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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.431569
Energy at 298.15K-307.441033
HF Energy-307.431569
Nuclear repulsion energy239.701406
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/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 3788 3631 41.22      
2 A 3146 3016 33.52      
3 A 3130 3000 34.72      
4 A 3125 2995 32.90      
5 A 3099 2971 0.06      
6 A 3074 2946 25.62      
7 A 3059 2932 10.22      
8 A 3050 2924 26.93      
9 A 1871 1793 345.51      
10 A 1522 1458 10.91      
11 A 1515 1452 11.53      
12 A 1508 1445 2.27      
13 A 1485 1423 9.58      
14 A 1427 1368 7.57      
15 A 1407 1348 49.64      
16 A 1390 1332 13.51      
17 A 1341 1286 1.49      
18 A 1300 1246 0.26      
19 A 1278 1225 54.63      
20 A 1229 1178 141.05      
21 A 1129 1082 8.12      
22 A 1098 1052 68.59      
23 A 1074 1029 7.73      
24 A 939 900 1.83      
25 A 904 866 2.28      
26 A 886 849 8.16      
27 A 766 734 39.91      
28 A 743 712 28.99      
29 A 645 618 80.78      
30 A 590 566 48.15      
31 A 434 416 3.20      
32 A 335 321 1.09      
33 A 251 241 0.03      
34 A 189 181 0.02      
35 A 103 98 0.21      
36 A 40 38 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26434.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25337.1 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
0.27887 0.06237 0.05554

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.145 0.078
C2 -0.234 -0.386 0.519
C3 -1.259 0.225 -0.439
C4 -2.687 -0.039 0.011
O5 1.497 1.165 0.113
O6 1.964 -0.983 -0.283
H7 -0.370 -1.466 0.598
H8 -0.365 0.049 1.517
H9 -1.104 -0.189 -1.442
H10 -1.080 1.301 -0.516
H11 -3.409 0.398 -0.684
H12 -2.896 -1.112 0.073
H13 -2.879 0.391 0.999
H14 2.408 1.239 -0.200

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50152.52193.87081.34811.20172.10252.12072.74512.74954.68484.19044.19831.8703
C21.50151.53022.52972.35882.41441.09181.09582.15462.15243.48492.79552.79883.1835
C32.52191.53021.52052.96383.44532.17362.15751.09611.09412.17072.17402.17273.8122
C43.87082.52971.52054.35524.75532.78442.76942.15422.15801.09321.09441.09465.2573
O51.34812.35882.96384.35522.23313.26212.58513.31882.65615.02904.94794.53160.9660
O61.20172.41443.44534.75532.23312.54083.11843.37443.81285.56204.87475.19502.2673
H72.10251.09182.17362.78443.26212.54081.77122.51653.06643.78902.60473.14763.9585
H82.12071.09582.15752.76942.58513.11841.77123.05882.49233.77283.13682.59013.4715
H92.74512.15461.09612.15423.31883.37442.51653.05881.75462.49612.52113.07363.9893
H102.74952.15241.09412.15802.65613.81283.06642.49231.75462.50363.07652.52193.5027
H114.68483.48492.17071.09325.02905.56203.78903.77282.49612.50361.76471.76495.8972
H124.19042.79552.17401.09444.94794.87472.60473.13682.52113.07651.76471.76555.8078
H134.19832.79882.17271.09464.53165.19503.14762.59013.07362.52191.76491.76555.4873
H141.87033.18353.81225.25730.96602.26733.95853.47153.98933.50275.89725.80785.4873

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 112.575 C1 C2 H7 107.285
C1 C2 H8 108.459 C1 O5 H14 106.686
C2 C1 O5 111.628 C2 C1 O6 126.186
C2 C3 C4 112.038 C2 C3 H9 109.131
C2 C3 H10 109.076 C3 C2 H7 110.885
C3 C2 H8 109.373 C3 C4 H11 111.258
C3 C4 H12 111.442 C3 C4 H13 111.325
C4 C3 H9 109.772 C4 C3 H10 110.184
O5 C1 O6 122.181 H7 C2 H8 108.130
H9 C3 H10 106.477 H11 C4 H12 107.545
H11 C4 H13 107.550 H12 C4 H13 107.519
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.431      
2 C -0.517      
3 C -0.460      
4 C -0.664      
5 O -0.513      
6 O -0.342      
7 H 0.253      
8 H 0.248      
9 H 0.233      
10 H 0.242      
11 H 0.232      
12 H 0.227      
13 H 0.225      
14 H 0.405      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.059 1.313 0.257 1.706
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.986 5.488 0.269
y 5.488 -39.097 -1.477
z 0.269 -1.477 -36.245
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.684 5.488 0.269
y 5.488 -2.981 -1.477
z 0.269 -1.477 1.297
Polar
3z2-r22.594
x2-y23.111
xy5.488
xz0.269
yz-1.477


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.849 -0.070 -0.325
y -0.070 7.266 0.044
z -0.325 0.044 6.155


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.201
(<r2>)1/2 14.394