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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.776411
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.778376
Nuclear repulsion energy240.800867
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 QCISD/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 3166 3020 11.83      
2 A 3156 3011 27.99      
3 A 3144 3000 15.94      
4 A 3086 2945 21.74      
5 A 3081 2940 6.19      
6 A 3070 2929 41.92      
7 A 1897 1810 369.93      
8 A 1553 1482 0.54      
9 A 1522 1453 6.21      
10 A 1491 1423 7.59      
11 A 1430 1365 17.24      
12 A 1373 1310 2.50      
13 A 1335 1273 16.66      
14 A 1288 1229 13.35      
15 A 1242 1185 23.61      
16 A 1222 1165 2.97      
17 A 1203 1147 198.52      
18 A 1116 1065 28.08      
19 A 1103 1053 53.45      
20 A 1025 978 13.99      
21 A 958 914 3.78      
22 A 914 872 11.29      
23 A 894 853 16.83      
24 A 821 784 5.60      
25 A 688 657 5.44      
26 A 642 613 3.29      
27 A 535 510 3.86      
28 A 496 473 4.18      
29 A 229 218 2.80      
30 A 152 145 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21916.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9541) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20910.1 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 QCISD/6-311G**
ABC
0.24260 0.11977 0.08572

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.885 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.032 1.205 0.186
C3 -1.396 0.664 -0.247
C4 -1.262 -0.813 0.147
O5 0.125 -1.135 -0.054
O6 2.078 -0.024 -0.076
H7 0.343 2.053 -0.390
H8 -0.022 1.475 1.249
H9 -1.510 0.751 -1.333
H10 -2.246 1.150 0.237
H11 -1.852 -1.494 -0.469
H12 -1.509 -0.970 1.204

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52752.38932.29831.36441.19642.16292.13492.84473.34523.15252.8468
C21.52751.52982.36362.35752.45591.09141.09742.16752.21603.32092.8199
C32.38931.52981.53432.36323.54552.23022.18751.09561.09332.21702.1882
C42.29832.36361.53431.43743.43903.32832.82672.16712.19851.09161.0972
O51.36442.35752.36321.43742.24753.21312.92152.80423.30632.05172.0688
O61.19642.45593.54553.43902.24752.72452.90093.87994.49234.21493.9249
H72.16291.09142.23023.32833.21312.72451.77592.45342.81334.17253.8875
H82.13491.09742.18752.82672.92152.90091.77593.06732.46553.88862.8629
H92.84472.16751.09562.16712.80423.87992.45343.06731.78022.42993.0657
H103.34522.21601.09332.19853.30634.49232.81332.46551.78022.76562.4444
H113.15253.32092.21701.09162.05174.21494.17253.88862.42992.76561.7860
H122.84682.81992.18821.09722.06883.92493.88752.86293.06572.44441.7860

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 102.800 C1 C2 H7 110.245
C1 C2 H8 107.716 C1 O5 C4 110.208
C2 C1 O5 109.089 C2 C1 O6 128.326
C2 C3 C4 100.957 C2 C3 H9 110.194
C2 C3 H10 114.270 C3 C2 H7 115.596
C3 C2 H8 111.679 C3 C4 O5 105.315
C3 C4 H11 114.132 C3 C4 H12 111.434
C4 C3 H9 109.858 C4 C3 H10 112.511
O5 C1 O6 122.585 O5 C4 H11 107.661
O5 C4 H12 108.675 H7 C2 H8 108.458
H9 C3 H10 108.836 H11 C4 H12 109.361
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability