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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.639439
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.711120
Nuclear repulsion energy240.819950
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=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3244 3031 8.84      
2 A 3235 3022 19.98      
3 A 3225 3014 10.34      
4 A 3163 2956 15.43      
5 A 3151 2945 5.08      
6 A 3138 2933 40.32      
7 A 1883 1760 297.78      
8 A 1584 1480 0.65      
9 A 1553 1451 4.56      
10 A 1522 1422 7.47      
11 A 1434 1340 16.93      
12 A 1389 1298 2.37      
13 A 1349 1261 12.08      
14 A 1294 1209 8.68      
15 A 1255 1173 21.27      
16 A 1225 1145 6.14      
17 A 1204 1125 206.66      
18 A 1124 1050 12.89      
19 A 1096 1024 60.42      
20 A 1035 967 23.63      
21 A 972 908 4.46      
22 A 924 863 11.27      
23 A 903 844 19.31      
24 A 826 772 6.98      
25 A 686 641 4.36      
26 A 645 603 3.31      
27 A 533 498 3.37      
28 A 490 458 3.42      
29 A 234 219 2.87      
30 A 157 147 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22235.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20776.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.24402 0.11931 0.08567

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.002 0.006
C2 -0.031 1.196 0.192
C3 -1.385 0.666 -0.252
C4 -1.273 -0.802 0.143
O5 0.117 -1.139 -0.047
O6 2.088 -0.028 -0.081
H7 0.346 2.047 -0.366
H8 -0.030 1.457 1.252
H9 -1.487 0.752 -1.333
H10 -2.234 1.160 0.214
H11 -1.859 -1.478 -0.472
H12 -1.529 -0.958 1.192

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51862.37842.30331.37161.20892.15062.12422.82413.33243.15052.8527
C21.51861.52052.35342.35202.46251.08551.09122.15472.20293.30702.8083
C32.37841.52051.52502.35743.54612.21772.17401.08881.08702.20732.1788
C42.30332.35341.52501.44263.45643.31662.80702.15402.18581.08601.0912
O51.37162.35202.35741.44262.26313.21002.90612.79303.29812.04972.0682
O61.20892.46253.54613.45642.26312.72362.90933.86714.49174.22363.9462
H72.15061.08552.21773.31663.21002.72361.76302.44402.78964.15983.8703
H82.12421.09122.17402.80702.90612.90931.76303.05012.45423.86472.8436
H92.82412.15471.08882.15402.79303.86712.44403.05011.76632.41933.0502
H103.33242.20291.08702.18583.29814.49172.78962.45421.76632.75162.4370
H113.15053.30702.20731.08602.04974.22364.15983.86472.41932.75161.7747
H122.85272.80832.17881.09122.06823.94623.87032.84363.05022.43701.7747

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 102.999 C1 C2 H7 110.245
C1 C2 H8 107.844 C1 O5 C4 109.840
C2 C1 O5 108.835 C2 C1 O6 128.720
C2 C3 C4 101.201 C2 C3 H9 110.237
C2 C3 H10 114.278 C3 C2 H7 115.632
C3 C2 H8 111.632 C3 C4 O5 105.161
C3 C4 H11 114.377 C3 C4 H12 111.708
C4 C3 H9 109.873 C4 C3 H10 112.538
O5 C1 O6 122.445 O5 C4 H11 107.477
O5 C4 H12 108.627 H7 C2 H8 108.179
H9 C3 H10 108.540 H11 C4 H12 109.198
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability