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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.667377
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.718792
Nuclear repulsion energy240.352063
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 CCSD/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 3212 2999 10.63      
2 A 3206 2994 21.05      
3 A 3189 2978 16.31      
4 A 3131 2923 20.84      
5 A 3126 2919 6.38      
6 A 3121 2914 39.11      
7 A 1887 1762 413.66      
8 A 1578 1473 0.46      
9 A 1547 1445 5.23      
10 A 1518 1417 6.97      
11 A 1437 1342 21.83      
12 A 1387 1295 2.78      
13 A 1352 1262 15.45      
14 A 1288 1202 15.66      
15 A 1252 1169 19.31      
16 A 1224 1143 51.77      
17 A 1218 1137 169.11      
18 A 1126 1052 9.61      
19 A 1099 1026 68.43      
20 A 1032 963 20.17      
21 A 962 899 5.84      
22 A 920 859 9.79      
23 A 902 842 19.64      
24 A 827 772 6.71      
25 A 688 643 5.17      
26 A 651 608 3.80      
27 A 538 502 5.13      
28 A 492 460 4.03      
29 A 219 205 3.29      
30 A 149 139 0.47      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22135.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9338) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20670.2 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 CCSD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.24283 0.11898 0.08517

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.884 -0.005 0.005
C2 -0.025 1.204 0.180
C3 -1.396 0.670 -0.236
C4 -1.276 -0.811 0.138
O5 0.121 -1.137 -0.049
O6 2.088 -0.030 -0.075
H7 0.347 2.040 -0.408
H8 -0.001 1.491 1.234
H9 -1.534 0.773 -1.314
H10 -2.231 1.157 0.266
H11 -1.852 -1.482 -0.495
H12 -1.533 -0.991 1.185

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52212.38942.30941.36661.20712.15402.12892.86153.33453.14912.8648
C21.52211.52882.37182.35682.45991.08761.09332.16622.20813.31752.8465
C32.38941.52881.53152.36663.55702.22332.18681.09161.08952.21442.1898
C42.30942.37181.53151.44723.46033.32532.85062.16412.19071.08741.0926
O51.36662.35682.36661.44722.25753.20542.92762.82643.30082.05212.0689
O61.20712.45993.55703.46032.25752.72532.89653.91134.49194.22023.9526
H72.15401.08762.22333.32533.20542.72531.76652.44132.80674.15263.9062
H82.12891.09332.18682.85062.92762.89651.76653.05912.45393.90572.9175
H92.86152.16621.09162.16412.82643.91132.44133.05911.76902.42023.0587
H103.33452.20811.08952.19073.30084.49192.80672.45391.76902.77222.4382
H113.14913.31752.21441.08742.05214.22024.15263.90572.42022.77221.7784
H122.86482.84652.18981.09262.06893.95263.90622.91753.05872.43821.7784

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 103.101 C1 C2 H7 110.136
C1 C2 H8 107.842 C1 O5 C4 110.285
C2 C1 O5 109.231 C2 C1 O6 128.288
C2 C3 C4 101.615 C2 C3 H9 110.406
C2 C3 H10 113.935 C3 C2 H7 115.335
C3 C2 H8 111.948 C3 C4 O5 105.184
C3 C4 H11 114.393 C3 C4 H12 112.039
C4 C3 H9 110.047 C4 C3 H10 112.309
O5 C1 O6 122.480 O5 C4 H11 107.264
O5 C4 H12 108.287 H7 C2 H8 108.181
H9 C3 H10 108.403 H11 C4 H12 109.324
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability