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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.434116
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-307.117012
Nuclear repulsion energy238.338294
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/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 3777 3777 68.31      
2 A 3169 3169 26.04      
3 A 3155 3155 31.91      
4 A 3150 3150 30.09      
5 A 3124 3124 0.66      
6 A 3099 3099 19.72      
7 A 3081 3081 12.30      
8 A 3072 3072 27.72      
9 A 1806 1806 336.06      
10 A 1535 1535 7.80      
11 A 1527 1527 9.24      
12 A 1523 1523 1.41      
13 A 1506 1506 6.26      
14 A 1441 1441 3.08      
15 A 1406 1406 17.42      
16 A 1376 1376 62.59      
17 A 1340 1340 6.41      
18 A 1310 1310 6.20      
19 A 1273 1273 4.51      
20 A 1213 1213 134.63      
21 A 1129 1129 6.40      
22 A 1092 1092 110.97      
23 A 1063 1063 6.12      
24 A 930 930 1.92      
25 A 904 904 2.07      
26 A 883 883 12.08      
27 A 764 764 5.04      
28 A 733 733 38.42      
29 A 621 621 83.69      
30 A 579 579 51.76      
31 A 432 432 3.10      
32 A 333 333 1.33      
33 A 249 249 0.03      
34 A 187 187 0.10      
35 A 91 91 0.35      
36 A 28 28 0.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26446.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26446.8 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27140 0.06175 0.05524

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.177 -0.140 0.095
C2 -0.240 -0.289 0.582
C3 -1.262 0.161 -0.476
C4 -2.700 -0.016 0.011
O5 1.568 1.163 0.065
O6 1.909 -1.043 -0.264
H7 -0.389 -1.340 0.833
H8 -0.364 0.309 1.489
H9 -1.107 -0.420 -1.390
H10 -1.079 1.208 -0.727
H11 -3.412 0.302 -0.752
H12 -2.909 -1.062 0.248
H13 -2.885 0.576 0.911
H14 2.474 1.175 -0.286

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50552.52273.87931.36141.21672.10572.12622.73812.75374.68754.19134.20461.8863
C21.50551.53882.54012.37602.42981.09031.09312.15862.15933.49232.79902.80263.2034
C32.52271.53881.52813.05063.39892.17432.16501.09401.09272.17252.17552.17473.8756
C43.87932.54011.52814.42804.73002.78712.78262.15922.16141.09171.09271.09285.3170
O51.36142.37603.05064.42802.25683.26862.54773.43192.76335.11985.00304.57090.9712
O61.21672.42983.39894.73002.25682.56353.17353.27943.77025.51084.84565.19512.2894
H72.10571.09032.17432.78713.26862.56351.77502.51043.06653.78832.60213.14773.9713
H82.12621.09312.16502.78262.54773.17351.77503.06092.49583.78293.14552.60003.4575
H92.73812.15861.09402.15923.43193.27942.51043.06091.75822.49872.51883.07354.0722
H102.75372.15931.09272.16142.76333.77023.06652.49581.75822.50323.07512.51923.5799
H114.68753.49232.17251.09175.11985.51083.78833.78292.49872.50321.76531.76555.9684
H124.19132.79902.17551.09275.00304.84562.60213.14552.51883.07511.76531.76675.8536
H134.20462.80262.17471.09284.57095.19513.14772.60003.07352.51921.76551.76675.5236
H141.88633.20343.87565.31700.97122.28943.97133.45754.07223.57995.96845.85365.5236

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 111.917 C1 C2 H7 107.345
C1 C2 H8 108.774 C1 O5 H14 106.734
C2 C1 O5 111.849 C2 C1 O6 126.063
C2 C3 C4 111.836 C2 C3 H9 108.976
C2 C3 H10 109.101 C3 C2 H7 110.421
C3 C2 H8 109.527 C3 C4 H11 110.953
C3 C4 H12 111.132 C3 C4 H13 111.061
C4 C3 H9 109.758 C4 C3 H10 110.005
O5 C1 O6 122.074 H7 C2 H8 108.776
H9 C3 H10 107.038 H11 C4 H12 107.831
H11 C4 H13 107.844 H12 C4 H13 107.871
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability