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

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.679910
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.719992
Nuclear repulsion energy241.108445
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 MP3=FULL/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 3243 3021 8.70      
2 A 3236 3015 21.24      
3 A 3223 3002 13.68      
4 A 3162 2946 19.15      
5 A 3155 2939 5.79      
6 A 3149 2934 38.00      
7 A 1933 1800 442.31      
8 A 1588 1479 0.58      
9 A 1555 1449 6.05      
10 A 1524 1420 7.94      
11 A 1450 1351 26.51      
12 A 1393 1298 3.52      
13 A 1359 1266 18.19      
14 A 1298 1209 19.60      
15 A 1260 1174 32.76      
16 A 1235 1151 198.44      
17 A 1231 1147 16.15      
18 A 1133 1056 16.28      
19 A 1116 1040 64.31      
20 A 1040 969 15.51      
21 A 969 903 5.15      
22 A 926 863 10.50      
23 A 909 847 16.14      
24 A 836 779 5.83      
25 A 699 651 5.83      
26 A 657 612 3.93      
27 A 543 506 4.97      
28 A 500 466 4.50      
29 A 220 205 3.20      
30 A 150 140 0.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22345.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9316) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20817.3 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 MP3=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.24404 0.11982 0.08571

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.882 -0.005 0.004
C2 -0.025 1.202 0.179
C3 -1.394 0.668 -0.235
C4 -1.270 -0.811 0.137
O5 0.123 -1.133 -0.048
O6 2.080 -0.029 -0.075
H7 0.347 2.036 -0.407
H8 -0.000 1.487 1.231
H9 -1.533 0.772 -1.309
H10 -2.226 1.151 0.268
H11 -1.843 -1.480 -0.496
H12 -1.529 -0.992 1.180

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51922.38472.30101.35981.20102.14952.12332.85613.32643.13862.8575
C21.51921.52692.36742.35002.45091.08471.09052.16212.20413.31002.8421
C32.38471.52691.52992.36143.54612.22042.18241.08861.08632.20972.1849
C42.30102.36741.52991.44113.44583.31862.84432.16042.18731.08481.0899
O51.35982.35002.36141.44112.24643.19642.91762.82123.29172.04662.0631
O61.20102.45093.54613.44582.24642.71602.88613.90034.47794.20393.9399
H72.14951.08472.22043.31863.19642.71601.76232.43782.80324.14313.8990
H82.12331.09052.18242.84432.91762.88611.76233.05212.44863.89642.9126
H92.85612.16211.08862.16042.82123.90032.43783.05211.76492.41453.0510
H103.32642.20411.08632.18733.29174.47792.80322.44861.76492.76662.4313
H113.13863.31002.20971.08482.04664.20394.14313.89642.41452.76661.7734
H122.85752.84212.18491.08992.06313.93993.89902.91263.05102.43131.7734

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 103.045 C1 C2 H7 110.161
C1 C2 H8 107.765 C1 O5 C4 110.437
C2 C1 O5 109.299 C2 C1 O6 128.197
C2 C3 C4 101.511 C2 C3 H9 110.387
C2 C3 H10 113.950 C3 C2 H7 115.429
C3 C2 H8 111.899 C3 C4 O5 105.236
C3 C4 H11 114.291 C3 C4 H12 111.927
C4 C3 H9 110.041 C4 C3 H10 112.340
O5 C1 O6 122.503 O5 C4 H11 107.399
O5 C4 H12 108.398 H7 C2 H8 108.229
H9 C3 H10 108.475 H11 C4 H12 109.270
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability