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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.604408
Energy at 298.15K-307.613640
HF Energy-307.604408
Nuclear repulsion energy235.934904
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 BLYP/6-31G**
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 3588 3560 23.89      
2 A 3049 3025 41.08      
3 A 3037 3014 34.16      
4 A 3032 3008 28.57      
5 A 3005 2982 0.86      
6 A 2979 2956 33.92      
7 A 2966 2944 19.11      
8 A 2965 2942 9.30      
9 A 1763 1749 253.37      
10 A 1488 1476 2.91      
11 A 1478 1467 5.27      
12 A 1473 1461 0.68      
13 A 1451 1440 2.77      
14 A 1392 1381 0.36      
15 A 1345 1335 8.73      
16 A 1325 1315 37.22      
17 A 1294 1284 2.35      
18 A 1264 1254 3.37      
19 A 1230 1221 8.55      
20 A 1163 1154 119.50      
21 A 1082 1073 5.73      
22 A 1038 1030 113.31      
23 A 1006 998 5.25      
24 A 887 880 0.52      
25 A 869 862 5.11      
26 A 837 830 10.06      
27 A 742 736 5.95      
28 A 704 699 50.42      
29 A 611 606 59.18      
30 A 555 550 38.26      
31 A 413 410 2.93      
32 A 321 319 0.89      
33 A 245 243 0.05      
34 A 183 181 0.04      
35 A 98 97 0.19      
36 A 38 38 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25456.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25260.7 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.26910 0.06037 0.05375

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.200 -0.149 0.082
C2 -0.237 -0.375 0.536
C3 -1.283 0.217 -0.449
C4 -2.732 -0.038 0.012
O5 1.530 1.190 0.106
O6 1.989 -1.010 -0.283
H7 -0.375 -1.461 0.644
H8 -0.368 0.090 1.528
H9 -1.126 -0.227 -1.448
H10 -1.104 1.299 -0.553
H11 -3.454 0.387 -0.703
H12 -2.942 -1.117 0.098
H13 -2.925 0.419 0.996
H14 2.456 1.229 -0.223

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52332.56503.93371.37931.22352.12552.14672.78532.79374.74974.25354.26281.8890
C21.52331.55432.57182.39892.45471.09981.10392.17962.17743.53102.83942.84083.2245
C32.56501.55431.54163.02773.49792.19842.18261.10411.10232.19252.19802.19703.8799
C43.93372.57181.54164.43604.82842.82432.81122.17802.18151.10151.10261.10285.3452
O51.37932.39893.02774.43602.28093.30852.61443.38802.71675.11235.03204.60760.9836
O61.22352.45473.49794.82842.28092.57893.16973.41673.86865.63484.94665.27472.2876
H72.12551.09982.19842.82433.30852.57891.78552.54243.09543.83512.64673.18744.0000
H82.14671.10392.18262.81122.61443.16971.78553.08792.51703.81953.18252.63203.5127
H92.78532.17961.10412.17803.38803.41672.54243.08791.76932.52002.54553.10284.0561
H102.79372.17741.10232.18152.71673.86863.09542.51701.76932.52563.10532.54813.5753
H114.74973.53102.19251.10155.11235.63483.83513.81952.52002.52561.77951.78005.9886
H124.25352.83942.19801.10265.03204.94662.64673.18252.54553.10531.77951.77995.8943
H134.26282.84082.19701.10284.60765.27473.18742.63203.10282.54811.78001.77995.5762
H141.88903.22453.87995.34520.98362.28764.00003.51274.05613.57535.98865.89435.5762

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 112.903 C1 C2 H7 107.144
C1 C2 H8 108.540 C1 O5 H14 104.912
C2 C1 O5 111.376 C2 C1 O6 126.327
C2 C3 C4 112.345 C2 C3 H9 108.976
C2 C3 H10 108.910 C3 C2 H7 110.680
C3 C2 H8 109.212 C3 C4 H11 110.997
C3 C4 H12 111.372 C3 C4 H13 111.283
C4 C3 H9 109.715 C4 C3 H10 110.092
O5 C1 O6 122.290 H7 C2 H8 108.228
H9 C3 H10 106.631 H11 C4 H12 107.681
H11 C4 H13 107.705 H12 C4 H13 107.623
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.495      
2 C -0.184      
3 C -0.152      
4 C -0.285      
5 O -0.443      
6 O -0.432      
7 H 0.109      
8 H 0.108      
9 H 0.094      
10 H 0.104      
11 H 0.094      
12 H 0.097      
13 H 0.095      
14 H 0.301      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.104 1.240 0.252 1.679
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.625 5.092 0.175
y 5.092 -38.767 -1.425
z 0.175 -1.425 -35.937
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.727 5.092 0.175
y 5.092 -2.986 -1.425
z 0.175 -1.425 1.259
Polar
3z2-r22.518
x2-y23.142
xy5.092
xz0.175
yz-1.425


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.089 -0.003 -0.354
y -0.003 7.302 0.080
z -0.354 0.080 5.981


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 213.015
(<r2>)1/2 14.595