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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.644862
Energy at 298.15K-307.654279
HF Energy-307.644862
Nuclear repulsion energy240.122911
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3790 3633 42.41      
2 A 3153 3022 35.49      
3 A 3137 3007 35.77      
4 A 3132 3002 34.98      
5 A 3108 2979 0.26      
6 A 3078 2951 30.52      
7 A 3065 2938 6.62      
8 A 3058 2931 28.20      
9 A 1874 1797 349.86      
10 A 1525 1462 9.58      
11 A 1518 1455 10.66      
12 A 1511 1449 2.19      
13 A 1486 1425 8.36      
14 A 1428 1368 6.29      
15 A 1404 1346 44.57      
16 A 1389 1331 20.29      
17 A 1340 1285 1.76      
18 A 1299 1245 0.60      
19 A 1275 1223 50.12      
20 A 1228 1177 145.17      
21 A 1129 1082 6.82      
22 A 1099 1053 67.47      
23 A 1072 1027 8.33      
24 A 938 899 1.64      
25 A 900 863 2.66      
26 A 882 846 8.07      
27 A 762 730 38.50      
28 A 735 705 34.86      
29 A 641 614 79.36      
30 A 585 561 45.74      
31 A 432 415 3.19      
32 A 331 318 1.13      
33 A 246 236 0.03      
34 A 187 179 0.02      
35 A 97 93 0.21      
36 A 35 33 0.22      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26433.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25339.3 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.28206 0.06263 0.05552

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.183 -0.147 0.069
C2 -0.231 -0.437 0.476
C3 -1.259 0.255 -0.417
C4 -2.683 -0.051 0.014
O5 1.456 1.171 0.132
O6 2.000 -0.952 -0.282
H7 -0.358 -1.518 0.457
H8 -0.364 -0.100 1.508
H9 -1.109 -0.065 -1.452
H10 -1.081 1.331 -0.396
H11 -3.407 0.444 -0.634
H12 -2.889 -1.122 -0.019
H13 -2.870 0.289 1.035
H14 2.372 1.279 -0.152

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49962.52243.86771.34741.19962.09862.11262.75232.74324.68124.18774.18861.8704
C21.49961.52752.52502.35572.41211.08881.09342.15082.14653.47802.78902.79293.1805
C32.52241.52751.51862.91793.47832.17252.15251.09311.09102.16712.17012.16833.7824
C43.86772.52501.51864.31734.77842.78512.75952.15052.15511.09031.09161.09175.2297
O51.34742.35572.91794.31732.23023.25982.61123.25832.59624.97684.91514.50610.9649
O61.19962.41213.47834.77842.23022.53523.08493.43883.83625.59574.89895.19492.2662
H72.09861.08882.17252.78513.25982.53521.76472.51423.06063.78662.60563.14733.9560
H82.11261.09342.15252.75952.61123.08491.76473.05222.48743.76153.12302.57973.4842
H92.75232.15081.09312.15053.25833.43882.51423.05221.74972.49122.51723.06673.9518
H102.74322.14651.09102.15512.59623.83623.06062.48741.74972.50143.07062.51683.4616
H114.68123.47802.16711.09034.97685.59573.78663.76152.49122.50141.76031.76045.8592
H124.18772.78902.17011.09164.91514.89892.60563.12302.51723.07061.76031.76115.7845
H134.18862.79292.16831.09174.50615.19493.14732.57973.06672.51681.76041.76115.4646
H141.87043.18053.78245.22970.96492.26623.95603.48423.95183.46165.85925.78455.4646

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 112.875 C1 C2 H7 107.281
C1 C2 H8 108.100 C1 O5 H14 106.804
C2 C1 O5 111.561 C2 C1 O6 126.310
C2 C3 C4 111.976 C2 C3 H9 109.197
C2 C3 H10 108.982 C3 C2 H7 111.169
C3 C2 H8 109.309 C3 C4 H11 111.271
C3 C4 H12 111.432 C3 C4 H13 111.282
C4 C3 H9 109.780 C4 C3 H10 110.270
O5 C1 O6 122.128 H7 C2 H8 107.939
H9 C3 H10 106.477 H11 C4 H12 107.563
H11 C4 H13 107.563 H12 C4 H13 107.529
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.427      
2 C -0.514      
3 C -0.451      
4 C -0.650      
5 O -0.512      
6 O -0.339      
7 H 0.251      
8 H 0.246      
9 H 0.228      
10 H 0.240      
11 H 0.227      
12 H 0.221      
13 H 0.220      
14 H 0.404      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.090 1.279 0.282 1.704
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.286 5.598 0.443
y 5.598 -38.741 -1.407
z 0.443 -1.407 -36.180
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.175 5.598 0.443
y 5.598 -2.508 -1.407
z 0.443 -1.407 1.333
Polar
3z2-r22.667
x2-y22.455
xy5.598
xz0.443
yz-1.407


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.857 -0.074 -0.317
y -0.074 7.258 0.041
z -0.317 0.041 6.108


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.636
(<r2>)1/2 14.375