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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.739852
Energy at 298.15K-307.749177
HF Energy-307.739852
Nuclear repulsion energy237.815597
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3753 3613 62.05      
2 A 3127 3010 26.18      
3 A 3109 2993 34.15      
4 A 3104 2988 34.26      
5 A 3078 2963 0.53      
6 A 3062 2948 20.35      
7 A 3043 2929 13.28      
8 A 3034 2921 28.27      
9 A 1814 1746 361.90      
10 A 1514 1457 8.27      
11 A 1504 1448 9.69      
12 A 1501 1445 1.49      
13 A 1487 1431 5.83      
14 A 1420 1367 2.57      
15 A 1384 1333 21.34      
16 A 1363 1312 60.78      
17 A 1324 1275 4.30      
18 A 1296 1248 4.65      
19 A 1258 1211 11.61      
20 A 1202 1157 143.24      
21 A 1112 1070 7.29      
22 A 1078 1038 109.80      
23 A 1042 1003 2.59      
24 A 916 882 1.41      
25 A 894 861 2.52      
26 A 875 842 10.02      
27 A 757 729 5.60      
28 A 733 706 39.07      
29 A 621 598 80.91      
30 A 578 557 52.16      
31 A 429 413 3.32      
32 A 329 317 1.15      
33 A 245 236 0.02      
34 A 185 178 0.10      
35 A 90 87 0.37      
36 A 23 22 0.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26141.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25166.8 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27099 0.06120 0.05492

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.138 0.098
C2 -0.240 -0.248 0.598
C3 -1.270 0.135 -0.487
C4 -2.711 -0.006 0.013
O5 1.606 1.153 0.043
O6 1.887 -1.062 -0.250
H7 -0.393 -1.283 0.916
H8 -0.362 0.409 1.467
H9 -1.118 -0.504 -1.365
H10 -1.086 1.167 -0.808
H11 -3.425 0.266 -0.771
H12 -2.927 -1.036 0.319
H13 -2.898 0.645 0.875
H14 2.510 1.141 -0.314

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50962.53353.89441.36071.21382.11092.13392.74882.76714.70414.21034.22461.8897
C21.50961.54442.55112.38252.42951.09321.09582.16592.16693.50522.81462.81773.2123
C32.53351.54441.53203.09593.38382.17902.17131.09681.09592.17812.18352.18313.9145
C43.89442.55111.53204.46944.72452.79622.79282.16442.16591.09491.09601.09625.3549
O51.36072.38253.09594.46942.25233.26962.54033.48572.82275.17285.04134.60750.9724
O61.21382.42953.38384.72452.25232.57023.18883.25283.75645.50004.84735.20272.2897
H72.11091.09322.17902.79623.26962.57021.77892.51703.07463.80012.61553.16073.9763
H82.13391.09582.17132.79282.54033.18881.77893.06972.50483.79573.15962.61393.4578
H92.74882.16591.09682.16443.48573.25282.51703.06971.76152.50402.52773.08324.1195
H102.76712.16691.09592.16592.82273.75643.07462.50481.76152.50713.08432.52813.6291
H114.70413.50522.17811.09495.17285.50003.80013.79572.50402.50711.76941.76966.0162
H124.21032.81462.18351.09605.04134.84732.61553.15962.52773.08431.76941.77095.8904
H134.22462.81772.18311.09624.60755.20273.16072.61393.08322.52811.76961.77095.5587
H141.88973.21233.91455.35490.97242.28973.97633.45784.11953.62916.01625.89045.5587

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 112.100 C1 C2 H7 107.308
C1 C2 H8 108.939 C1 O5 H14 107.012
C2 C1 O5 112.107 C2 C1 O6 125.926
C2 C3 C4 112.041 C2 C3 H9 108.995
C2 C3 H10 109.131 C3 C2 H7 110.231
C3 C2 H8 109.472 C3 C4 H11 110.924
C3 C4 H12 111.291 C3 C4 H13 111.245
C4 C3 H9 109.730 C4 C3 H10 109.905
O5 C1 O6 121.954 H7 C2 H8 108.709
H9 C3 H10 106.898 H11 C4 H12 107.720
H11 C4 H13 107.727 H12 C4 H13 107.767
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.319      
2 C -0.308      
3 C -0.021      
4 C -0.583      
5 O -0.427      
6 O -0.445      
7 H 0.170      
8 H 0.165      
9 H 0.155      
10 H 0.161      
11 H 0.152      
12 H 0.150      
13 H 0.149      
14 H 0.364      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.333 1.415 0.264 1.962
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.307 5.315 -0.042
y 5.315 -40.786 -1.564
z -0.042 -1.564 -36.722
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.447 5.315 -0.042
y 5.315 -4.271 -1.564
z -0.042 -1.564 1.824
Polar
3z2-r23.648
x2-y24.479
xy5.315
xz-0.042
yz-1.564


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.731 -0.145 -0.349
y -0.145 8.039 0.077
z -0.349 0.077 6.876


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.723
(<r2>)1/2 14.516