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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.592087
Energy at 298.15K-307.601560
HF Energy-307.592087
Nuclear repulsion energy239.249683
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 M06-2X/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 3829 3646 92.58      
2 A 3159 3008 19.12      
3 A 3151 3000 27.60      
4 A 3139 2989 27.44      
5 A 3115 2966 0.49      
6 A 3089 2942 16.80      
7 A 3072 2925 13.36      
8 A 3062 2915 21.90      
9 A 1879 1789 397.30      
10 A 1515 1442 8.53      
11 A 1509 1437 10.06      
12 A 1503 1431 2.30      
13 A 1484 1413 11.13      
14 A 1425 1357 8.32      
15 A 1403 1336 70.46      
16 A 1383 1317 38.31      
17 A 1326 1262 1.83      
18 A 1293 1231 3.88      
19 A 1261 1200 32.27      
20 A 1222 1163 135.29      
21 A 1125 1071 6.71      
22 A 1095 1043 62.49      
23 A 1070 1019 6.29      
24 A 939 894 2.09      
25 A 901 858 2.45      
26 A 882 840 5.80      
27 A 758 722 23.68      
28 A 734 699 34.57      
29 A 642 612 85.04      
30 A 590 562 47.72      
31 A 439 418 3.57      
32 A 337 320 1.22      
33 A 258 246 0.04      
34 A 190 181 0.18      
35 A 96 91 0.36      
36 A 50 48 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26461.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9522) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25196.4 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 M06-2X/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27702 0.06233 0.05543

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.146 0.079
C2 -0.237 -0.399 0.518
C3 -1.257 0.238 -0.437
C4 -2.690 -0.042 0.009
O5 1.493 1.168 0.118
O6 1.970 -0.982 -0.287
H7 -0.374 -1.482 0.570
H8 -0.368 0.020 1.522
H9 -1.098 -0.157 -1.447
H10 -1.078 1.317 -0.483
H11 -3.411 0.408 -0.677
H12 -2.887 -1.118 0.046
H13 -2.874 0.367 1.008
H14 2.407 1.256 -0.191

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50552.52073.87181.35141.20692.10752.12282.74202.74904.68654.18164.19091.8828
C21.50551.53532.52962.36852.42111.09231.09622.15862.15703.48622.78512.78923.1996
C32.52071.53531.52642.95523.45332.17922.16261.09611.09462.17452.17442.17253.8110
C43.87182.52961.52644.35504.76302.78322.77192.16072.16431.09311.09461.09485.2633
O51.35142.36852.95524.35502.23903.27292.59843.30362.64435.02594.94064.52780.9694
O61.20692.42113.45334.76302.23902.54623.12163.38203.82295.57204.87045.19292.2819
H72.10751.09232.17922.78323.27292.54621.77832.51893.07153.78792.59173.14003.9765
H82.12281.09622.16262.77192.59843.12161.77833.06282.49123.77523.13332.58213.4877
H92.74202.15861.09612.16073.30363.38202.51893.06281.76132.50322.52103.07533.9823
H102.74902.15701.09462.16432.64433.82293.07152.49121.76132.51153.07872.51943.4983
H114.68653.48622.17451.09315.02595.57203.78793.77522.50322.51151.76861.76905.9003
H124.18162.78512.17441.09464.94064.87042.59173.13332.52103.07871.76861.76955.8068
H134.19092.78922.17251.09484.52785.19293.14002.58213.07532.51941.76901.76955.4881
H141.88283.19963.81105.26330.96942.28193.97653.48773.98233.49835.90035.80685.4881

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 111.987 C1 C2 H7 107.372
C1 C2 H8 108.337 C1 O5 H14 107.294
C2 C1 O5 111.891 C2 C1 O6 126.060
C2 C3 C4 111.424 C2 C3 H9 109.095
C2 C3 H10 109.061 C3 C2 H7 110.942
C3 C2 H8 109.406 C3 C4 H11 111.146
C3 C4 H12 111.046 C3 C4 H13 110.877
C4 C3 H9 109.873 C4 C3 H10 110.246
O5 C1 O6 122.042 H7 C2 H8 108.699
H9 C3 H10 107.030 H11 C4 H12 107.879
H11 C4 H13 107.907 H12 C4 H13 107.841
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.356      
2 C -0.334      
3 C -0.138      
4 C -0.566      
5 O -0.462      
6 O -0.444      
7 H 0.187      
8 H 0.186      
9 H 0.168      
10 H 0.181      
11 H 0.165      
12 H 0.160      
13 H 0.159      
14 H 0.383      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.361 1.356 0.344 1.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.851 5.705 0.428
y 5.705 -39.759 -1.591
z 0.428 -1.591 -36.790
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.423 5.705 0.428
y 5.705 -2.938 -1.591
z 0.428 -1.591 1.515
Polar
3z2-r23.031
x2-y22.907
xy5.705
xz0.428
yz-1.591


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.362 -0.220 -0.340
y -0.220 7.862 0.098
z -0.340 0.098 6.711


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.926
(<r2>)1/2 14.420