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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.642257
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.712382
Nuclear repulsion energy240.888834
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/6-31G**
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 3228 3027 10.21      
2 A 3216 3016 26.85      
3 A 3207 3007 12.92      
4 A 3150 2954 17.81      
5 A 3142 2946 6.15      
6 A 3129 2934 42.05      
7 A 1948 1827 357.64      
8 A 1591 1491 0.63      
9 A 1560 1462 4.24      
10 A 1530 1434 6.69      
11 A 1450 1360 25.67      
12 A 1397 1310 4.18      
13 A 1362 1277 17.93      
14 A 1299 1218 16.01      
15 A 1264 1185 36.76      
16 A 1236 1159 171.84      
17 A 1233 1156 27.34      
18 A 1134 1064 17.24      
19 A 1118 1048 58.75      
20 A 1040 975 13.79      
21 A 970 909 4.84      
22 A 927 869 9.99      
23 A 909 852 15.01      
24 A 834 782 5.77      
25 A 696 653 6.04      
26 A 652 612 3.86      
27 A 539 506 4.72      
28 A 499 468 4.59      
29 A 223 209 2.93      
30 A 152 142 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22317.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9376) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20924.7 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 CCD/6-31G**
ABC
0.24340 0.11965 0.08561

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/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 1.202 0.183
C3 -1.392 0.667 -0.240
C4 -1.269 -0.811 0.138
O5 0.122 -1.135 -0.046
O6 2.082 -0.029 -0.078
H7 0.345 2.043 -0.396
H8 -0.010 1.483 1.239
H9 -1.520 0.767 -1.318
H10 -2.233 1.154 0.252
H11 -1.850 -1.481 -0.491
H12 -1.534 -0.985 1.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52192.38552.30231.36461.20112.15462.12892.85023.33333.14612.8623
C21.52191.52662.36612.35342.45541.08661.09232.16212.20743.31352.8383
C32.38551.52661.53082.36173.54662.22192.18221.09041.08822.21082.1854
C42.30232.36611.53081.43943.44703.32212.83852.16192.19121.08731.0924
O51.36462.35342.36171.43942.25073.20522.91942.81613.29672.05022.0674
O61.20112.45543.54663.44702.25072.72212.89743.89154.48534.21123.9463
H72.15461.08662.22193.32213.20522.72211.76432.44112.80284.15303.8980
H82.12891.09232.18222.83852.91942.89741.76433.05462.45373.89362.9007
H92.85022.16211.09042.16192.81613.89152.44113.05461.76692.41803.0542
H103.33332.20741.08822.19123.29674.48532.80282.45371.76692.76392.4352
H113.14613.31352.21081.08732.05024.21124.15303.89362.41802.76391.7745
H122.86232.83832.18541.09242.06743.94633.89802.90073.05422.43521.7745

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 102.984 C1 C2 H7 110.266
C1 C2 H8 107.921 C1 O5 C4 110.359
C2 C1 O5 109.117 C2 C1 O6 128.386
C2 C3 C4 101.408 C2 C3 H9 110.300
C2 C3 H10 114.125 C3 C2 H7 115.447
C3 C2 H8 111.796 C3 C4 O5 105.296
C3 C4 H11 114.153 C3 C4 H12 111.752
C4 C3 H9 109.993 C4 C3 H10 112.481
O5 C1 O6 122.496 O5 C4 H11 107.659
O5 C4 H12 108.720 H7 C2 H8 108.136
H9 C3 H10 108.391 H11 C4 H12 109.006
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability