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

using model chemistry: TPSSh/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 TPSSh/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.793582
Energy at 298.15K-307.802922
HF Energy-307.793582
Nuclear repulsion energy238.399954
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 TPSSh/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 3694 3558 24.98      
2 A 3120 3005 43.88      
3 A 3099 2985 45.53      
4 A 3095 2981 44.79      
5 A 3071 2958 0.10      
6 A 3052 2940 29.88      
7 A 3036 2924 11.59      
8 A 3027 2916 33.22      
9 A 1818 1751 321.71      
10 A 1535 1479 6.80      
11 A 1528 1472 8.52      
12 A 1520 1464 1.45      
13 A 1498 1443 5.17      
14 A 1432 1379 1.90      
15 A 1387 1336 13.73      
16 A 1373 1323 33.75      
17 A 1338 1289 4.06      
18 A 1299 1251 0.84      
19 A 1273 1226 21.81      
20 A 1210 1166 141.91      
21 A 1118 1077 6.71      
22 A 1078 1038 113.10      
23 A 1045 1007 5.42      
24 A 917 883 1.18      
25 A 892 859 2.93      
26 A 868 836 11.16      
27 A 754 726 23.14      
28 A 734 707 42.34      
29 A 636 612 73.92      
30 A 575 554 45.74      
31 A 418 403 2.79      
32 A 323 312 1.08      
33 A 243 234 0.03      
34 A 182 175 0.02      
35 A 95 92 0.22      
36 A 33 31 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26157.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9632) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25195.1 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 TPSSh/6-311G*
ABC
0.27367 0.06170 0.05509

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.184 -0.148 0.086
C2 -0.236 -0.346 0.554
C3 -1.263 0.197 -0.459
C4 -2.702 -0.029 0.010
O5 1.530 1.170 0.094
O6 1.947 -1.010 -0.280
H7 -0.380 -1.416 0.712
H8 -0.366 0.167 1.513
H9 -1.107 -0.295 -1.425
H10 -1.081 1.264 -0.613
H11 -3.417 0.359 -0.720
H12 -2.912 -1.094 0.148
H13 -2.892 0.475 0.963
H14 2.441 1.217 -0.242

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50842.53113.88891.36191.20832.10932.12962.74892.75944.69914.20494.21601.8835
C21.50841.54132.54512.37242.42971.09151.09512.16292.16093.49882.80832.81023.2001
C32.53111.54131.52993.00913.43492.18012.16611.09571.09392.17582.18052.17993.8480
C43.88892.54511.52994.39944.76072.79432.78482.16192.16551.09351.09451.09475.2976
O51.36192.37243.00914.39942.25043.27402.57113.37742.70675.07904.98624.56030.9718
O61.20832.42973.43494.76072.25042.56273.15413.33973.80205.55414.87925.21282.2807
H72.10931.09152.18012.79433.27402.56271.77482.52053.07143.79832.61383.15443.9750
H82.12961.09512.16612.78482.57113.15411.77483.06482.49663.78633.15252.60403.4719
H92.74892.16291.09572.16193.37743.33972.52053.06481.75832.50212.52453.07944.0338
H102.75942.16091.09392.16552.70673.80203.07142.49661.75832.50793.08172.52763.5416
H114.69913.49882.17581.09355.07905.55413.79833.78632.50212.50791.76701.76735.9398
H124.20492.80832.18051.09454.98624.87922.61383.15252.52453.08171.76701.76815.8435
H134.21602.81022.17991.09474.56035.21283.15442.60403.07942.52761.76731.76815.5177
H141.88353.20013.84805.29760.97182.28073.97503.47194.03383.54165.93985.84355.5177

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 112.185 C1 C2 H7 107.357
C1 C2 H8 108.728 C1 O5 H14 106.421
C2 C1 O5 111.385 C2 C1 O6 126.499
C2 C3 C4 111.935 C2 C3 H9 109.043
C2 C3 H10 108.991 C3 C2 H7 110.637
C3 C2 H8 109.326 C3 C4 H11 110.974
C3 C4 H12 111.288 C3 C4 H13 111.231
C4 C3 H9 109.754 C4 C3 H10 110.136
O5 C1 O6 122.104 H7 C2 H8 108.514
H9 C3 H10 106.841 H11 C4 H12 107.714
H11 C4 H13 107.735 H12 C4 H13 107.730
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.435      
2 C -0.462      
3 C -0.412      
4 C -0.608      
5 O -0.511      
6 O -0.351      
7 H 0.232      
8 H 0.227      
9 H 0.213      
10 H 0.221      
11 H 0.212      
12 H 0.207      
13 H 0.206      
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
  -1.075 1.270 0.226 1.679
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.120 -0.041 -0.345
y -0.041 7.383 0.038
z -0.345 0.038 6.231


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.056
(<r2>)1/2 14.459