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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.531239
Energy at 298.15K-307.540654
HF Energy-307.205239
Nuclear repulsion energy238.938421
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 B2PLYP/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 3760 3589 65.18      
2 A 3149 3005 26.56      
3 A 3132 2989 31.23      
4 A 3128 2985 30.21      
5 A 3103 2962 0.08      
6 A 3082 2942 19.69      
7 A 3064 2924 11.86      
8 A 3055 2916 22.90      
9 A 1806 1723 314.58      
10 A 1527 1457 8.36      
11 A 1518 1449 8.31      
12 A 1513 1444 1.32      
13 A 1496 1428 5.68      
14 A 1436 1370 2.68      
15 A 1404 1340 10.70      
16 A 1375 1313 50.24      
17 A 1342 1280 5.31      
18 A 1313 1254 3.29      
19 A 1275 1217 9.85      
20 A 1213 1158 133.19      
21 A 1129 1078 5.55      
22 A 1088 1038 117.49      
23 A 1057 1008 6.80      
24 A 927 885 1.34      
25 A 905 864 2.66      
26 A 877 837 13.50      
27 A 764 730 6.45      
28 A 729 696 33.79      
29 A 619 591 72.35      
30 A 578 552 58.50      
31 A 436 416 2.94      
32 A 334 319 1.17      
33 A 247 235 0.03      
34 A 187 179 0.06      
35 A 95 91 0.26      
36 A 33 32 0.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26347.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9544) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25146.2 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 B2PLYP/TZVP
ABC
0.27372 0.06207 0.05538

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/TZVP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.179 -0.146 0.088
C2 -0.238 -0.328 0.560
C3 -1.260 0.204 -0.454
C4 -2.695 -0.032 0.006
O5 1.545 1.163 0.087
O6 1.924 -1.024 -0.279
H7 -0.388 -1.394 0.727
H8 -0.361 0.194 1.511
H9 -1.095 -0.288 -1.415
H10 -1.087 1.270 -0.609
H11 -3.408 0.350 -0.724
H12 -2.894 -1.097 0.142
H13 -2.889 0.468 0.956
H14 2.452 1.196 -0.253

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50432.52233.87581.35991.20792.10172.12402.72932.76154.68404.18194.20411.8816
C21.50431.53552.53582.37232.42081.08851.09172.15422.15513.48692.79602.79603.1972
C32.52231.53551.52563.01303.41672.17022.16111.09241.09072.16982.17212.17103.8472
C43.87582.53581.52564.40574.73222.77402.78612.15522.15841.09011.09121.09145.2976
O51.35992.37233.01304.40572.24933.26842.56883.36662.72475.08424.98104.57110.9692
O61.20792.42083.41674.73222.24932.54763.14723.30873.79965.52364.83635.18752.2819
H72.10171.08852.17022.77403.26842.54761.77122.51243.06113.77722.59043.12643.9663
H82.12401.09172.16112.78612.56883.14721.77123.05542.48573.78223.15522.60233.4681
H92.72932.15421.09242.15523.36663.30872.51243.05541.75482.49652.51263.06834.0171
H102.76152.15511.09072.15842.72473.79963.06112.48571.75482.49913.07062.51753.5579
H114.68403.48692.16981.09015.08425.52363.77723.78222.49652.49911.76271.76325.9393
H124.18192.79602.17211.09124.98104.83632.59043.15522.51263.07061.76271.76415.8300
H134.20412.79602.17101.09144.57115.18753.12642.60233.06832.51751.76321.76415.5240
H141.88163.19723.84725.29760.96922.28193.96633.46814.01713.55795.93935.83005.5240

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 112.142 C1 C2 H7 107.216
C1 C2 H8 108.765 C1 O5 H14 106.564
C2 C1 O5 111.742 C2 C1 O6 126.040
C2 C3 C4 111.872 C2 C3 H9 108.947
C2 C3 H10 109.115 C3 C2 H7 110.433
C3 C2 H8 109.535 C3 C4 H11 111.010
C3 C4 H12 111.125 C3 C4 H13 111.029
C4 C3 H9 109.715 C4 C3 H10 110.068
O5 C1 O6 122.205 H7 C2 H8 108.658
H9 C3 H10 106.993 H11 C4 H12 107.821
H11 C4 H13 107.849 H12 C4 H13 107.858
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.190      
2 C -0.192      
3 C -0.197      
4 C -0.328      
5 O -0.282      
6 O -0.296      
7 H 0.130      
8 H 0.122      
9 H 0.109      
10 H 0.124      
11 H 0.123      
12 H 0.107      
13 H 0.104      
14 H 0.286      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.243 1.306 0.279 1.824
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.671 5.278 0.188
y 5.278 -40.285 -1.565
z 0.188 -1.565 -36.811
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.877 5.278 0.188
y 5.278 -3.545 -1.565
z 0.188 -1.565 1.667
Polar
3z2-r23.335
x2-y23.614
xy5.278
xz0.188
yz-1.565


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.361 -0.159 -0.317
y -0.159 7.851 0.102
z -0.317 0.102 6.672


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.605
(<r2>)1/2 14.443