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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.604021
Energy at 298.15K-307.613310
HF Energy-307.604021
Nuclear repulsion energy237.753882
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 B97D3/6-311G*
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 3631 3631 17.23      
2 A 3066 3066 50.36      
3 A 3046 3046 50.39      
4 A 3042 3042 41.28      
5 A 3013 3013 0.97      
6 A 3006 3006 28.65      
7 A 2982 2982 18.72      
8 A 2973 2973 34.53      
9 A 1781 1781 295.19      
10 A 1497 1497 8.13      
11 A 1489 1489 9.20      
12 A 1483 1483 1.49      
13 A 1465 1465 4.61      
14 A 1398 1398 2.00      
15 A 1361 1361 23.78      
16 A 1349 1349 17.64      
17 A 1312 1312 2.20      
18 A 1277 1277 0.37      
19 A 1252 1252 24.86      
20 A 1179 1179 135.78      
21 A 1094 1094 7.96      
22 A 1053 1053 130.60      
23 A 1026 1026 2.53      
24 A 899 899 1.03      
25 A 883 883 5.69      
26 A 856 856 11.48      
27 A 750 750 11.89      
28 A 738 738 45.58      
29 A 632 632 71.44      
30 A 577 577 44.32      
31 A 423 423 2.93      
32 A 327 327 0.93      
33 A 239 239 0.02      
34 A 184 184 0.05      
35 A 88 88 0.28      
36 A 28 28 0.65      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25701.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25701.1 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 B97D3/6-311G*
ABC
0.26740 0.06145 0.05526

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.176 -0.136 0.112
C2 -0.241 -0.152 0.639
C3 -1.260 0.069 -0.499
C4 -2.705 0.014 0.004
O5 1.648 1.143 -0.012
O6 1.829 -1.103 -0.214
H7 -0.408 -1.128 1.108
H8 -0.362 0.629 1.400
H9 -1.102 -0.697 -1.271
H10 -1.063 1.040 -0.973
H11 -3.416 0.171 -0.817
H12 -2.931 -0.959 0.460
H13 -2.893 0.788 0.761
H14 2.539 1.066 -0.396

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51182.52043.88601.36851.21142.11832.14682.72372.75134.69534.20394.22311.8868
C21.51181.54392.55052.38062.43191.09571.09732.16482.16653.50812.81492.81693.2068
C32.52041.54391.53113.13853.31682.17762.17421.09911.09842.18132.18392.18413.9299
C43.88602.55051.53114.49734.67532.79292.79612.16852.16941.09721.09821.09835.3643
O51.36852.38063.13854.49732.26213.26172.50903.54062.87765.21905.06084.62010.9739
O61.21142.43193.31684.67532.26212.59853.22513.14273.67835.43144.81045.17942.2894
H72.11831.09572.17762.79293.26172.59851.78172.51513.07543.79992.61073.15713.9704
H82.14681.09732.17422.79612.50903.22511.78173.07242.50793.80173.16352.61583.4399
H92.72372.16481.09912.16853.54063.14272.51513.07241.76302.51272.53223.08894.1397
H102.75132.16651.09842.16942.87763.67833.07542.50791.76302.51393.08912.53403.6479
H114.69533.50812.18131.09725.21905.43143.79993.80172.51272.51391.77261.77296.0372
H124.20392.81492.18391.09825.06084.81042.61073.16352.53223.08911.77261.77285.8962
H134.22312.81692.18411.09834.62015.17943.15712.61583.08892.53401.77291.77285.5615
H141.88683.20683.92995.36430.97392.28943.97043.43994.13973.64796.03725.89625.5615

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 111.140 C1 C2 H7 107.594
C1 C2 H8 109.716 C1 O5 H14 106.094
C2 C1 O5 111.391 C2 C1 O6 126.160
C2 C3 C4 112.084 C2 C3 H9 108.820
C2 C3 H10 108.992 C3 C2 H7 110.007
C3 C2 H8 109.651 C3 C4 H11 111.111
C3 C4 H12 111.259 C3 C4 H13 111.267
C4 C3 H9 109.987 C4 C3 H10 110.096
O5 C1 O6 122.406 H7 C2 H8 108.677
H9 C3 H10 106.704 H11 C4 H12 107.689
H11 C4 H13 107.708 H12 C4 H13 107.630
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.393      
2 C -0.443      
3 C -0.403      
4 C -0.603      
5 O -0.486      
6 O -0.325      
7 H 0.224      
8 H 0.219      
9 H 0.211      
10 H 0.212      
11 H 0.209      
12 H 0.205      
13 H 0.203      
14 H 0.382      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.920 1.284 0.088 1.582
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.916 4.644 -0.547
y 4.644 -40.205 -1.343
z -0.547 -1.343 -36.060
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.216 4.644 -0.547
y 4.644 -4.717 -1.343
z -0.547 -1.343 1.500
Polar
3z2-r23.000
x2-y25.289
xy4.644
xz-0.547
yz-1.343


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.367 0.020 -0.367
y 0.020 7.527 0.010
z -0.367 0.010 6.430


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.611
(<r2>)1/2 14.478