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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: CCSD/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 CCSD/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.727988
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.769896
Nuclear repulsion energy240.947251
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 CCSD/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 3153 3006 12.76      
2 A 3145 2999 27.02      
3 A 3132 2986 15.97      
4 A 3076 2933 21.46      
5 A 3069 2926 6.87      
6 A 3060 2918 41.40      
7 A 1912 1823 382.47      
8 A 1564 1491 0.55      
9 A 1535 1464 8.20      
10 A 1506 1436 9.91      
11 A 1431 1364 18.54      
12 A 1374 1310 1.55      
13 A 1339 1277 16.85      
14 A 1289 1229 15.36      
15 A 1249 1191 27.78      
16 A 1225 1168 2.67      
17 A 1214 1157 205.33      
18 A 1124 1072 21.84      
19 A 1109 1057 60.93      
20 A 1029 981 15.14      
21 A 961 917 3.67      
22 A 916 874 10.12      
23 A 898 856 16.01      
24 A 826 787 5.78      
25 A 692 660 5.70      
26 A 647 616 3.78      
27 A 539 514 3.46      
28 A 499 475 4.24      
29 A 228 217 3.09      
30 A 151 144 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21944.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9535) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20924.1 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 CCSD/6-311G*
ABC
0.24297 0.11994 0.08579

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.884 -0.004 0.005
C2 -0.031 1.204 0.182
C3 -1.397 0.663 -0.242
C4 -1.261 -0.814 0.144
O5 0.126 -1.134 -0.054
O6 2.076 -0.024 -0.074
H7 0.345 2.049 -0.399
H8 -0.014 1.488 1.243
H9 -1.524 0.757 -1.326
H10 -2.244 1.150 0.250
H11 -1.847 -1.496 -0.475
H12 -1.511 -0.981 1.200

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52582.38912.29661.36141.19512.16102.13672.85473.34353.14872.8495
C21.52581.52892.36322.35462.45231.09221.09822.16902.21533.31982.8288
C32.38911.52891.53282.36283.54432.23072.18981.09631.09412.21832.1902
C42.29662.36321.53281.43693.43613.32672.83852.16832.19861.09231.0979
O51.36142.35462.36281.43692.24393.20862.92792.81363.30522.04972.0678
O61.19512.45233.54433.43612.24392.72082.89663.89104.48914.20953.9254
H72.16101.09222.23073.32673.20862.72081.77202.45332.81644.16853.8965
H82.13671.09822.18982.83852.92792.89661.77203.06832.46463.90052.8875
H92.85472.16901.09632.16832.81363.89102.45333.06831.77742.43073.0671
H103.34352.21531.09412.19863.30524.48912.81642.46461.77742.77212.4458
H113.14873.31982.21831.09232.04974.20954.16853.90052.43072.77211.7845
H122.84952.82882.19021.09792.06783.92543.89652.88753.06712.44581.7845

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 102.911 C1 C2 H7 110.166
C1 C2 H8 107.928 C1 O5 C4 110.289
C2 C1 O5 109.149 C2 C1 O6 128.247
C2 C3 C4 101.048 C2 C3 H9 110.341
C2 C3 H10 114.230 C3 C2 H7 115.655
C3 C2 H8 111.885 C3 C4 O5 105.385
C3 C4 H11 114.306 C3 C4 H12 111.659
C4 C3 H9 110.011 C4 C3 H10 112.574
O5 C1 O6 122.604 O5 C4 H11 107.492
O5 C4 H12 108.593 H7 C2 H8 107.997
H9 C3 H10 108.474 H11 C4 H12 109.128
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability