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

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.650676
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.711878
Nuclear repulsion energy240.619743
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 CCSD/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 3219 3002 10.17      
2 A 3207 2991 28.90      
3 A 3197 2982 13.02      
4 A 3140 2929 18.50      
5 A 3134 2922 6.53      
6 A 3121 2911 42.36      
7 A 1923 1793 348.19      
8 A 1586 1479 0.69      
9 A 1556 1451 3.93      
10 A 1527 1424 6.35      
11 A 1443 1346 23.15      
12 A 1393 1299 3.73      
13 A 1357 1266 15.80      
14 A 1294 1207 13.88      
15 A 1260 1175 26.40      
16 A 1230 1147 46.24      
17 A 1226 1143 155.54      
18 A 1130 1054 10.69      
19 A 1107 1033 64.35      
20 A 1036 966 16.19      
21 A 966 901 4.97      
22 A 924 861 9.90      
23 A 905 844 15.73      
24 A 829 774 5.83      
25 A 692 645 5.91      
26 A 649 605 3.79      
27 A 537 500 4.73      
28 A 494 461 4.46      
29 A 223 208 2.89      
30 A 152 142 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22228.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9326) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20730.4 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 CCSD/6-31G**
ABC
0.24304 0.11932 0.08542

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.884 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.027 1.203 0.184
C3 -1.393 0.668 -0.241
C4 -1.272 -0.810 0.139
O5 0.121 -1.137 -0.047
O6 2.085 -0.029 -0.078
H7 0.345 2.045 -0.394
H8 -0.012 1.482 1.241
H9 -1.518 0.766 -1.320
H10 -2.234 1.156 0.248
H11 -1.853 -1.481 -0.489
H12 -1.535 -0.983 1.185

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52272.38672.30551.36711.20402.15562.12992.84973.33573.14972.8637
C21.52271.52702.36712.35572.45911.08701.09282.16262.20823.31542.8374
C32.38671.52701.53102.36353.55062.22242.18281.09091.08882.21192.1861
C42.30552.36711.53101.44223.45323.32392.83802.16222.19161.08761.0927
O51.36712.35572.36351.44222.25543.20832.92102.81613.29982.05222.0693
O61.20402.45913.55063.45322.25542.72512.90153.89324.49044.21763.9507
H72.15561.08702.22243.32393.20832.72511.76532.44212.80264.15623.8977
H82.12991.09282.18282.83802.92102.90151.76533.05602.45523.89382.8974
H92.84972.16261.09092.16222.81613.89322.44213.05601.76792.41973.0557
H103.33572.20821.08882.19163.29984.49042.80262.45521.76792.76462.4371
H113.14973.31542.21191.08762.05224.21764.15623.89382.41972.76461.7758
H122.86372.83742.18611.09272.06933.95073.89772.89743.05572.43711.7758

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 102.996 C1 C2 H7 110.254
C1 C2 H8 107.916 C1 O5 C4 110.273
C2 C1 O5 109.089 C2 C1 O6 128.426
C2 C3 C4 101.439 C2 C3 H9 110.287
C2 C3 H10 114.127 C3 C2 H7 115.431
C3 C2 H8 111.790 C3 C4 O5 105.256
C3 C4 H11 114.215 C3 C4 H12 111.775
C4 C3 H9 109.975 C4 C3 H10 112.464
O5 C1 O6 122.484 O5 C4 H11 107.602
O5 C4 H12 108.649 H7 C2 H8 108.163
H9 C3 H10 108.406 H11 C4 H12 109.074
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability