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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.652011
Energy at 298.15K-307.661583
HF Energy-307.652011
Nuclear repulsion energy239.822549
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 M06-2X/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 3816 3816 57.60      
2 A 3157 3157 21.33      
3 A 3148 3148 27.39      
4 A 3136 3136 24.93      
5 A 3112 3112 0.19      
6 A 3094 3094 16.08      
7 A 3076 3076 12.06      
8 A 3063 3063 19.70      
9 A 1895 1895 369.10      
10 A 1529 1529 10.34      
11 A 1526 1526 10.82      
12 A 1515 1515 3.03      
13 A 1494 1494 10.46      
14 A 1437 1437 6.73      
15 A 1413 1413 51.86      
16 A 1394 1394 19.03      
17 A 1343 1343 1.10      
18 A 1305 1305 0.68      
19 A 1284 1284 64.82      
20 A 1238 1238 140.99      
21 A 1133 1133 7.78      
22 A 1104 1104 68.68      
23 A 1071 1071 5.71      
24 A 941 941 1.82      
25 A 909 909 2.54      
26 A 889 889 7.73      
27 A 771 771 52.31      
28 A 748 748 30.08      
29 A 664 664 77.54      
30 A 599 599 47.20      
31 A 441 441 3.36      
32 A 339 339 1.16      
33 A 264 264 0.04      
34 A 194 194 0.09      
35 A 108 108 0.22      
36 A 59 59 0.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26604.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26604.3 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 M06-2X/6-311G*
ABC
0.27820 0.06262 0.05576

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.148 0.080
C2 -0.235 -0.402 0.521
C3 -1.251 0.223 -0.443
C4 -2.684 -0.035 0.011
O5 1.483 1.167 0.118
O6 1.968 -0.973 -0.287
H7 -0.370 -1.482 0.585
H8 -0.370 0.028 1.519
H9 -1.097 -0.192 -1.444
H10 -1.062 1.297 -0.513
H11 -3.404 0.402 -0.683
H12 -2.890 -1.106 0.075
H13 -2.865 0.399 0.997
H14 2.392 1.262 -0.196

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50432.51463.86651.34971.19872.10692.12212.74042.73274.67994.18164.18441.8795
C21.50431.53382.52802.36102.41561.09041.09422.15592.15353.48392.78262.79033.1915
C32.51461.53381.52492.94623.43782.17752.15961.09431.09242.17372.17292.17093.7965
C43.86652.52801.52494.33774.75512.78892.76262.15872.16241.09131.09281.09305.2430
O51.34972.36102.94624.33772.23183.26612.58663.30782.62525.01084.92844.50200.9669
O61.19872.41563.43784.75512.23182.54713.11913.36783.79305.55954.87355.18622.2770
H72.10691.09042.17752.78893.26612.54711.77442.51213.06693.78992.59853.15183.9711
H82.12211.09422.15962.76262.58663.11911.77443.05832.49323.76763.11752.57633.4774
H92.74042.15591.09432.15873.30783.36782.51213.05831.75642.50102.52183.07223.9805
H102.73272.15351.09242.16242.62523.79303.06692.49321.75642.51283.07562.51753.4690
H114.67993.48392.17371.09135.01085.55953.78993.76762.50102.51281.76431.76505.8799
H124.18162.78262.17291.09284.92844.87352.59853.11752.52183.07561.76431.76525.7950
H134.18442.79032.17091.09304.50205.18623.15182.57633.07222.51751.76501.76525.4599
H141.87953.19153.79655.24300.96692.27703.97113.47743.98053.46905.87995.79505.4599

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 111.724 C1 C2 H7 107.510
C1 C2 H8 108.471 C1 O5 H14 107.291
C2 C1 O5 111.523 C2 C1 O6 126.308
C2 C3 C4 111.480 C2 C3 H9 109.094
C2 C3 H10 109.016 C3 C2 H7 111.025
C3 C2 H8 109.387 C3 C4 H11 111.291
C3 C4 H12 111.135 C3 C4 H13 110.968
C4 C3 H9 109.919 C4 C3 H10 110.327
O5 C1 O6 122.159 H7 C2 H8 108.633
H9 C3 H10 106.885 H11 C4 H12 107.763
H11 C4 H13 107.805 H12 C4 H13 107.716
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.462      
2 C -0.535      
3 C -0.471      
4 C -0.670      
5 O -0.538      
6 O -0.359      
7 H 0.261      
8 H 0.256      
9 H 0.240      
10 H 0.250      
11 H 0.235      
12 H 0.229      
13 H 0.228      
14 H 0.413      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.098 1.270 0.261 1.699
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.273 5.526 0.304
y 5.526 -39.318 -1.534
z 0.304 -1.534 -36.496
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.633 5.526 0.304
y 5.526 -2.933 -1.534
z 0.304 -1.534 1.300
Polar
3z2-r22.599
x2-y23.044
xy5.526
xz0.304
yz-1.534


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.705 -0.114 -0.320
y -0.114 7.153 0.048
z -0.320 0.048 6.071


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.742
(<r2>)1/2 14.379