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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31+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 B97D3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.553262
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-307.553262
Nuclear repulsion energy237.075331
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 B97D3/6-31+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 3669 3606 41.19      
2 A 3081 3028 33.27      
3 A 3064 3011 40.07      
4 A 3059 3007 35.30      
5 A 3032 2980 0.73      
6 A 3017 2965 24.77      
7 A 2994 2942 16.26      
8 A 2982 2931 34.83      
9 A 1764 1733 330.42      
10 A 1485 1459 7.52      
11 A 1477 1451 8.72      
12 A 1473 1447 1.61      
13 A 1459 1434 4.59      
14 A 1389 1365 1.76      
15 A 1351 1327 20.58      
16 A 1331 1308 46.33      
17 A 1297 1275 7.07      
18 A 1266 1245 3.33      
19 A 1234 1212 9.24      
20 A 1167 1147 134.70      
21 A 1086 1068 8.23      
22 A 1047 1029 131.52      
23 A 1023 1005 2.22      
24 A 896 881 1.92      
25 A 876 861 4.77      
26 A 855 840 10.85      
27 A 744 731 1.76      
28 A 723 710 39.26      
29 A 615 604 75.22      
30 A 567 557 46.31      
31 A 421 413 3.30      
32 A 326 320 1.02      
33 A 241 237 0.03      
34 A 182 179 0.09      
35 A 80 79 0.40      
36 A 8i 7i 0.88      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25631.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9828) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25190.5 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 B97D3/6-31+G**
ABC
0.26585 0.06107 0.05494

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.174 -0.128 0.116
C2 -0.243 -0.099 0.644
C3 -1.268 0.031 -0.509
C4 -2.712 0.027 0.008
O5 1.686 1.135 -0.043
O6 1.806 -1.128 -0.184
H7 -0.413 -1.037 1.188
H8 -0.362 0.743 1.340
H9 -1.118 -0.802 -1.212
H10 -1.069 0.959 -1.063
H11 -3.427 0.111 -0.822
H12 -2.936 -0.902 0.552
H13 -2.890 0.869 0.693
H14 2.577 1.021 -0.425

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51252.52563.89081.37131.22022.11952.14792.73362.75774.70164.20474.22431.8923
C21.51251.54782.55272.39032.43741.09711.09842.16892.17193.51122.81132.81893.2170
C32.52561.54781.53423.18753.30062.17892.17851.10001.09982.18302.18582.18633.9712
C43.89082.55271.53424.53564.66712.79442.79462.17212.17191.09861.09961.09975.3991
O51.37132.39033.18754.53562.27003.26072.50143.60272.94315.27195.08524.64240.9761
O61.22022.43743.30064.66712.27002.60963.24293.11643.66005.41494.80345.17752.2961
H72.11951.09712.17892.79443.26072.60961.78642.51193.07913.79982.60493.16423.9716
H82.14791.09842.17852.79462.50143.24291.78643.07732.51453.80353.15442.61303.4389
H92.73362.16891.10002.17213.60273.11642.51193.07731.76852.51332.53513.09234.1949
H102.75772.17191.09982.17192.94313.66003.07912.51451.76852.51723.09182.53173.7020
H114.70163.51122.18301.09865.27195.41493.79983.80352.51332.51721.77661.77696.0852
H124.20472.81132.18581.09965.08524.80342.60493.15442.53513.09181.77661.77705.9196
H134.22432.81892.18631.09974.64245.17753.16422.61303.09232.53171.77691.77705.5823
H141.89233.21703.97125.39910.97612.29613.97163.43894.19493.70206.08525.91965.5823

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 111.225 C1 C2 H7 107.555
C1 C2 H8 109.682 C1 O5 H14 106.213
C2 C1 O5 111.871 C2 C1 O6 125.894
C2 C3 C4 111.839 C2 C3 H9 108.817
C2 C3 H10 109.057 C3 C2 H7 109.759
C3 C2 H8 109.655 C3 C4 H11 110.947
C3 C4 H12 111.104 C3 C4 H13 111.138
C4 C3 H9 109.996 C4 C3 H10 109.994
O5 C1 O6 122.198 H7 C2 H8 108.914
H9 C3 H10 107.006 H11 C4 H12 107.841
H11 C4 H13 107.859 H12 C4 H13 107.800
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.216      
2 C -0.297      
3 C -0.050      
4 C -0.587      
5 O -0.388      
6 O -0.406      
7 H 0.178      
8 H 0.171      
9 H 0.168      
10 H 0.166      
11 H 0.159      
12 H 0.156      
13 H 0.156      
14 H 0.358      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.220 1.400 0.138 1.862
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.480 4.738 -0.573
y 4.738 -41.145 -1.277
z -0.573 -1.277 -36.376
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.281 4.738 -0.573
y 4.738 -5.217 -1.277
z -0.573 -1.277 1.936
Polar
3z2-r23.872
x2-y25.666
xy4.738
xz-0.573
yz-1.277


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.175 -0.087 -0.369
y -0.087 8.293 0.046
z -0.369 0.046 7.084


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 211.106
(<r2>)1/2 14.530