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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.477117
Energy at 298.15K-307.486489
HF Energy-307.477117
Nuclear repulsion energy239.873333
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 PBE1PBE/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 3799 3651 65.79      
2 A 3137 3014 22.70      
3 A 3123 3001 26.95      
4 A 3116 2995 25.80      
5 A 3087 2967 0.52      
6 A 3069 2949 18.09      
7 A 3051 2932 11.78      
8 A 3043 2924 20.41      
9 A 1854 1782 331.09      
10 A 1502 1444 9.63      
11 A 1492 1434 9.18      
12 A 1488 1430 1.66      
13 A 1472 1415 9.35      
14 A 1409 1354 5.03      
15 A 1394 1339 71.36      
16 A 1376 1322 11.59      
17 A 1325 1273 1.49      
18 A 1290 1240 0.76      
19 A 1259 1210 29.74      
20 A 1213 1165 134.87      
21 A 1120 1077 8.48      
22 A 1083 1041 70.21      
23 A 1068 1026 9.91      
24 A 934 897 1.89      
25 A 898 863 1.57      
26 A 881 847 7.52      
27 A 759 729 24.95      
28 A 743 714 17.18      
29 A 628 603 71.91      
30 A 586 563 50.71      
31 A 432 415 3.09      
32 A 330 317 0.89      
33 A 246 236 0.03      
34 A 184 177 0.03      
35 A 89 85 0.35      
36 A 18 17 0.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26247.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25223.4 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 PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.27591 0.06247 0.05594

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.173 -0.139 0.092
C2 -0.237 -0.293 0.577
C3 -1.254 0.164 -0.470
C4 -2.684 -0.015 0.010
O5 1.559 1.152 0.068
O6 1.896 -1.030 -0.265
H7 -0.386 -1.346 0.819
H8 -0.364 0.296 1.489
H9 -1.098 -0.407 -1.390
H10 -1.069 1.212 -0.715
H11 -3.398 0.309 -0.750
H12 -2.896 -1.062 0.240
H13 -2.873 0.568 0.915
H14 2.459 1.159 -0.282

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49982.51013.86021.34801.20152.10102.12252.72492.73954.66954.17494.18911.8650
C21.49981.52932.52682.36102.40921.09001.09322.15012.15103.48002.78762.79293.1807
C32.51011.52931.51873.03003.37542.16632.15591.09381.09272.16672.16822.16803.8489
C43.86022.52681.51874.40104.69942.77592.76912.15172.15431.09141.09261.09285.2834
O51.34802.36103.03004.40102.23353.25332.53933.40802.74275.09424.97754.54960.9659
O61.20152.40923.37544.69942.23352.54563.15333.25883.74495.48234.81845.16612.2606
H72.10101.09002.16632.77593.25332.54561.77362.50363.05963.77742.59113.13943.9467
H82.12251.09322.15592.76912.53933.15331.77363.05332.48873.77043.13282.58813.4423
H92.72492.15011.09382.15173.40803.25882.50363.05331.75422.49272.51423.06814.0408
H102.73952.15101.09272.15432.74273.74493.05962.48871.75422.49853.06962.51513.5547
H114.66953.48002.16671.09145.09425.48233.77743.77042.49272.49851.76381.76415.9367
H124.17492.78762.16821.09264.97754.81842.59113.13282.51423.06961.76381.76405.8204
H134.18912.79292.16801.09284.54965.16613.13942.58813.06812.51511.76411.76405.4964
H141.86503.18073.84895.28340.96592.26063.94673.44234.04083.55475.93675.82045.4964

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 111.919 C1 C2 H7 107.383
C1 C2 H8 108.870 C1 O5 H14 106.233
C2 C1 O5 111.899 C2 C1 O6 125.863
C2 C3 C4 111.989 C2 C3 H9 108.974
C2 C3 H10 109.104 C3 C2 H7 110.467
C3 C2 H8 109.463 C3 C4 H11 111.165
C3 C4 H12 111.212 C3 C4 H13 111.191
C4 C3 H9 109.829 C4 C3 H10 110.100
O5 C1 O6 122.226 H7 C2 H8 108.658
H9 C3 H10 106.694 H11 C4 H12 107.722
H11 C4 H13 107.734 H12 C4 H13 107.644
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.263      
2 C -0.160      
3 C -0.181      
4 C -0.306      
5 O -0.255      
6 O -0.308      
7 H 0.111      
8 H 0.105      
9 H 0.105      
10 H 0.107      
11 H 0.108      
12 H 0.099      
13 H 0.097      
14 H 0.216      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.190 1.397 0.256 1.853
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.790 5.176 0.052
y 5.176 -39.347 -1.430
z 0.052 -1.430 -36.082
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.925 5.176 0.052
y 5.176 -3.411 -1.430
z 0.052 -1.430 1.487
Polar
3z2-r22.973
x2-y23.558
xy5.176
xz0.052
yz-1.430


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.621 -0.066 -0.304
y -0.066 7.749 0.025
z -0.304 0.025 6.773


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.650
(<r2>)1/2 14.375