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

using model chemistry: MP3=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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.663220
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.712971
Nuclear repulsion energy241.346439
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 MP3=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 3251 3251 8.92      
2 A 3239 3239 25.15      
3 A 3230 3230 12.56      
4 A 3172 3172 16.98      
5 A 3163 3163 5.58      
6 A 3150 3150 40.57      
7 A 1968 1968 375.82      
8 A 1597 1597 0.58      
9 A 1565 1565 4.69      
10 A 1534 1534 7.38      
11 A 1456 1456 27.68      
12 A 1400 1400 4.61      
13 A 1365 1365 18.78      
14 A 1304 1304 17.05      
15 A 1268 1268 43.43      
16 A 1242 1242 187.81      
17 A 1238 1238 3.08      
18 A 1138 1138 22.24      
19 A 1124 1124 54.48      
20 A 1044 1044 13.00      
21 A 973 973 4.49      
22 A 930 930 10.46      
23 A 913 913 13.27      
24 A 839 839 5.32      
25 A 702 702 6.37      
26 A 655 655 4.00      
27 A 542 542 4.61      
28 A 502 502 4.83      
29 A 224 224 2.86      
30 A 154 154 0.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22439.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22439.7 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.24422 0.12012 0.08594

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.027 1.201 0.184
C3 -1.391 0.666 -0.240
C4 -1.266 -0.810 0.138
O5 0.122 -1.132 -0.046
O6 2.077 -0.028 -0.078
H7 0.346 2.040 -0.393
H8 -0.011 1.478 1.238
H9 -1.517 0.765 -1.316
H10 -2.229 1.151 0.251
H11 -1.845 -1.479 -0.490
H12 -1.530 -0.983 1.181

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51962.38212.29781.36081.19822.15082.12402.84463.32763.13962.8563
C21.51961.52522.36292.34912.45021.08411.09002.15852.20433.30822.8331
C32.38211.52521.52932.35853.54022.21942.17861.08791.08572.20732.1815
C42.29782.36291.52931.43683.43983.31732.83222.15852.18801.08481.0900
O51.36082.34912.35851.43682.24503.19932.91152.81123.29102.04682.0634
O61.19822.45023.54023.43982.24502.71582.89073.88314.47674.20213.9380
H72.15081.08412.21943.31733.19932.71581.76122.43842.79914.14673.8906
H82.12401.09002.17862.83222.91152.89071.76123.04912.45003.88522.8930
H92.84462.15851.08792.15852.81123.88312.43843.04911.76382.41413.0482
H103.32762.20431.08572.18803.29104.47672.79912.45001.76382.75932.4305
H113.13963.30822.20731.08482.04684.20214.14673.88522.41412.75931.7711
H122.85632.83312.18151.09002.06343.93803.89062.89303.04822.43051.7711

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 102.954 C1 C2 H7 110.274
C1 C2 H8 107.832 C1 O5 C4 110.409
C2 C1 O5 109.162 C2 C1 O6 128.332
C2 C3 C4 101.352 C2 C3 H9 110.266
C2 C3 H10 114.133 C3 C2 H7 115.514
C3 C2 H8 111.751 C3 C4 O5 105.295
C3 C4 H11 114.133 C3 C4 H12 111.684
C4 C3 H9 109.972 C4 C3 H10 112.487
O5 C1 O6 122.506 O5 C4 H11 107.707
O5 C4 H12 108.719 H7 C2 H8 108.209
H9 C3 H10 108.477 H11 C4 H12 109.051
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability