1065 1019 3.91      
24 A 938 897 0.96      
25 A 911 871 2.29      
26 A 893 854 8.48      
27 A 775 741 11.82      
28 A 744 712 40.87      
29 A 632 604 76.04      
30 A 588 563 53.82      
31 A 440 421 2.95      
32 A 341 326 1.19      
33 A 266 254 0.03      
34 A 192 183 0.02      
35 A 103 99 0.22      
36 A 64 61 0.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26479.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25327.9 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
0.27780 0.06217 0.05545

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.183 -0.144 0.081
C2 -0.235 -0.371 0.532
C3 -1.260 0.215 -0.448
C4 -2.693 -0.034 0.012
O5 1.512 1.163 0.106
O6 1.953 -0.991 -0.282
H7 -0.375 -1.448 0.636
H8 -0.365 0.092 1.515
H9 -1.106 -0.231 -1.436
H10 -1.081 1.289 -0.554
H11 -3.412 0.378 -0.699
H12 -2.894 -1.105 0.111
H13 -2.878 0.431 0.985
H14 2.419 1.223 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50532.52533.87771.34871.20102.10612.12322.74702.75354.68994.18814.19991.8672
C21.50531.53452.53422.36452.41571.09111.09472.15612.15643.48832.78942.79893.1856
C32.52531.53451.52532.98223.43652.17412.16071.09501.09332.17282.17342.17223.8222
C43.87772.53421.52534.37334.75272.78582.77302.15762.16051.09241.09391.09415.2693
O51.34872.36452.98224.37332.23323.26562.57973.34352.67925.05164.95554.53690.9643
O61.20102.41573.43654.75272.23322.54383.12673.35673.80535.55324.86405.19322.2638
H72.10611.09112.17412.78583.26562.54381.77412.51143.06703.78702.59553.14983.9585
H82.12321.09472.16072.77302.57973.12671.77413.05922.49463.77703.12982.59023.4678
H92.74702.15611.09502.15763.34353.35672.51143.05921.75752.49692.52043.07274.0039
H102.75352.15641.09332.16052.67923.80533.06702.49461.75752.50703.07512.51663.5175
H114.68993.48832.17281.09245.05165.55323.78703.77702.49692.50701.76731.76765.9125
H124.18812.78942.17341.09394.95554.86402.59553.12982.52043.07511.76731.76755.8097
H134.19992.79892.17221.09414.53695.19323.14982.59023.07272.51661.76761.76755.4891
H141.86723.18563.82225.26930.96432.26383.95853.46784.00393.51755.91255.80975.4891

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 112.350 C1 C2 H7 107.343
C1 C2 H8 108.465 C1 O5 H14 106.470
C2 C1 O5 111.768 C2 C1 O6 126.034
C2 C3 C4 111.831 C2 C3 H9 109.018
C2 C3 H10 109.138 C3 C2 H7 110.664
C3 C2 H8 109.399 C3 C4 H11 111.122
C3 C4 H12 111.082 C3 C4 H13 110.977
C4 C3 H9 109.766 C4 C3 H10 110.095
O5 C1 O6 122.191 H7 C2 H8 108.514
H9 C3 H10 106.860 H11 C4 H12 107.865
H11 C4 H13 107.876 H12 C4 H13 107.767
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.325      
2 C -0.252      
3 C -0.271      
4 C -0.319      
5 O -0.332      
6 O -0.341      
7 H 0.151      
8 H 0.146      
9 H 0.131      
10 H 0.140      
11 H 0.125      
12 H 0.118      
13 H 0.116      
14 H 0.263      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.148 1.341 0.283 1.788
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.954 5.430 0.282
y 5.430 -39.103 -1.492
z 0.282 -1.492 -36.085
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.640 5.430 0.282
y 5.430 -3.083 -1.492
z 0.282 -1.492 1.444
Polar
3z2-r22.887
x2-y23.149
xy5.430
xz0.282
yz-1.492


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.874 -0.094 -0.314
y -0.094 7.325 0.051
z -0.314 0.051 6.268


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.580
(<r2>)1/2 14.408