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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.473304
Energy at 298.15K-307.482737
HF Energy-307.473304
Nuclear repulsion energy239.679576
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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
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 3798 3645 68.23      
2 A 3144 3017 22.02      
3 A 3130 3003 27.01      
4 A 3124 2997 26.49      
5 A 3097 2972 0.17      
6 A 3072 2948 18.85      
7 A 3057 2933 10.01      
8 A 3048 2925 21.06      
9 A 1851 1777 356.96      
10 A 1507 1446 11.04      
11 A 1497 1436 10.40      
12 A 1493 1433 1.71      
13 A 1474 1415 9.14      
14 A 1416 1359 6.01      
15 A 1393 1337 45.25      
16 A 1381 1325 39.68      
17 A 1330 1277 2.44      
18 A 1296 1244 1.93      
19 A 1262 1211 23.76      
20 A 1213 1164 139.47      
21 A 1124 1078 7.54      
22 A 1088 1044 77.74      
23 A 1068 1025 9.33      
24 A 935 897 1.92      
25 A 899 863 1.85      
26 A 882 847 9.10      
27 A 760 729 17.27      
28 A 735 706 29.52      
29 A 628 602 76.82      
30 A 584 560 53.95      
31 A 437 419 3.31      
32 A 333 320 1.03      
33 A 248 238 0.02      
34 A 187 179 0.04      
35 A 99 95 0.25      
36 A 35 34 0.46      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26312.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9596) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25249.4 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 PBE1PBE/TZVP
ABC
0.27772 0.06237 0.05560

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.178 -0.144 0.081
C2 -0.236 -0.360 0.534
C3 -1.260 0.217 -0.445
C4 -2.687 -0.035 0.011
O5 1.521 1.161 0.102
O6 1.942 -1.000 -0.280
H7 -0.377 -1.436 0.649
H8 -0.363 0.111 1.514
H9 -1.102 -0.230 -1.432
H10 -1.085 1.291 -0.555
H11 -3.406 0.378 -0.700
H12 -2.891 -1.106 0.104
H13 -2.878 0.425 0.984
H14 2.431 1.214 -0.220

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50072.52023.86771.34911.20232.10002.12022.73822.75414.67994.18134.19471.8722
C21.50071.52972.52732.36332.41111.09081.09472.15242.15223.48112.79072.79303.1875
C32.52021.52971.51972.98663.42872.16972.15711.09491.09332.16772.17082.16943.8297
C43.86772.52731.51974.37544.73712.77562.77132.15262.15561.09231.09351.09375.2736
O51.34912.36332.98664.37542.23443.26222.57803.34142.69005.05264.95954.54630.9672
O61.20232.41113.42874.73712.23442.53543.12493.34413.80555.53854.84865.18262.2687
H72.10001.09082.16972.77563.26222.53541.77212.51193.06323.77952.59293.13563.9577
H82.12021.09472.15712.77132.57803.12491.77213.05642.48873.77233.13902.58913.4690
H92.73822.15241.09492.15263.34143.34412.51193.05641.75542.49342.51573.06984.0046
H102.75412.15221.09332.15562.69003.80553.06322.48871.75542.49863.07242.51693.5325
H114.67993.48112.16771.09235.05265.53853.77953.77232.49342.49861.76491.76535.9164
H124.18132.79072.17081.09354.95954.84862.59293.13902.51573.07241.76491.76595.8146
H134.19472.79302.16941.09374.54635.18263.13562.58913.06982.51691.76531.76595.5010
H141.87223.18753.82975.27360.96722.26873.95773.46904.00463.53255.91645.81465.5010

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 112.531 C1 C2 H7 107.195
C1 C2 H8 108.538 C1 O5 H14 106.691
C2 C1 O5 111.942 C2 C1 O6 125.891
C2 C3 C4 111.946 C2 C3 H9 109.065
C2 C3 H10 109.137 C3 C2 H7 110.658
C3 C2 H8 109.441 C3 C4 H11 111.115
C3 C4 H12 111.295 C3 C4 H13 111.173
C4 C3 H9 109.761 C4 C3 H10 110.096
O5 C1 O6 122.161 H7 C2 H8 108.358
H9 C3 H10 106.688 H11 C4 H12 107.691
H11 C4 H13 107.713 H12 C4 H13 107.679
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.174      
2 C -0.211      
3 C -0.236      
4 C -0.353      
5 O -0.267      
6 O -0.296      
7 H 0.141      
8 H 0.131      
9 H 0.121      
10 H 0.139      
11 H 0.134      
12 H 0.117      
13 H 0.115      
14 H 0.290      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.281 1.375 0.308 1.904
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.289 5.530 0.300
y 5.530 -39.559 -1.556
z 0.300 -1.556 -36.357
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.670 5.530 0.300
y 5.530 -3.236 -1.556
z 0.300 -1.556 1.567
Polar
3z2-r23.134
x2-y23.271
xy5.530
xz0.300
yz-1.556


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.391 -0.163 -0.312
y -0.163 7.788 0.094
z -0.312 0.094 6.662


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.371
(<r2>)1/2 14.400