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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.928768
Energy at 298.15K-306.938226
HF Energy-305.946262
Nuclear repulsion energy238.783387
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 QCISD/6-311G*
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 3795 3633 40.04      
2 A 3132 2999 32.72      
3 A 3113 2980 33.26      
4 A 3110 2977 33.14      
5 A 3089 2957 0.32      
6 A 3065 2934 20.00      
7 A 3046 2916 12.81      
8 A 3034 2905 26.59      
9 A 1863 1783 304.84      
10 A 1541 1475 10.28      
11 A 1530 1465 10.00      
12 A 1525 1460 1.64      
13 A 1514 1450 7.58      
14 A 1452 1390 7.53      
15 A 1431 1370 32.48      
16 A 1410 1350 14.64      
17 A 1352 1295 0.94      
18 A 1318 1262 2.58      
19 A 1298 1243 59.53      
20 A 1249 1196 137.81      
21 A 1139 1091 5.98      
22 A 1115 1068 71.54      
23 A 1078 1032 6.12      
24 A 941 901 1.85      
25 A 909 870 1.29      
26 A 891 853 9.20      
27 A 762 730 31.20      
28 A 740 708 29.45      
29 A 637 610 84.96      
30 A 590 565 54.51      
31 A 438 419 2.81      
32 A 338 323 1.41      
33 A 246 235 0.02      
34 A 191 183 0.03      
35 A 94 90 0.21      
36 A 39 37 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26506.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9574) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25377.1 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 QCISD/6-311G*
ABC
0.27501 0.06202 0.05524

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.148 0.081
C2 -0.236 -0.374 0.539
C3 -1.258 0.233 -0.437
C4 -2.698 -0.044 0.002
O5 1.512 1.167 0.107
O6 1.956 -0.998 -0.290
H7 -0.380 -1.455 0.630
H8 -0.359 0.079 1.532
H9 -1.089 -0.186 -1.438
H10 -1.086 1.313 -0.510
H11 -3.417 0.393 -0.701
H12 -2.895 -1.122 0.056
H13 -2.896 0.384 0.993
H14 2.420 1.234 -0.215

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50982.52613.88501.35491.20602.11132.13082.73452.76464.69874.19424.21571.8764
C21.50981.53762.54132.36952.42521.09471.09802.16132.16103.49882.80392.80323.1943
C32.52611.53761.53042.97353.44502.18172.16941.09901.09662.18052.18072.17973.8179
C43.88502.54131.53044.38194.76002.78602.79732.16472.16841.09621.09711.09735.2791
O51.35492.36952.97354.38192.24473.27492.59133.31382.67485.05414.96584.56440.9654
O61.20602.42523.44504.76002.24472.55183.13643.35393.82715.56534.86485.20602.2800
H72.11131.09472.18172.78603.27492.55181.77902.52843.07663.79642.60143.13803.9723
H82.13081.09802.16942.79732.59133.13641.77903.06982.49483.79893.16992.61173.4795
H92.73452.16131.09902.16473.31383.35392.52843.06981.76332.51002.52393.08313.9773
H102.76462.16101.09662.16842.67483.82713.07662.49481.76332.51273.08562.53033.5192
H114.69873.49882.18051.09625.05415.56533.79643.79892.51002.51271.77211.77215.9165
H124.19422.80392.18071.09714.96584.86482.60143.16992.52393.08561.77211.77335.8192
H134.21572.80322.17971.09734.56445.20603.13802.61173.08312.53031.77211.77335.5176
H141.87643.19433.81795.27910.96542.28003.97233.47953.97733.51925.91655.81925.5176

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 111.978 C1 C2 H7 107.247
C1 C2 H8 108.558 C1 O5 H14 106.730
C2 C1 O5 111.498 C2 C1 O6 126.146
C2 C3 C4 111.855 C2 C3 H9 108.981
C2 C3 H10 109.100 C3 C2 H7 110.831
C3 C2 H8 109.669 C3 C4 H11 111.154
C3 C4 H12 111.116 C3 C4 H13 111.024
C4 C3 H9 109.737 C4 C3 H10 110.173
O5 C1 O6 122.346 H7 C2 H8 108.449
H9 C3 H10 106.858 H11 C4 H12 107.789
H11 C4 H13 107.782 H12 C4 H13 107.820
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability