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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.715071
Energy at 298.15K-307.724454
HF Energy-307.715071
Nuclear repulsion energy239.338880
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 B3PW91/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 3769 3624 59.52      
2 A 3124 3004 24.80      
3 A 3109 2990 29.15      
4 A 3104 2985 25.69      
5 A 3074 2956 1.01      
6 A 3063 2945 17.60      
7 A 3042 2925 13.23      
8 A 3033 2917 21.82      
9 A 1834 1764 321.53      
10 A 1503 1445 9.13      
11 A 1492 1435 8.78      
12 A 1490 1432 1.27      
13 A 1475 1418 7.50      
14 A 1408 1354 2.60      
15 A 1384 1331 58.68      
16 A 1370 1318 21.27      
17 A 1324 1273 2.15      
18 A 1291 1241 0.66      
19 A 1258 1210 20.79      
20 A 1204 1157 141.87      
21 A 1114 1071 8.34      
22 A 1077 1036 92.91      
23 A 1056 1016 3.76      
24 A 924 888 1.70      
25 A 895 861 1.69      
26 A 879 845 8.56      
27 A 757 728 22.09      
28 A 746 717 18.12      
29 A 626 602 71.50      
30 A 586 563 49.74      
31 A 430 413 3.08      
32 A 328 315 0.90      
33 A 242 233 0.02      
34 A 183 176 0.06      
35 A 94 90 0.36      
36 A 29 28 0.80      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26157.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9616) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25152.6 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 B3PW91/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.27322 0.06206 0.05580

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.171 -0.133 0.103
C2 -0.239 -0.196 0.617
C3 -1.258 0.095 -0.492
C4 -2.692 0.008 0.010
O5 1.621 1.139 0.014
O6 1.842 -1.075 -0.228
H7 -0.395 -1.197 1.018
H8 -0.360 0.529 1.425
H9 -1.106 -0.617 -1.308
H10 -1.066 1.089 -0.903
H11 -3.401 0.215 -0.793
H12 -2.915 -0.986 0.402
H13 -2.876 0.730 0.809
H14 2.514 1.086 -0.356

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50232.51133.86701.35221.20322.10342.12862.72252.74054.67254.18554.19831.8703
C21.50231.53342.53512.36762.41231.09001.09212.15252.15473.48672.79882.80153.1883
C32.51131.53341.52173.10413.32412.16602.16071.09321.09272.16782.17142.17143.9021
C43.86702.53511.52174.45894.66802.78262.77702.15422.15491.09131.09231.09245.3285
O51.35222.36763.10414.45892.23863.24542.50783.50292.83985.17025.02474.58550.9673
O61.20322.41233.32414.66802.23862.56403.18683.17343.68755.42944.80005.15732.2670
H72.10341.09002.16602.78263.24542.56401.77362.49993.06003.78272.60243.14793.9448
H82.12861.09212.16072.77702.50783.18681.77363.05572.49613.77743.14172.59823.4262
H92.72252.15251.09322.15423.50293.17342.49993.05571.75372.49452.51643.07034.1125
H102.74052.15471.09272.15492.83983.68753.06002.49611.75372.49573.07062.51723.6214
H114.67253.48672.16781.09135.17025.42943.78273.77742.49452.49571.76311.76335.9947
H124.18552.79882.17141.09235.02474.80002.60243.14172.51643.07061.76311.76395.8602
H134.19832.80152.17141.09244.58555.15733.14792.59823.07032.51721.76331.76395.5258
H141.87033.18833.90215.32850.96732.26703.94483.42624.11253.62145.99475.86025.5258

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 111.628 C1 C2 H7 107.397
C1 C2 H8 109.237 C1 O5 H14 106.293
C2 C1 O5 111.968 C2 C1 O6 125.791
C2 C3 C4 112.157 C2 C3 H9 108.915
C2 C3 H10 109.119 C3 C2 H7 110.156
C3 C2 H8 109.618 C3 C4 H11 111.049
C3 C4 H12 111.276 C3 C4 H13 111.269
C4 C3 H9 109.852 C4 C3 H10 109.939
O5 C1 O6 122.223 H7 C2 H8 108.736
H9 C3 H10 106.702 H11 C4 H12 107.693
H11 C4 H13 107.703 H12 C4 H13 107.676
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.274      
2 C -0.147      
3 C -0.162      
4 C -0.280      
5 O -0.258      
6 O -0.315      
7 H 0.104      
8 H 0.098      
9 H 0.099      
10 H 0.098      
11 H 0.097      
12 H 0.090      
13 H 0.088      
14 H 0.212      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.140 1.410 0.192 1.823
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.223 4.922 -0.265
y 4.922 -39.728 -1.352
z -0.265 -1.352 -35.875
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.578 4.922 -0.265
y 4.922 -4.179 -1.352
z -0.265 -1.352 1.601
Polar
3z2-r23.201
x2-y24.505
xy4.922
xz-0.265
yz-1.352


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.678 -0.056 -0.307
y -0.056 7.766 0.023
z -0.307 0.023 6.812


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.515
(<r2>)1/2 14.405