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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVQZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/cc-pVQZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.034422
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.836329
Nuclear repulsion energy241.719948
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 MP2/cc-pVQZ
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 3193 3028 5.44      
2 A 3185 3021 14.34      
3 A 3175 3012 9.01      
4 A 3113 2952 14.74      
5 A 3102 2941 4.31      
6 A 3093 2933 34.15      
7 A 1847 1751 355.28      
8 A 1541 1462 1.03      
9 A 1508 1430 6.65      
10 A 1474 1398 8.47      
11 A 1405 1332 17.04      
12 A 1349 1280 2.17      
13 A 1313 1245 9.93      
14 A 1277 1211 8.23      
15 A 1228 1164 21.86      
16 A 1208 1146 2.96      
17 A 1182 1121 201.61      
18 A 1104 1047 16.95      
19 A 1084 1028 69.75      
20 A 1020 968 20.22      
21 A 960 910 3.84      
22 A 906 859 12.78      
23 A 886 840 20.13      
24 A 817 774 5.65      
25 A 684 649 3.48      
26 A 638 605 3.27      
27 A 530 503 2.70      
28 A 493 468 2.98      
29 A 224 213 2.44      
30 A 152 144 0.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21844.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9484) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20716.8 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 MP2/cc-pVQZ
ABC
0.24562 0.12033 0.08626

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVQZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.881 -0.002 0.005
C2 -0.031 1.195 0.183
C3 -1.388 0.663 -0.243
C4 -1.264 -0.805 0.142
O5 0.122 -1.132 -0.050
O6 2.076 -0.026 -0.076
H7 0.343 2.038 -0.387
H8 -0.015 1.464 1.240
H9 -1.509 0.755 -1.320
H10 -2.229 1.147 0.245
H11 -1.846 -1.478 -0.479
H12 -1.515 -0.972 1.189

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51482.37732.29391.36211.19852.14542.11542.83523.32363.13802.8427
C21.51481.51912.35012.34362.44891.08411.09022.15352.19953.29822.8122
C32.37731.51911.52282.35383.53612.21562.17381.08761.08552.20192.1763
C42.29392.35011.52281.43673.43633.30822.81352.15162.18061.08451.0897
O51.36212.34362.35381.43672.24523.19512.90212.79873.28772.04382.0596
O61.19852.44893.53613.43632.24522.71272.88543.87404.47344.20143.9233
H72.14541.08412.21563.30823.19512.71271.76162.43842.79404.14253.8720
H82.11541.09022.17382.81352.90212.88541.76163.04712.44783.86792.8611
H92.83522.15351.08762.15162.79873.87402.43843.04711.76592.40973.0450
H103.32362.19951.08552.18063.28774.47342.79402.44781.76592.74982.4269
H113.13803.29822.20191.08452.04384.20144.14253.86792.40972.74981.7736
H122.84272.81222.17631.08972.05963.92333.87202.86113.04502.42691.7736

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 103.174 C1 C2 H7 110.177
C1 C2 H8 107.474 C1 O5 C4 110.062
C2 C1 O5 108.988 C2 C1 O6 128.611
C2 C3 C4 101.175 C2 C3 H9 110.315
C2 C3 H10 114.191 C3 C2 H7 115.656
C3 C2 H8 111.781 C3 C4 O5 105.337
C3 C4 H11 114.189 C3 C4 H12 111.751
C4 C3 H9 109.909 C4 C3 H10 112.359
O5 C1 O6 122.400 O5 C4 H11 107.498
O5 C4 H12 108.444 H7 C2 H8 108.232
H9 C3 H10 108.707 H11 C4 H12 109.323
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability