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

using model chemistry: HF/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.908689
Energy at 298.15K-305.918431
HF Energy-305.908689
Nuclear repulsion energy240.394569
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 HF/cc-pVDZ
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 4088 3711 126.44      
2 A 3278 2976 38.85      
3 A 3252 2953 42.83      
4 A 3248 2949 47.74      
5 A 3226 2930 0.25      
6 A 3203 2908 21.99      
7 A 3184 2891 14.06      
8 A 3172 2880 40.38      
9 A 2025 1838 451.43      
10 A 1610 1462 6.17      
11 A 1595 1448 7.72      
12 A 1593 1447 1.08      
13 A 1584 1438 14.37      
14 A 1537 1396 28.06      
15 A 1518 1378 34.33      
16 A 1492 1355 47.54      
17 A 1426 1295 2.06      
18 A 1397 1269 2.84      
19 A 1368 1242 87.25      
20 A 1328 1206 115.47      
21 A 1206 1095 6.96      
22 A 1181 1072 61.42      
23 A 1118 1015 2.15      
24 A 988 897 0.63      
25 A 966 877 3.30      
26 A 944 857 5.87      
27 A 813 738 23.33      
28 A 787 715 35.67      
29 A 667 605 81.03      
30 A 616 560 71.00      
31 A 464 422 3.36      
32 A 355 323 1.55      
33 A 267 242 0.02      
34 A 203 184 0.08      
35 A 100 91 0.35      
36 A 44 40 0.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27920.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.908) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25352.0 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 HF/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.28379 0.06222 0.05546

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.187 -0.144 0.070
C2 -0.231 -0.402 0.504
C3 -1.264 0.249 -0.424
C4 -2.696 -0.044 0.012
O5 1.505 1.149 0.120
O6 1.961 -0.969 -0.286
H7 -0.363 -1.482 0.538
H8 -0.346 -0.007 1.517
H9 -1.109 -0.116 -1.443
H10 -1.096 1.328 -0.448
H11 -3.412 0.426 -0.665
H12 -2.897 -1.119 0.017
H13 -2.888 0.336 1.018
H14 2.405 1.238 -0.175

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50462.53013.88431.33261.18632.10082.11252.74962.76474.69164.19844.21161.8584
C21.50461.53322.53922.35892.39751.08881.09302.15512.15523.48892.80352.80603.1772
C32.53011.53321.52552.96153.44962.17512.16161.09421.09172.16912.17522.17423.8073
C43.88432.53921.52554.36844.75692.78992.79072.15412.15701.09181.09301.09325.2626
O51.33262.35892.96154.36842.20493.25402.59143.29842.66835.03154.95264.55740.9511
O61.18632.39753.44964.75692.20492.51893.08173.38973.82705.56384.86915.18852.2546
H72.10081.08882.17512.78993.25402.51891.76952.51933.06623.79212.61163.14813.9460
H82.11251.09302.16162.79072.59143.08171.76953.05882.49093.78793.16072.61353.4614
H92.74962.15511.09422.15413.29843.38972.51933.05881.75402.49052.51633.07093.9735
H102.76472.15521.09172.15702.66833.82703.06622.49091.75402.49473.07282.51893.5123
H114.69163.48892.16911.09185.03155.56383.79213.78792.49052.49471.76521.76525.8933
H124.19842.80352.17521.09304.95264.86912.61163.16072.51633.07281.76521.76635.8048
H134.21162.80602.17421.09324.55745.18853.14812.61353.07092.51891.76521.76635.5004
H141.85843.17723.80735.26260.95112.25463.94603.46143.97353.51235.89335.80485.5004

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 112.789 C1 C2 H7 107.109
C1 C2 H8 107.774 C1 O5 H14 107.761
C2 C1 O5 112.352 C2 C1 O6 125.586
C2 C3 C4 112.234 C2 C3 H9 109.080
C2 C3 H10 109.224 C3 C2 H7 110.970
C3 C2 H8 109.656 C3 C4 H11 110.860
C3 C4 H12 111.273 C3 C4 H13 111.176
C4 C3 H9 109.529 C4 C3 H10 109.897
O5 C1 O6 122.062 H7 C2 H8 108.386
H9 C3 H10 106.718 H11 C4 H12 107.799
H11 C4 H13 107.782 H12 C4 H13 107.793
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.335      
2 C -0.019      
3 C -0.117      
4 C -0.032      
5 O -0.281      
6 O -0.356      
7 H 0.055      
8 H 0.056      
9 H 0.039      
10 H 0.048      
11 H 0.037      
12 H 0.034      
13 H 0.031      
14 H 0.171      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.298 1.410 0.366 1.950
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.681 5.673 0.514
y 5.673 -39.319 -1.516
z 0.514 -1.516 -36.176
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.067 5.673 0.514
y 5.673 -2.891 -1.516
z 0.514 -1.516 1.824
Polar
3z2-r23.649
x2-y22.638
xy5.673
xz0.514
yz-1.516


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.006 -0.143 -0.270
y -0.143 6.703 0.075
z -0.270 0.075 5.804


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.419
(<r2>)1/2 14.402