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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.808129
Energy at 298.15K-307.817486
HF Energy-307.808129
Nuclear repulsion energy238.379731
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 TPSSh/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 3722 3722 46.36      
2 A 3115 3115 36.12      
3 A 3097 3097 40.60      
4 A 3092 3092 39.56      
5 A 3066 3066 0.05      
6 A 3045 3045 27.48      
7 A 3031 3031 10.41      
8 A 3023 3023 28.67      
9 A 1815 1815 316.98      
10 A 1522 1522 5.86      
11 A 1513 1513 7.50      
12 A 1508 1508 1.00      
13 A 1487 1487 5.36      
14 A 1421 1421 1.54      
15 A 1379 1379 12.01      
16 A 1364 1364 47.30      
17 A 1328 1328 4.32      
18 A 1291 1291 2.58      
19 A 1260 1260 13.72      
20 A 1201 1201 134.55      
21 A 1112 1112 5.98      
22 A 1072 1072 106.88      
23 A 1042 1042 7.16      
24 A 915 915 1.20      
25 A 889 889 2.63      
26 A 866 866 10.70      
27 A 753 753 10.93      
28 A 725 725 41.06      
29 A 623 623 71.52      
30 A 570 570 45.47      
31 A 419 419 2.55      
32 A 322 322 0.99      
33 A 244 244 0.03      
34 A 181 181 0.02      
35 A 98 98 0.22      
36 A 40 40 0.30      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26074.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26074.6 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 TPSSh/6-311G**
ABC
0.27465 0.06167 0.05496

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.187 -0.147 0.081
C2 -0.235 -0.372 0.536
C3 -1.266 0.212 -0.450
C4 -2.704 -0.034 0.012
O5 1.514 1.174 0.105
O6 1.965 -0.997 -0.282
H7 -0.372 -1.450 0.645
H8 -0.365 0.098 1.516
H9 -1.112 -0.240 -1.436
H10 -1.084 1.285 -0.558
H11 -3.420 0.382 -0.702
H12 -2.910 -1.105 0.108
H13 -2.890 0.431 0.986
H14 2.428 1.228 -0.220

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50932.53513.89311.36131.20842.10842.12742.75582.75974.70284.20764.21561.8762
C21.50931.54152.54662.37412.42871.09161.09552.16202.16003.49942.80662.81033.1969
C32.53511.54151.53072.99373.45412.18152.16571.09571.09402.17562.17962.17883.8376
C43.89312.54661.53074.38894.77672.80002.78412.16262.16641.09361.09471.09495.2899
O51.36132.37412.99374.38892.25093.27652.58423.35702.68355.06204.97704.55220.9714
O61.20842.42873.45414.77672.25092.55513.14033.37253.81865.57514.89235.21722.2726
H72.10841.09162.18152.80003.27652.55511.77672.51823.07163.80242.61673.16103.9694
H82.12741.09552.16572.78412.58423.14031.77673.06402.49583.78593.14822.60153.4767
H92.75582.16201.09572.16263.35703.37252.51823.06401.75992.50132.52363.07874.0199
H102.75972.16001.09402.16642.68353.81863.07162.49581.75992.50893.08152.52523.5283
H114.70283.49942.17561.09365.06205.57513.80243.78592.50132.50891.76871.76935.9283
H124.20762.80662.17961.09474.97704.89232.61673.14822.52363.08151.76871.76975.8347
H134.21562.81032.17881.09494.55225.21723.16102.60153.07872.52521.76931.76975.5105
H141.87623.19693.83765.28990.97142.27263.96943.47674.01993.52835.92835.83475.5105

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 112.392 C1 C2 H7 107.228
C1 C2 H8 108.469 C1 O5 H14 105.871
C2 C1 O5 111.482 C2 C1 O6 126.315
C2 C3 C4 111.975 C2 C3 H9 108.965
C2 C3 H10 108.905 C3 C2 H7 110.730
C3 C2 H8 109.264 C3 C4 H11 110.894
C3 C4 H12 111.147 C3 C4 H13 111.072
C4 C3 H9 109.741 C4 C3 H10 110.142
O5 C1 O6 122.197 H7 C2 H8 108.657
H9 C3 H10 106.975 H11 C4 H12 107.851
H11 C4 H13 107.887 H12 C4 H13 107.844
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.345      
2 C -0.223      
3 C -0.252      
4 C -0.297      
5 O -0.338      
6 O -0.354      
7 H 0.140      
8 H 0.136      
9 H 0.123      
10 H 0.132      
11 H 0.115      
12 H 0.111      
13 H 0.109      
14 H 0.253      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.163 1.281 0.266 1.751
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.291 -0.046 -0.331
y -0.046 7.475 0.034
z -0.331 0.034 6.329


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.185
(<r2>)1/2 14.463