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

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-305.763324
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.779190
Nuclear repulsion energy241.263359
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 3176 3034 11.30      
2 A 3166 3024 26.84      
3 A 3157 3015 14.38      
4 A 3097 2958 20.46      
5 A 3091 2952 5.71      
6 A 3079 2941 41.28      
7 A 1941 1854 389.03      
8 A 1559 1489 0.76      
9 A 1526 1458 6.94      
10 A 1494 1427 8.32      
11 A 1440 1376 21.75      
12 A 1377 1316 3.42      
13 A 1341 1280 20.54      
14 A 1295 1236 16.53      
15 A 1248 1192 41.35      
16 A 1227 1172 4.55      
17 A 1218 1164 192.24      
18 A 1129 1078 64.33      
19 A 1115 1065 16.64      
20 A 1030 984 11.33      
21 A 962 919 3.63      
22 A 919 878 12.09      
23 A 900 860 14.38      
24 A 829 792 5.28      
25 A 696 665 5.79      
26 A 647 618 3.41      
27 A 539 515 3.79      
28 A 503 480 4.51      
29 A 228 218 2.85      
30 A 152 145 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22040.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9551) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21050.9 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 CCD/6-311G**
ABC
0.24322 0.12033 0.08606

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 0.883 -0.005 0.005
C2 -0.031 1.204 0.185
C3 -1.395 0.663 -0.245
C4 -1.257 -0.814 0.146
O5 0.126 -1.132 -0.054
O6 2.072 -0.024 -0.076
H7 0.344 2.051 -0.392
H8 -0.019 1.476 1.247
H9 -1.512 0.751 -1.330
H10 -2.244 1.148 0.242
H11 -1.847 -1.494 -0.471
H12 -1.507 -0.973 1.202

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52602.38732.29281.35951.19142.16162.13342.84493.34173.14682.8440
C21.52601.52962.36202.35322.44901.09091.09692.16712.21523.31832.8207
C32.38731.52961.53412.36003.53842.23012.18671.09511.09262.21552.1871
C42.29282.36201.53411.43273.42863.32592.82672.16682.19831.09121.0968
O51.35952.35322.36001.43272.23943.20802.91802.80333.30162.04882.0661
O61.19142.44903.53843.42862.23942.71862.89403.87594.48384.20443.9173
H72.16161.09092.23013.32593.20802.71861.77472.45302.81394.16863.8877
H82.13341.09692.18672.82672.91802.89401.77473.06592.46373.88782.8664
H92.84492.16711.09512.16682.80333.87592.45303.06591.77902.42783.0637
H103.34172.21521.09262.19833.30164.48382.81392.46371.77902.76492.4420
H113.14683.31832.21551.09122.04884.20444.16863.88782.42782.76491.7841
H122.84402.82072.18711.09682.06613.91733.88772.86643.06372.44201.7841

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 102.758 C1 C2 H7 110.276
C1 C2 H8 107.729 C1 O5 C4 110.372
C2 C1 O5 109.143 C2 C1 O6 128.215
C2 C3 C4 100.884 C2 C3 H9 110.219
C2 C3 H10 114.270 C3 C2 H7 115.635
C3 C2 H8 111.671 C3 C4 O5 105.350
C3 C4 H11 114.045 C3 C4 H12 111.384
C4 C3 H9 109.879 C4 C3 H10 112.553
O5 C1 O6 122.641 O5 C4 H11 107.769
O5 C4 H12 108.804 H7 C2 H8 108.426
H9 C3 H10 108.822 H11 C4 H12 109.252
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability