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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.423833
Energy at 298.15K-307.433264
HF Energy-307.112987
Nuclear repulsion energy238.316880
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 B2PLYP=FULL/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 3736 3581 62.41      
2 A 3151 3020 34.33      
3 A 3143 3013 27.90      
4 A 3136 3006 22.13      
5 A 3111 2982 0.49      
6 A 3074 2947 24.93      
7 A 3063 2936 6.59      
8 A 3056 2930 27.08      
9 A 1836 1760 281.61      
10 A 1500 1438 4.97      
11 A 1489 1427 7.03      
12 A 1486 1424 0.89      
13 A 1466 1405 7.43      
14 A 1415 1356 4.74      
15 A 1397 1339 40.81      
16 A 1380 1322 23.25      
17 A 1327 1272 2.43      
18 A 1291 1237 1.65      
19 A 1261 1209 23.71      
20 A 1215 1165 137.04      
21 A 1124 1078 4.93      
22 A 1090 1045 59.84      
23 A 1069 1024 16.31      
24 A 934 895 1.74      
25 A 895 858 1.32      
26 A 877 841 9.70      
27 A 764 732 9.58      
28 A 726 696 43.17      
29 A 625 600 68.53      
30 A 577 553 42.35      
31 A 432 414 2.39      
32 A 335 321 1.04      
33 A 255 244 0.03      
34 A 190 182 0.02      
35 A 98 94 0.20      
36 A 36 35 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26281.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25190.3 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 B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27724 0.06179 0.05473

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.191 -0.147 0.070
C2 -0.233 -0.434 0.482
C3 -1.269 0.259 -0.416
C4 -2.702 -0.055 0.011
O5 1.468 1.182 0.130
O6 2.012 -0.965 -0.283
H7 -0.363 -1.525 0.466
H8 -0.363 -0.088 1.522
H9 -1.112 -0.062 -1.460
H10 -1.094 1.345 -0.390
H11 -3.430 0.445 -0.645
H12 -2.901 -1.138 -0.028
H13 -2.891 0.282 1.043
H14 2.392 1.264 -0.163

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50962.53943.89381.35941.21172.11342.12682.76532.76714.71314.21104.21761.8683
C21.50961.53612.54182.37262.43081.09851.10292.16402.16073.50222.80632.80903.1927
C32.53941.53611.52792.93913.50412.18602.16691.10311.10092.18172.18312.18163.8051
C43.89382.54181.52794.35084.80992.79962.78492.16592.17001.10021.10161.10175.2652
O51.35942.37262.93914.35082.25323.28492.62703.27522.61875.01354.94924.54330.9736
O61.21172.43083.50414.80992.25322.55223.10893.45813.87235.63374.92305.22992.2642
H72.11341.09852.18602.79963.28492.55221.78292.53153.08293.81072.61493.16043.9703
H82.12681.10292.16692.78492.62703.10891.78293.07422.49913.79323.15422.59983.5011
H92.76532.16401.10312.16593.27523.45812.53153.07421.76742.50942.53173.08963.9645
H102.76712.16071.10092.17002.61873.87233.08292.49911.76742.51723.09272.53283.4944
H114.71313.50222.18171.10025.01355.63373.81073.79322.50942.51721.77881.77895.8999
H124.21102.80632.18311.10164.94924.92302.61493.15422.53173.09271.77881.77825.8146
H134.21762.80902.18161.10174.54335.22993.16042.59983.08962.53281.77891.77825.5076
H141.86833.19273.80515.26520.97362.26423.97033.50113.96453.49445.89995.81465.5076

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 112.970 C1 C2 H7 107.198
C1 C2 H8 107.983 C1 O5 H14 105.216
C2 C1 O5 111.467 C2 C1 O6 126.220
C2 C3 C4 112.109 C2 C3 H9 109.052
C2 C3 H10 108.927 C3 C2 H7 111.054
C3 C2 H8 109.298 C3 C4 H11 111.185
C3 C4 H12 111.212 C3 C4 H13 111.083
C4 C3 H9 109.763 C4 C3 H10 110.214
O5 C1 O6 122.312 H7 C2 H8 108.177
H9 C3 H10 106.615 H11 C4 H12 107.786
H11 C4 H13 107.783 H12 C4 H13 107.624
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability