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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.658200
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.719339
Nuclear repulsion energy240.634481
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 CCD/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 3220 3035 10.25      
2 A 3214 3029 21.19      
3 A 3200 3015 14.70      
4 A 3140 2959 19.99      
5 A 3134 2953 6.05      
6 A 3129 2948 39.20      
7 A 1912 1802 424.79      
8 A 1582 1491 0.50      
9 A 1551 1461 5.57      
10 A 1521 1433 7.26      
11 A 1444 1360 24.39      
12 A 1390 1310 3.15      
13 A 1356 1278 17.37      
14 A 1292 1218 18.17      
15 A 1256 1184 27.39      
16 A 1229 1158 144.82      
17 A 1226 1155 77.25      
18 A 1130 1065 13.16      
19 A 1110 1046 66.59      
20 A 1037 977 16.94      
21 A 966 910 5.64      
22 A 923 870 9.90      
23 A 905 853 18.49      
24 A 832 784 6.49      
25 A 693 653 5.37      
26 A 654 616 3.83      
27 A 541 509 5.09      
28 A 497 468 4.22      
29 A 219 206 3.31      
30 A 149 140 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22224.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20942.5 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.24322 0.11932 0.08537

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.883 -0.005 0.005
C2 -0.025 1.203 0.179
C3 -1.395 0.669 -0.235
C4 -1.273 -0.812 0.137
O5 0.122 -1.135 -0.049
O6 2.085 -0.029 -0.074
H7 0.346 2.039 -0.410
H8 0.001 1.492 1.233
H9 -1.536 0.774 -1.311
H10 -2.229 1.154 0.270
H11 -1.848 -1.482 -0.496
H12 -1.532 -0.994 1.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52142.38812.30591.36381.20412.15322.12792.86193.33213.14522.8634
C21.52141.52832.37062.35432.45621.08721.09292.16552.20723.31522.8473
C32.38811.52831.53132.36483.55282.22282.18601.09111.08892.21312.1889
C42.30592.37061.53131.44413.45383.32342.85082.16372.19031.08711.0922
O51.36382.35432.36481.44412.25273.20232.92562.82633.29752.05002.0670
O61.20412.45623.55283.45382.25272.72232.89253.90934.48664.21343.9484
H72.15321.08722.22283.32343.20232.72231.76552.44032.80684.14923.9064
H82.12791.09292.18602.85082.92562.89251.76553.05762.45233.90512.9206
H92.86192.16551.09112.16372.82633.90932.44033.05761.76802.41833.0569
H103.33212.20721.08892.19033.29754.48662.80682.45231.76802.77142.4360
H113.14523.31522.21311.08712.05004.21344.14923.90512.41832.77141.7770
H122.86342.84732.18891.09222.06703.94843.90642.92063.05692.43601.7770

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 103.086 C1 C2 H7 110.152
C1 C2 H8 107.841 C1 O5 C4 110.379
C2 C1 O5 109.254 C2 C1 O6 128.248
C2 C3 C4 101.581 C2 C3 H9 110.418
C2 C3 H10 113.940 C3 C2 H7 115.358
C3 C2 H8 111.951 C3 C4 O5 105.231
C3 C4 H11 114.326 C3 C4 H12 112.006
C4 C3 H9 110.062 C4 C3 H10 112.328
O5 C1 O6 122.497 O5 C4 H11 107.331
O5 C4 H12 108.371 H7 C2 H8 108.156
H9 C3 H10 108.389 H11 C4 H12 109.247
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability