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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.789667
Energy at 298.15K-307.799060
HF Energy-307.789667
Nuclear repulsion energy238.518547
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3726 3600 32.83      
2 A 3114 3009 40.75      
3 A 3095 2990 41.25      
4 A 3090 2986 39.17      
5 A 3066 2963 0.11      
6 A 3051 2949 26.78      
7 A 3033 2931 13.92      
8 A 3027 2925 26.74      
9 A 1832 1771 326.50      
10 A 1526 1475 9.32      
11 A 1518 1467 9.75      
12 A 1512 1461 1.63      
13 A 1492 1442 5.90      
14 A 1429 1381 3.16      
15 A 1393 1346 16.82      
16 A 1379 1332 29.22      
17 A 1339 1294 1.79      
18 A 1306 1262 0.14      
19 A 1276 1233 33.03      
20 A 1215 1174 147.20      
21 A 1120 1082 7.71      
22 A 1085 1048 108.58      
23 A 1045 1009 3.33      
24 A 919 888 0.76      
25 A 901 870 3.17      
26 A 875 846 10.89      
27 A 763 737 18.85      
28 A 742 717 44.62      
29 A 638 616 78.55      
30 A 586 567 47.19      
31 A 431 416 2.97      
32 A 332 321 1.08      
33 A 246 238 0.02      
34 A 187 181 0.03      
35 A 94 91 0.24      
36 A 32 31 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26207.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25324.3 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*
ABC
0.27422 0.06159 0.05509

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.146 0.087
C2 -0.235 -0.327 0.563
C3 -1.265 0.185 -0.462
C4 -2.705 -0.023 0.010
O5 1.548 1.163 0.085
O6 1.932 -1.019 -0.276
H7 -0.380 -1.392 0.753
H8 -0.362 0.211 1.507
H9 -1.110 -0.333 -1.415
H10 -1.083 1.247 -0.651
H11 -3.419 0.343 -0.731
H12 -2.920 -1.082 0.181
H13 -2.898 0.509 0.947
H14 2.455 1.204 -0.254

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50902.53293.89261.35821.20442.10902.13052.74932.76214.70224.21204.22431.8841
C21.50901.54052.54862.37262.42421.09141.09472.16212.16103.50172.81512.81763.2014
C32.53291.54051.52933.02803.42112.17872.16661.09551.09372.17662.18172.18103.8627
C43.89262.54861.52934.41574.75052.79762.79002.16062.16371.09311.09421.09435.3103
O51.35822.37263.02804.41572.24443.27012.56473.39882.73325.10025.00164.57630.9694
O61.20442.42423.42114.75052.24442.55793.15493.31963.78975.54034.87375.21132.2830
H72.10901.09142.17872.79763.27012.55791.77212.52023.07073.80102.62173.16083.9739
H82.13051.09472.16662.79002.56473.15491.77213.06482.50033.79153.15862.61463.4678
H92.74932.16211.09552.16063.39883.31962.52023.06481.75492.50122.52673.07934.0518
H102.76212.16101.09372.16372.73323.78973.07072.50031.75492.50653.08142.52893.5605
H114.70223.50172.17661.09315.10025.54033.80103.79152.50122.50651.76461.76475.9563
H124.21202.81512.18171.09425.00164.87372.62173.15862.52673.08141.76461.76585.8574
H134.22432.81762.18101.09434.57635.21133.16082.61463.07932.52891.76471.76585.5306
H141.88413.20143.86275.31030.96942.28303.97393.46784.05183.56055.95635.85745.5306

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 112.312 C1 C2 H7 107.300
C1 C2 H8 108.780 C1 O5 H14 106.890
C2 C1 O5 111.575 C2 C1 O6 126.242
C2 C3 C4 112.239 C2 C3 H9 109.049
C2 C3 H10 109.066 C3 C2 H7 110.583
C3 C2 H8 109.442 C3 C4 H11 111.110
C3 C4 H12 111.454 C3 C4 H13 111.384
C4 C3 H9 109.701 C4 C3 H10 110.049
O5 C1 O6 122.172 H7 C2 H8 108.316
H9 C3 H10 106.569 H11 C4 H12 107.555
H11 C4 H13 107.560 H12 C4 H13 107.581
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.408      
2 C -0.463      
3 C -0.415      
4 C -0.615      
5 O -0.504      
6 O -0.329      
7 H 0.233      
8 H 0.227      
9 H 0.215      
10 H 0.221      
11 H 0.214      
12 H 0.209      
13 H 0.207      
14 H 0.392      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.032 1.287 0.219 1.664
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.999 5.253 0.086
y 5.253 -39.743 -1.512
z 0.086 -1.512 -36.473
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.109 5.253 0.086
y 5.253 -3.507 -1.512
z 0.086 -1.512 1.398
Polar
3z2-r22.796
x2-y23.744
xy5.253
xz0.086
yz-1.512


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.983 -0.032 -0.338
y -0.032 7.349 0.038
z -0.338 0.038 6.233


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.399
(<r2>)1/2 14.471