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

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.876563
Energy at 298.15K-306.886040
HF Energy-305.905869
Nuclear repulsion energy238.208675
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/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 3824 3659 65.76      
2 A 3162 3025 34.49      
3 A 3154 3017 27.85      
4 A 3148 3011 21.63      
5 A 3124 2989 0.56      
6 A 3086 2953 20.28      
7 A 3073 2940 10.10      
8 A 3063 2930 27.12      
9 A 1914 1832 299.34      
10 A 1510 1445 5.21      
11 A 1499 1435 6.97      
12 A 1497 1432 1.01      
13 A 1481 1417 11.98      
14 A 1436 1374 45.39      
15 A 1424 1363 18.41      
16 A 1398 1338 10.25      
17 A 1332 1275 1.41      
18 A 1301 1244 1.04      
19 A 1280 1225 85.72      
20 A 1240 1187 102.91      
21 A 1135 1086 3.40      
22 A 1105 1057 44.64      
23 A 1082 1035 11.40      
24 A 946 905 2.32      
25 A 902 863 1.70      
26 A 886 848 6.80      
27 A 762 729 13.07      
28 A 732 701 35.22      
29 A 627 600 72.75      
30 A 584 558 52.45      
31 A 436 417 2.27      
32 A 336 322 1.19      
33 A 254 243 0.02      
34 A 191 183 0.02      
35 A 96 92 0.19      
36 A 45 43 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26533.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25384.8 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/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27647 0.06172 0.05474

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.194 -0.148 0.070
C2 -0.233 -0.426 0.494
C3 -1.266 0.262 -0.417
C4 -2.705 -0.055 0.007
O5 1.478 1.177 0.128
O6 2.000 -0.970 -0.288
H7 -0.369 -1.520 0.489
H8 -0.359 -0.065 1.532
H9 -1.104 -0.067 -1.461
H10 -1.095 1.353 -0.396
H11 -3.434 0.443 -0.656
H12 -2.900 -1.143 -0.030
H13 -2.897 0.287 1.041
H14 2.398 1.256 -0.171

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51472.54113.90081.35651.20582.12212.13482.76202.77674.72174.21384.22691.8652
C21.51471.53982.54692.37392.42791.10231.10632.17032.16863.51072.81022.81143.1933
C32.54111.53981.53332.94423.49342.19112.17461.10711.10472.18852.18862.18733.8046
C43.90082.54691.53334.36314.80262.79932.79842.17292.17671.10401.10541.10565.2720
O51.35652.37392.94424.36312.24843.28962.62553.27732.63235.02864.95724.55740.9703
O61.20582.42793.49344.80262.24842.55363.11413.43863.87165.62704.90955.22762.2643
H72.12211.10232.19112.79933.28962.55361.79042.54033.09303.81552.61033.15603.9752
H82.13481.10632.17462.79842.62553.11411.79043.08472.50463.80833.17092.60893.5002
H92.76202.17031.10712.17293.27733.43862.54033.08471.77532.51792.53583.09873.9591
H102.77672.16861.10472.17672.63233.87163.09302.50461.77532.52323.10142.53923.5017
H114.72173.51072.18851.10405.02865.62703.81553.80832.51792.52321.78661.78665.9083
H124.21382.81022.18861.10544.95724.90952.61033.17092.53583.10141.78661.78635.8170
H134.22692.81142.18731.10564.55745.22763.15602.60893.09872.53921.78661.78635.5177
H141.86523.19333.80465.27200.97032.26433.97523.50023.95913.50175.90835.81705.5177

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 112.591 C1 C2 H7 107.313
C1 C2 H8 108.068 C1 O5 H14 105.364
C2 C1 O5 111.428 C2 C1 O6 125.992
C2 C3 C4 111.949 C2 C3 H9 109.063
C2 C3 H10 109.063 C3 C2 H7 110.968
C3 C2 H8 109.444 C3 C4 H11 111.115
C3 C4 H12 111.040 C3 C4 H13 110.925
C4 C3 H9 109.712 C4 C3 H10 110.146
O5 C1 O6 122.579 H7 C2 H8 108.316
H9 C3 H10 106.764 H11 C4 H12 107.923
H11 C4 H13 107.910 H12 C4 H13 107.783
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability