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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.669464
Energy at 298.15K-307.678877
HF Energy-307.669464
Nuclear repulsion energy239.147025
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3755 3615 36.75      
2 A 3130 3013 35.31      
3 A 3112 2996 36.44      
4 A 3108 2992 35.28      
5 A 3082 2967 0.10      
6 A 3061 2947 25.07      
7 A 3044 2930 12.15      
8 A 3036 2923 28.18      
9 A 1850 1781 336.93      
10 A 1520 1463 10.48      
11 A 1513 1456 10.98      
12 A 1506 1450 1.98      
13 A 1484 1429 7.96      
14 A 1424 1371 5.03      
15 A 1395 1343 39.91      
16 A 1383 1331 19.84      
17 A 1338 1288 1.81      
18 A 1299 1250 0.19      
19 A 1273 1226 41.73      
20 A 1219 1173 148.34      
21 A 1122 1080 8.15      
22 A 1089 1048 85.66      
23 A 1061 1022 5.42      
24 A 929 895 1.49      
25 A 900 866 2.37      
26 A 880 848 9.54      
27 A 763 734 34.28      
28 A 743 716 31.81      
29 A 642 618 80.44      
30 A 588 566 48.21      
31 A 431 415 3.17      
32 A 332 320 1.05      
33 A 246 237 0.02      
34 A 187 180 0.02      
35 A 98 94 0.22      
36 A 34 33 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26286.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25305.8 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.27620 0.06200 0.05538

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.182 -0.145 0.084
C2 -0.235 -0.342 0.550
C3 -1.262 0.198 -0.454
C4 -2.695 -0.029 0.010
O5 1.532 1.162 0.093
O6 1.938 -1.008 -0.278
H7 -0.378 -1.413 0.708
H8 -0.363 0.167 1.511
H9 -1.106 -0.289 -1.424
H10 -1.082 1.266 -0.610
H11 -3.412 0.359 -0.718
H12 -2.908 -1.094 0.148
H13 -2.890 0.472 0.964
H14 2.440 1.209 -0.239

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50442.52563.87921.35261.20352.10512.12572.74352.75644.69074.19864.21111.8759
C21.50441.53442.53792.36502.41871.09191.09552.15772.15653.49212.80522.80783.1911
C32.52561.53441.52373.00553.42412.17492.16171.09611.09432.17262.17732.17663.8430
C43.87922.53791.52374.39224.74412.78802.78052.15662.15971.09351.09461.09485.2877
O51.35262.36503.00554.39222.23843.26442.56723.37072.70895.07434.98004.55920.9678
O61.20352.41873.42414.74412.23842.54963.14233.33073.79515.53964.86515.20022.2734
H72.10511.09192.17492.78803.26442.54961.77232.51823.06833.79262.61093.15143.9638
H82.12571.09552.16172.78052.56723.14231.77233.06182.49543.78273.15052.60403.4644
H92.74352.15771.09612.15663.37073.33072.51823.06181.75512.49762.52313.07654.0268
H102.75642.15651.09432.15972.70893.79513.06832.49541.75512.50313.07852.52523.5416
H114.69073.49212.17261.09355.07435.53963.79263.78272.49762.50311.76481.76515.9328
H124.19862.80522.17731.09464.98004.86512.61093.15052.52313.07851.76481.76615.8349
H134.21112.80782.17661.09484.55925.20023.15142.60403.07652.52521.76511.76615.5131
H141.87593.19113.84305.28770.96782.27343.96383.46444.02683.54165.93285.83495.5131

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 112.421 C1 C2 H7 107.281
C1 C2 H8 108.674 C1 O5 H14 106.719
C2 C1 O5 111.637 C2 C1 O6 126.199
C2 C3 C4 112.171 C2 C3 H9 109.085
C2 C3 H10 109.095 C3 C2 H7 110.679
C3 C2 H8 109.433 C3 C4 H11 111.157
C3 C4 H12 111.470 C3 C4 H13 111.401
C4 C3 H9 109.732 C4 C3 H10 110.086
O5 C1 O6 122.156 H7 C2 H8 108.235
H9 C3 H10 106.503 H11 C4 H12 107.525
H11 C4 H13 107.537 H12 C4 H13 107.548
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.426      
2 C -0.503      
3 C -0.451      
4 C -0.653      
5 O -0.511      
6 O -0.342      
7 H 0.249      
8 H 0.243      
9 H 0.230      
10 H 0.238      
11 H 0.228      
12 H 0.223      
13 H 0.221      
14 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.048 1.314 0.231 1.697
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.645 5.365 0.116
y 5.365 -39.275 -1.513
z 0.116 -1.513 -36.137
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.061 5.365 0.116
y 5.365 -3.384 -1.513
z 0.116 -1.513 1.323
Polar
3z2-r22.647
x2-y23.630
xy5.365
xz0.116
yz-1.513


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.911 -0.063 -0.331
y -0.063 7.285 0.042
z -0.331 0.042 6.188


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.063
(<r2>)1/2 14.424