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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.621655
Energy at 298.15K-307.631020
HF Energy-307.621655
Nuclear repulsion energy238.506309
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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 3787 3636 65.84      
2 A 3145 3019 23.04      
3 A 3131 3006 29.47      
4 A 3125 3000 30.15      
5 A 3099 2976 0.29      
6 A 3070 2947 22.01      
7 A 3055 2933 9.50      
8 A 3046 2924 27.75      
9 A 1834 1761 369.79      
10 A 1508 1448 9.26      
11 A 1500 1440 10.51      
12 A 1496 1437 1.67      
13 A 1477 1418 8.23      
14 A 1417 1361 4.91      
15 A 1386 1331 35.50      
16 A 1371 1316 59.65      
17 A 1325 1272 3.51      
18 A 1292 1240 3.85      
19 A 1255 1205 13.72      
20 A 1205 1157 142.31      
21 A 1116 1072 7.74      
22 A 1084 1040 81.85      
23 A 1059 1016 6.11      
24 A 928 891 1.81      
25 A 895 859 1.84      
26 A 878 843 9.28      
27 A 757 727 12.48      
28 A 729 700 37.24      
29 A 625 600 81.30      
30 A 578 555 49.71      
31 A 429 412 3.47      
32 A 331 318 1.16      
33 A 247 237 0.03      
34 A 186 178 0.06      
35 A 96 92 0.31      
36 A 32 30 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26245.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25198.5 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27543 0.06164 0.05498

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.183 -0.143 0.082
C2 -0.237 -0.353 0.538
C3 -1.269 0.211 -0.452
C4 -2.702 -0.034 0.014
O5 1.534 1.166 0.098
O6 1.950 -1.009 -0.277
H7 -0.377 -1.429 0.670
H8 -0.364 0.134 1.512
H9 -1.115 -0.254 -1.434
H10 -1.095 1.285 -0.581
H11 -3.423 0.370 -0.704
H12 -2.908 -1.104 0.126
H13 -2.893 0.445 0.981
H14 2.449 1.212 -0.223

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50582.53413.88691.35471.21202.10562.12492.75532.76844.70004.20274.21461.8794
C21.50581.53732.54032.37422.42471.09311.09692.16102.16083.49492.80552.80823.2004
C32.53411.53731.52663.01253.44732.17762.16481.09711.09562.17402.17942.17853.8575
C43.88692.54031.52664.40394.76252.78932.78252.15942.16231.09471.09581.09605.3050
O51.35472.37423.01254.40392.24573.27302.58213.37422.71835.08434.98914.57150.9704
O61.21202.42473.44734.76252.24572.54783.14093.36263.82455.56354.87625.21092.2773
H72.10561.09312.17762.78933.27302.54781.77572.51993.07273.79432.60903.15203.9699
H82.12491.09692.16482.78252.58213.14091.77573.06562.49823.78523.15142.60283.4764
H92.75532.16101.09712.15943.37423.36262.51993.06561.75962.49892.52393.07914.0401
H102.76842.16081.09562.16232.71833.82453.07272.49821.75962.50403.08142.52543.5627
H114.70003.49492.17401.09475.08435.56353.79433.78522.49892.50401.76831.76875.9512
H124.20272.80552.17941.09584.98914.87622.60903.15142.52393.08141.76831.76985.8471
H134.21462.80822.17851.09604.57155.21093.15202.60283.07912.52541.76871.76985.5292
H141.87943.20043.85755.30500.97042.27733.96993.47644.04013.56275.95125.84715.5292

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 112.754 C1 C2 H7 107.162
C1 C2 H8 108.428 C1 O5 H14 106.688
C2 C1 O5 112.081 C2 C1 O6 125.946
C2 C3 C4 112.014 C2 C3 H9 109.083
C2 C3 H10 109.156 C3 C2 H7 110.624
C3 C2 H8 109.389 C3 C4 H11 110.990
C3 C4 H12 111.361 C3 C4 H13 111.271
C4 C3 H9 109.692 C4 C3 H10 110.010
O5 C1 O6 121.970 H7 C2 H8 108.357
H9 C3 H10 106.739 H11 C4 H12 107.662
H11 C4 H13 107.681 H12 C4 H13 107.698
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.288      
2 C -0.325      
3 C -0.104      
4 C -0.598      
5 O -0.420      
6 O -0.438      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.187      
9 H 0.172      
10 H 0.182      
11 H 0.169      
12 H 0.165      
13 H 0.164      
14 H 0.369      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.369 1.396 0.327 1.982
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.389 5.604 0.296
y 5.604 -39.732 -1.571
z 0.296 -1.571 -36.434
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.694 5.604 0.296
y 5.604 -3.321 -1.571
z 0.296 -1.571 1.626
Polar
3z2-r23.252
x2-y23.343
xy5.604
xz0.296
yz-1.571


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.606 -0.173 -0.348
y -0.173 7.941 0.087
z -0.348 0.087 6.747


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.464
(<r2>)1/2 14.473