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

using model chemistry: LSDA/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 LSDA/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.232777
Energy at 298.15K-306.242067
HF Energy-306.232777
Nuclear repulsion energy240.838205
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 LSDA/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 3620 3581 60.69      
2 A 3053 3020 16.89      
3 A 3040 3007 26.47      
4 A 3029 2996 1.73      
5 A 3006 2973 0.09      
6 A 2974 2942 21.09      
7 A 2962 2930 15.19      
8 A 2950 2917 1.88      
9 A 1811 1791 311.08      
10 A 1433 1418 11.62      
11 A 1421 1406 11.45      
12 A 1416 1400 3.53      
13 A 1381 1366 2.63      
14 A 1355 1340 85.99      
15 A 1347 1333 2.43      
16 A 1328 1313 10.49      
17 A 1268 1255 1.64      
18 A 1232 1218 3.03      
19 A 1199 1186 8.26      
20 A 1159 1146 137.05      
21 A 1103 1091 20.89      
22 A 1070 1058 5.36      
23 A 1055 1043 38.29      
24 A 924 914 2.13      
25 A 863 853 8.89      
26 A 847 838 2.58      
27 A 732 724 34.03      
28 A 691 684 46.53      
29 A 606 599 54.93      
30 A 546 540 30.89      
31 A 438 434 5.09      
32 A 333 330 1.06      
33 A 246 243 0.00      
34 A 182 180 0.04      
35 A 99 98 0.17      
36 A 32 32 0.72      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25375.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9891) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25098.7 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 LSDA/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.29446 0.06355 0.05488

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.145 0.031
C2 -0.224 -0.568 0.247
C3 -1.276 0.386 -0.265
C4 -2.666 -0.116 0.022
O5 1.340 1.187 0.129
O6 2.113 -0.881 -0.190
H7 -0.330 -1.570 -0.196
H8 -0.351 -0.703 1.337
H9 -1.139 0.531 -1.349
H10 -1.117 1.375 0.192
H11 -3.435 0.570 -0.358
H12 -2.838 -1.099 -0.442
H13 -2.829 -0.233 1.104
H14 2.298 1.344 -0.008

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.48722.53443.85041.34421.20562.09202.09182.78562.76254.69074.16184.15581.8595
C21.48721.50872.49272.35382.39881.10001.10602.14212.13843.45932.75482.76243.1756
C32.53441.50871.50512.76373.61902.17322.14631.10231.10062.16892.16312.16083.7090
C43.85042.49271.50514.21334.84442.75932.72662.15082.15631.09841.10081.10105.1740
O51.34422.35382.76374.21332.23103.23932.80852.95982.46464.83904.79694.51080.9807
O61.20562.39883.61904.84442.23102.53862.90423.73033.95835.73724.96295.15002.2405
H72.09201.10002.17322.75933.23932.53861.76092.52893.07203.77392.56373.11763.9285
H82.09181.10602.14632.72662.80852.90421.76093.05902.49303.74263.08402.53343.6076
H92.78562.14211.10232.15082.95983.73032.52893.05901.75672.50052.52333.07503.7782
H102.76252.13841.10062.15632.46463.95833.07202.49301.75672.51473.07992.51983.4208
H114.69073.45932.16891.09844.83905.73723.77393.74262.50052.51471.77451.77495.7956
H124.16182.75482.16311.10084.79694.96292.56373.08402.52333.07991.77451.77205.7046
H134.15582.76242.16081.10104.51085.15003.11762.53343.07502.51981.77491.77205.4783
H141.85953.17563.70905.17400.98072.24053.92853.60763.77823.42085.79565.70465.4783

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 115.546 C1 C2 H7 106.966
C1 C2 H8 106.612 C1 O5 H14 105.152
C2 C1 O5 112.368 C2 C1 O6 125.633
C2 C3 C4 111.606 C2 C3 H9 109.264
C2 C3 H10 109.074 C3 C2 H7 111.870
C3 C2 H8 109.379 C3 C4 H11 111.885
C3 C4 H12 111.271 C3 C4 H13 111.078
C4 C3 H9 110.200 C4 C3 H10 110.739
O5 C1 O6 121.991 H7 C2 H8 105.915
H9 C3 H10 105.779 H11 C4 H12 107.588
H11 C4 H13 107.609 H12 C4 H13 107.188
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at LSDA/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.188      
2 C -0.222      
3 C -0.226      
4 C -0.353      
5 O -0.205      
6 O -0.263      
7 H 0.132      
8 H 0.137      
9 H 0.126      
10 H 0.128      
11 H 0.123      
12 H 0.113      
13 H 0.111      
14 H 0.210      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.358 1.264 0.320 1.883
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.107 5.857 0.673
y 5.857 -38.301 -0.742
z 0.673 -0.742 -36.420
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.747 5.857 0.673
y 5.857 -1.038 -0.742
z 0.673 -0.742 1.785
Polar
3z2-r23.569
x2-y20.194
xy5.857
xz0.673
yz-0.742


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.206 0.029 -0.224
y 0.029 8.294 -0.023
z -0.224 -0.023 6.771


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.099
(<r2>)1/2 14.356