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

using model chemistry: HF/Def2TZVPP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.012017
Energy at 298.15K-306.021725
HF Energy-306.012017
Nuclear repulsion energy240.948427
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 HF/Def2TZVPP
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 4111 3726 118.48      
2 A 3257 2952 36.48      
3 A 3223 2921 49.12      
4 A 3220 2919 54.61      
5 A 3197 2898 3.75      
6 A 3194 2895 15.01      
7 A 3169 2872 13.35      
8 A 3157 2862 34.72      
9 A 1991 1805 455.88      
10 A 1630 1477 7.46      
11 A 1615 1464 7.92      
12 A 1612 1461 1.00      
13 A 1606 1456 8.36      
14 A 1541 1397 6.33      
15 A 1522 1380 30.39      
16 A 1490 1350 67.91      
17 A 1434 1300 2.00      
18 A 1411 1279 3.76      
19 A 1369 1241 38.01      
20 A 1323 1199 151.27      
21 A 1207 1094 9.61      
22 A 1179 1069 86.78      
23 A 1105 1001 1.15      
24 A 980 888 0.14      
25 A 968 877 2.73      
26 A 948 859 6.42      
27 A 813 736 24.81      
28 A 798 723 21.68      
29 A 665 602 71.90      
30 A 615 558 82.80      
31 A 465 421 3.85      
32 A 352 319 1.47      
33 A 262 237 0.02      
34 A 201 182 0.15      
35 A 96 87 0.50      
36 A 40 36 0.91      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27881.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9064) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25271.9 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 HF/Def2TZVPP
ABC
0.28139 0.06233 0.05605

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/Def2TZVPP

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.142 0.072
C2 -0.235 -0.356 0.533
C3 -1.262 0.223 -0.446
C4 -2.692 -0.032 0.016
O5 1.542 1.137 0.102
O6 1.923 -0.992 -0.279
H7 -0.377 -1.420 0.649
H8 -0.347 0.116 1.502
H9 -1.112 -0.223 -1.424
H10 -1.095 1.287 -0.555
H11 -3.403 0.381 -0.690
H12 -2.892 -1.094 0.106
H13 -2.878 0.426 0.981
H14 2.433 1.205 -0.202

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50352.52343.87451.32971.18222.09552.10892.73782.75894.67584.18214.19791.8598
C21.50351.53242.53212.36022.39181.08011.08402.14802.14963.47522.79052.79303.1771
C32.52341.53241.52383.00023.41352.16372.15501.08491.08272.16072.16622.16533.8318
C43.87452.53211.52384.39334.72352.77312.78022.14602.14791.08311.08421.08445.2771
O51.32972.36023.00024.39332.19663.24352.56403.34962.72185.06514.96344.56250.9446
O61.18222.39183.41354.72352.19662.51683.09143.33363.79225.51604.83175.16272.2566
H72.09551.08012.16372.77313.24352.51681.75712.50383.04833.76772.59373.12663.9385
H82.10891.08402.15502.78022.56403.09141.75713.04292.48233.77003.14392.60253.4389
H92.73782.14801.08492.14603.34963.33362.50383.04291.74182.48092.50363.05344.0122
H102.75892.14961.08272.14792.72183.79223.04832.48231.74182.48333.05462.50583.5472
H114.67583.47522.16071.08315.06515.51603.76773.77002.48092.48331.75161.75175.9149
H124.18212.79052.16621.08424.96344.83172.59373.14392.50363.05461.75161.75305.8083
H134.19792.79302.16531.08444.56255.16273.12662.60253.05342.50581.75171.75305.4975
H141.85983.17713.83185.27710.94462.25663.93853.43894.01223.54725.91495.80835.4975

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 112.438 C1 C2 H7 107.270
C1 C2 H8 108.089 C1 O5 H14 108.535
C2 C1 O5 112.681 C2 C1 O6 125.463
C2 C3 C4 111.896 C2 C3 H9 109.114
C2 C3 H10 109.365 C3 C2 H7 110.636
C3 C2 H8 109.712 C3 C4 H11 110.824
C3 C4 H12 111.207 C3 C4 H13 111.117
C4 C3 H9 109.553 C4 C3 H10 109.835
O5 C1 O6 121.855 H7 C2 H8 108.574
H9 C3 H10 106.949 H11 C4 H12 107.843
H11 C4 H13 107.830 H12 C4 H13 107.871
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/Def2TZVPP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.482      
2 C -0.058      
3 C -0.069      
4 C -0.188      
5 O -0.379      
6 O -0.450      
7 H 0.084      
8 H 0.063      
9 H 0.053      
10 H 0.057      
11 H 0.065      
12 H 0.053      
13 H 0.051      
14 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.360 1.541 0.348 2.085
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.296 5.618 0.214
y 5.618 -39.988 -1.605
z 0.214 -1.605 -36.194
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.795 5.618 0.214
y 5.618 -3.742 -1.605
z 0.214 -1.605 1.948
Polar
3z2-r23.896
x2-y23.691
xy5.618
xz0.214
yz-1.605


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.807 -0.181 -0.243
y -0.181 7.328 0.068
z -0.243 0.068 6.524


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.598
(<r2>)1/2 14.374