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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.723101
Energy at 298.15K-307.732342
HF Energy-307.723101
Nuclear repulsion energy236.564810
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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
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 3585 3574 34.27      
2 A 3031 3022 34.76      
3 A 3016 3007 36.46      
4 A 3011 3002 27.79      
5 A 2983 2974 5.37      
6 A 2979 2971 18.25      
7 A 2960 2951 17.72      
8 A 2955 2946 19.18      
9 A 1736 1731 276.36      
10 A 1477 1473 6.30      
11 A 1466 1461 6.48      
12 A 1463 1458 1.14      
13 A 1448 1443 3.00      
14 A 1381 1377 0.78      
15 A 1338 1334 11.06      
16 A 1318 1314 28.82      
17 A 1291 1287 4.71      
18 A 1266 1262 2.06      
19 A 1229 1225 8.88      
20 A 1154 1151 109.62      
21 A 1078 1075 6.49      
22 A 1027 1024 151.20      
23 A 997 994 2.54      
24 A 880 878 0.72      
25 A 871 869 6.92      
26 A 838 836 13.02      
27 A 741 739 1.60      
28 A 715 713 34.61      
29 A 606 604 62.83      
30 A 563 561 41.83      
31 A 416 415 2.89      
32 A 320 319 0.84      
33 A 235 234 0.03      
34 A 181 181 0.09      
35 A 89 89 0.33      
36 A 38 37 0.75      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25340.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25264.5 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.26579 0.06058 0.05448

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.183 -0.135 0.110
C2 -0.240 -0.139 0.636
C3 -1.276 0.057 -0.504
C4 -2.725 0.020 0.010
O5 1.673 1.146 -0.020
O6 1.832 -1.114 -0.203
H7 -0.405 -1.105 1.126
H8 -0.357 0.659 1.380
H9 -1.127 -0.729 -1.256
H10 -1.081 1.015 -1.003
H11 -3.436 0.156 -0.814
H12 -2.952 -0.940 0.493
H13 -2.908 0.815 0.745
H14 2.571 1.053 -0.399

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51722.54083.91171.37831.21602.12012.14802.74842.77224.71874.22934.24731.8972
C21.51721.55202.56682.39642.43951.09561.09712.17132.17373.52112.83082.83523.2245
C32.54081.55201.53813.18023.33482.18282.18031.09831.09792.18452.19012.19053.9750
C43.91172.56681.53814.53974.70092.80912.80892.17192.17251.09691.09781.09795.4113
O51.37832.39643.18024.53972.27373.27102.51333.58992.92705.26395.09924.65600.9796
O61.21602.43953.33484.70092.27372.60283.23153.16473.69615.45334.83765.20502.2983
H72.12011.09562.18282.80913.27102.60281.78232.51773.07993.81282.62953.17743.9803
H82.14801.09712.18032.80892.51333.23151.78233.07712.51573.81363.17422.63353.4487
H92.74842.17131.09832.17193.58993.16472.51773.07711.76352.51162.53613.09194.1941
H102.77222.17371.09792.17252.92703.69613.07992.51571.76352.51383.09182.53633.7019
H114.71873.52112.18451.09695.26395.45333.81283.81362.51162.51381.77241.77266.0877
H124.22932.83082.19011.09785.09924.83762.62953.17422.53613.09181.77241.77355.9389
H134.24732.83522.19051.09794.65605.20503.17742.63353.09192.53631.77261.77355.6023
H141.89723.22453.97505.41130.97962.29833.98033.44874.19413.70196.08775.93895.6023

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 111.749 C1 C2 H7 107.376
C1 C2 H8 109.449 C1 O5 H14 105.908
C2 C1 O5 111.628 C2 C1 O6 126.041
C2 C3 C4 112.329 C2 C3 H9 108.811
C2 C3 H10 109.025 C3 C2 H7 109.868
C3 C2 H8 109.582 C3 C4 H11 110.890
C3 C4 H12 111.274 C3 C4 H13 111.304
C4 C3 H9 109.808 C4 C3 H10 109.880
O5 C1 O6 122.306 H7 C2 H8 108.749
H9 C3 H10 106.828 H11 C4 H12 107.724
H11 C4 H13 107.734 H12 C4 H13 107.745
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.254      
2 C -0.125      
3 C -0.134      
4 C -0.282      
5 O -0.258      
6 O -0.291      
7 H 0.094      
8 H 0.087      
9 H 0.092      
10 H 0.089      
11 H 0.094      
12 H 0.088      
13 H 0.086      
14 H 0.206      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.096 1.328 0.136 1.727
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.787 4.580 -0.416
y 4.580 -40.698 -1.234
z -0.416 -1.234 -36.577
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.850 4.580 -0.416
y 4.580 -4.516 -1.234
z -0.416 -1.234 1.666
Polar
3z2-r23.332
x2-y24.911
xy4.580
xz-0.416
yz-1.234


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.368 0.037 -0.348
y 0.037 8.156 -0.005
z -0.348 -0.005 7.104


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 212.468
(<r2>)1/2 14.576