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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.447405
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-306.447405
Nuclear repulsion energy242.274710
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 B1B95/6-311G**
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 3167 3040 7.86      
2 A 3153 3028 25.93      
3 A 3145 3019 16.31      
4 A 3089 2966 22.07      
5 A 3078 2955 5.26      
6 A 3065 2942 41.22      
7 A 1912 1836 422.40      
8 A 1529 1468 1.41      
9 A 1497 1437 8.75      
10 A 1462 1404 10.03      
11 A 1404 1348 22.43      
12 A 1350 1296 2.08      
13 A 1311 1259 15.55      
14 A 1269 1219 12.26      
15 A 1227 1178 29.31      
16 A 1202 1154 2.39      
17 A 1191 1143 199.80      
18 A 1102 1058 52.93      
19 A 1090 1047 35.69      
20 A 1023 982 15.59      
21 A 955 917 2.94      
22 A 903 867 12.10      
23 A 887 852 10.52      
24 A 819 786 4.37      
25 A 688 660 5.54      
26 A 638 613 4.24      
27 A 529 508 2.76      
28 A 495 476 3.62      
29 A 217 208 2.41      
30 A 153 147 0.62      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21774.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20905.4 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 B1B95/6-311G**
ABC
0.24644 0.12103 0.08663

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.880 -0.002 0.003
C2 -0.030 1.195 0.179
C3 -1.389 0.661 -0.235
C4 -1.257 -0.810 0.137
O5 0.124 -1.124 -0.049
O6 2.068 -0.027 -0.075
H7 0.341 2.038 -0.397
H8 -0.005 1.475 1.235
H9 -1.522 0.763 -1.313
H10 -2.229 1.143 0.260
H11 -1.838 -1.482 -0.489
H12 -1.516 -0.988 1.184

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51412.37622.28841.35421.19062.14762.11752.84373.32373.13372.8473
C21.51411.51772.35072.33562.44121.08631.09302.15362.20153.29862.8256
C32.37621.51771.52322.34783.52852.21682.17691.09051.08802.20422.1795
C42.28842.35071.52321.42833.42223.30872.82702.15532.18511.08711.0927
O51.35422.33562.34781.42832.23243.18862.90212.80493.28252.04232.0560
O61.19062.44123.52853.42222.23242.71102.87613.87844.46654.18853.9182
H72.14761.08632.21683.30873.18862.71101.76132.43602.80014.14043.8865
H82.11751.09302.17692.82702.90212.87611.76133.04952.45103.88262.8900
H92.84372.15361.09052.15532.80493.87842.43603.04951.76622.41153.0493
H103.32372.20151.08802.18513.28254.46652.80012.45101.76622.75762.4299
H113.13373.29862.20421.08712.04234.18854.14043.88262.41152.75761.7737
H122.84732.82562.17951.09272.05603.91823.88652.89003.04932.42991.7737

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 103.211 C1 C2 H7 110.269
C1 C2 H8 107.524 C1 O5 C4 110.629
C2 C1 O5 108.905 C2 C1 O6 128.602
C2 C3 C4 101.255 C2 C3 H9 110.240
C2 C3 H10 114.312 C3 C2 H7 115.717
C3 C2 H8 111.964 C3 C4 O5 105.355
C3 C4 H11 114.180 C3 C4 H12 111.792
C4 C3 H9 109.999 C4 C3 H10 112.546
O5 C1 O6 122.491 O5 C4 H11 107.795
O5 C4 H12 108.545 H7 C2 H8 107.839
H9 C3 H10 108.341 H11 C4 H12 108.916
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.380      
2 C -0.349      
3 C -0.320      
4 C -0.026      
5 O -0.293      
6 O -0.320      
7 H 0.170      
8 H 0.171      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.147      
11 H 0.143      
12 H 0.139      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -4.255 1.501 0.423 4.532
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.000 1.806 0.271
y 1.806 -35.099 -0.093
z 0.271 -0.093 -33.299
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.801 1.806 0.271
y 1.806 1.550 -0.093
z 0.271 -0.093 4.251
Polar
3z2-r28.502
x2-y2-4.901
xy1.806
xz0.271
yz-0.093


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.151 0.434 -0.085
y 0.434 6.628 0.016
z -0.085 0.016 5.542


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.139
(<r2>)1/2 11.753