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

using model chemistry: B1B95/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 B1B95/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.685101
Energy at 298.15K-307.694484
HF Energy-307.685101
Nuclear repulsion energy240.127779
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 B1B95/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 3801 3637 67.91      
2 A 3155 3019 23.34      
3 A 3140 3004 28.45      
4 A 3134 2999 29.67      
5 A 3109 2975 0.03      
6 A 3082 2949 21.63      
7 A 3068 2935 8.19      
8 A 3059 2927 22.77      
9 A 1856 1776 362.95      
10 A 1512 1447 9.71      
11 A 1501 1437 9.63      
12 A 1498 1434 1.64      
13 A 1478 1414 8.15      
14 A 1418 1357 4.78      
15 A 1392 1332 36.87      
16 A 1378 1319 50.32      
17 A 1330 1272 2.25      
18 A 1294 1239 2.73      
19 A 1261 1207 20.05      
20 A 1212 1160 141.54      
21 A 1123 1075 6.44      
22 A 1088 1042 80.05      
23 A 1066 1020 8.80      
24 A 934 894 1.80      
25 A 897 858 2.08      
26 A 879 841 9.19      
27 A 757 725 16.95      
28 A 728 697 32.28      
29 A 625 598 77.42      
30 A 579 554 51.80      
31 A 434 416 3.19      
32 A 328 314 1.10      
33 A 245 234 0.03      
34 A 179 172 0.06      
35 A 96 92 0.22      
36 A 30 29 0.39      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26332.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9569) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25197.6 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 B1B95/TZVP
ABC
0.28032 0.06263 0.05564

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.179 -0.146 0.074
C2 -0.234 -0.403 0.501
C3 -1.259 0.242 -0.429
C4 -2.683 -0.045 0.013
O5 1.486 1.166 0.120
O6 1.971 -0.975 -0.282
H7 -0.369 -1.482 0.537
H8 -0.363 -0.009 1.511
H9 -1.105 -0.130 -1.443
H10 -1.085 1.317 -0.460
H11 -3.403 0.416 -0.661
H12 -2.883 -1.116 0.030
H13 -2.869 0.344 1.014
H14 2.400 1.249 -0.180

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49852.51953.86331.34831.20012.09602.11232.74222.74804.67474.17644.18431.8718
C21.49851.52732.52232.35982.40871.08731.09162.14832.14673.47352.78322.78623.1838
C32.51951.52731.51792.94823.45432.16742.15171.09131.08972.16372.16642.16453.8036
C43.86332.52231.51794.34254.75432.77382.76152.14852.15211.08891.09011.09035.2486
O51.34832.35982.94824.34252.23113.25962.59583.29212.64005.00794.93024.52150.9656
O61.20012.40873.45434.75432.23112.53013.09773.39423.82355.56374.86585.18082.2672
H72.09601.08732.16742.77383.25962.53011.76542.50833.05643.77442.59083.13233.9548
H82.11231.09162.15172.76152.59583.09771.76543.04862.48313.76043.12522.57873.4760
H92.74222.14831.09132.14853.29213.39422.50833.04861.74992.48832.51123.06203.9730
H102.74802.14671.08972.15212.64003.82353.05642.48311.74992.49553.06532.51083.4970
H114.67473.47352.16371.08895.00795.56373.77443.76042.48832.49551.75981.76005.8826
H124.17642.78322.16641.09014.93024.86582.59083.12522.51123.06531.75981.76055.7925
H134.18432.78622.16451.09034.52155.18083.13232.57873.06202.51081.76001.76055.4783
H141.87183.18383.80365.24860.96562.26723.95483.47603.97303.49705.88265.79255.4783

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 112.744 C1 C2 H7 107.231
C1 C2 H8 108.252 C1 O5 H14 106.815
C2 C1 O5 111.865 C2 C1 O6 126.039
C2 C3 C4 111.848 C2 C3 H9 109.114
C2 C3 H10 109.085 C3 C2 H7 110.866
C3 C2 H8 109.370 C3 C4 H11 111.131
C3 C4 H12 111.281 C3 C4 H13 111.118
C4 C3 H9 109.782 C4 C3 H10 110.163
O5 C1 O6 122.093 H7 C2 H8 108.237
H9 C3 H10 106.707 H11 C4 H12 107.720
H11 C4 H13 107.728 H12 C4 H13 107.691
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.210      
2 C -0.236      
3 C -0.235      
4 C -0.357      
5 O -0.285      
6 O -0.309      
7 H 0.147      
8 H 0.139      
9 H 0.123      
10 H 0.144      
11 H 0.132      
12 H 0.118      
13 H 0.115      
14 H 0.294      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.314 1.337 0.327 1.902
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.532 5.611 0.449
y 5.611 -39.252 -1.520
z 0.449 -1.520 -36.305
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.247 5.611 0.449
y 5.611 -2.834 -1.520
z 0.449 -1.520 1.587
Polar
3z2-r23.173
x2-y22.721
xy5.611
xz0.449
yz-1.520


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.391 -0.169 -0.313
y -0.169 7.767 0.092
z -0.313 0.092 6.624


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.736
(<r2>)1/2 14.378