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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.366011
Energy at 298.15K-307.375231
HF Energy-307.366011
Nuclear repulsion energy236.852463
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 PBEPBE/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 3633 3592 43.97      
2 A 3067 3032 24.92      
3 A 3059 3024 27.81      
4 A 3051 3016 25.61      
5 A 3023 2988 0.67      
6 A 2993 2959 25.54      
7 A 2980 2946 8.85      
8 A 2974 2940 25.41      
9 A 1758 1738 335.89      
10 A 1463 1447 9.26      
11 A 1455 1439 10.71      
12 A 1451 1434 1.61      
13 A 1430 1413 6.18      
14 A 1370 1354 3.61      
15 A 1332 1317 16.09      
16 A 1318 1303 56.73      
17 A 1283 1268 4.68      
18 A 1248 1233 3.60      
19 A 1214 1201 9.54      
20 A 1159 1146 128.74      
21 A 1080 1067 8.19      
22 A 1043 1031 75.40      
23 A 1029 1018 24.65      
24 A 900 890 2.49      
25 A 865 856 2.47      
26 A 847 837 12.12      
27 A 737 729 8.71      
28 A 705 697 38.59      
29 A 611 604 72.29      
30 A 558 552 41.77      
31 A 416 412 3.32      
32 A 323 319 0.99      
33 A 243 240 0.03      
34 A 182 179 0.05      
35 A 96 95 0.27      
36 A 28 28 0.40      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25461.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9886) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25171.6 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 PBEPBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27050 0.06100 0.05433

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.189 -0.145 0.084
C2 -0.239 -0.356 0.540
C3 -1.276 0.210 -0.454
C4 -2.715 -0.036 0.013
O5 1.536 1.181 0.098
O6 1.967 -1.017 -0.278
H7 -0.381 -1.440 0.673
H8 -0.371 0.134 1.522
H9 -1.119 -0.257 -1.443
H10 -1.099 1.292 -0.583
H11 -3.441 0.371 -0.710
H12 -2.922 -1.114 0.125
H13 -2.907 0.445 0.988
H14 2.461 1.217 -0.229

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51302.54763.90581.37051.22402.11802.13912.76982.78254.72584.22384.23531.8903
C21.51301.54482.55222.38892.44361.10131.10522.17272.17233.51422.81962.82183.2180
C32.54761.54481.53313.02583.47162.19002.17541.10521.10382.18642.19112.19003.8768
C43.90582.55221.53314.42284.79242.80312.79352.17212.17531.10251.10371.10395.3312
O51.37052.38893.02584.42282.27113.29742.59973.39042.72385.10745.01464.59080.9817
O61.22402.44363.47164.79242.27112.56793.16723.38463.84995.60004.90675.24362.2890
H72.11801.10132.19002.80313.29742.56791.78862.53443.09173.81582.62053.16793.9937
H82.13911.10522.17542.79352.59973.16721.78863.08352.51073.80373.16572.61073.5012
H92.76982.17271.10522.17213.39043.38462.53443.08351.77242.51522.53913.09874.0578
H102.78252.17231.10382.17532.72383.84993.09172.51071.77242.52063.10132.54093.5780
H114.72583.51422.18641.10255.10745.60003.81583.80372.51522.52061.78091.78145.9822
H124.22382.81962.19111.10375.01464.90672.62053.16572.53913.10131.78091.78215.8772
H134.23532.82182.19001.10394.59085.24363.16792.61073.09872.54091.78141.78215.5582
H141.89033.21803.87685.33120.98172.28903.99373.50124.05783.57805.98225.87725.5582

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 112.840 C1 C2 H7 107.173
C1 C2 H8 108.570 C1 O5 H14 105.762
C2 C1 O5 111.790 C2 C1 O6 126.131
C2 C3 C4 112.033 C2 C3 H9 109.015
C2 C3 H10 109.060 C3 C2 H7 110.596
C3 C2 H8 109.226 C3 C4 H11 111.056
C3 C4 H12 111.355 C3 C4 H13 111.256
C4 C3 H9 109.769 C4 C3 H10 110.104
O5 C1 O6 122.072 H7 C2 H8 108.311
H9 C3 H10 106.707 H11 C4 H12 107.656
H11 C4 H13 107.684 H12 C4 H13 107.654
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.258      
2 C -0.372      
3 C -0.077      
4 C -0.656      
5 O -0.380      
6 O -0.405      
7 H 0.194      
8 H 0.192      
9 H 0.179      
10 H 0.189      
11 H 0.175      
12 H 0.173      
13 H 0.172      
14 H 0.357      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.364 1.343 0.305 1.938
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.887 5.449 0.277
y 5.449 -40.151 -1.519
z 0.277 -1.519 -36.980
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.679 5.449 0.277
y 5.449 -3.217 -1.519
z 0.277 -1.519 1.538
Polar
3z2-r23.076
x2-y23.264
xy5.449
xz0.277
yz-1.519


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.391 -0.105 -0.388
y -0.105 8.429 0.058
z -0.388 0.058 7.120


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 211.960
(<r2>)1/2 14.559