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

using model chemistry: B1B95/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.440221
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-306.440221
Nuclear repulsion energy242.280433
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 B1B95/6-311G*
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 3169 3037 11.27      
2 A 3158 3027 31.95      
3 A 3148 3018 18.11      
4 A 3092 2964 25.77      
5 A 3081 2953 6.92      
6 A 3071 2944 45.19      
7 A 1913 1834 422.64      
8 A 1543 1479 1.11      
9 A 1510 1448 8.85      
10 A 1478 1416 10.20      
11 A 1413 1355 20.34      
12 A 1358 1302 1.80      
13 A 1321 1266 13.87      
14 A 1280 1227 11.19      
15 A 1236 1184 24.75      
16 A 1213 1163 2.20      
17 A 1194 1145 210.41      
18 A 1108 1063 31.25      
19 A 1095 1050 59.21      
20 A 1026 984 16.28      
21 A 958 918 3.04      
22 A 907 870 11.23      
23 A 891 854 12.08      
24 A 821 787 4.38      
25 A 688 660 5.59      
26 A 640 613 4.22      
27 A 530 508 2.78      
28 A 495 475 3.59      
29 A 218 209 2.46      
30 A 153 147 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21853.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9586) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20948.3 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 B1B95/6-311G*
ABC
0.24639 0.12105 0.08664

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.880 -0.002 0.004
C2 -0.031 1.195 0.180
C3 -1.389 0.661 -0.236
C4 -1.256 -0.810 0.137
O5 0.124 -1.125 -0.048
O6 2.068 -0.027 -0.076
H7 0.339 2.039 -0.395
H8 -0.008 1.478 1.235
H9 -1.522 0.763 -1.313
H10 -2.230 1.143 0.258
H11 -1.835 -1.484 -0.489
H12 -1.515 -0.990 1.184

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.51462.37622.28771.35421.19052.14962.12072.84493.32483.13262.8469
C21.51461.51732.34962.33552.44161.08671.09332.15442.20183.29832.8252
C32.37621.51731.52282.34763.52822.21652.17671.09081.08842.20522.1802
C42.28772.34961.52281.42763.42163.30852.82772.15592.18581.08731.0928
O51.35422.33552.34761.42762.23273.19022.90462.80613.28332.04042.0547
O61.19052.44163.52823.42162.23272.71282.87953.87914.46734.18713.9180
H72.14961.08672.21653.30853.19022.71281.75922.43722.79894.14163.8866
H82.12071.09332.17672.82772.90462.87951.75923.04982.45083.88382.8916
H92.84492.15441.09082.15592.80613.87912.43723.04981.76502.41363.0504
H103.32482.20181.08842.18583.28334.46732.79892.45081.76502.75962.4324
H113.13263.29832.20521.08732.04044.18714.14163.88382.41362.75961.7731
H122.84692.82522.18021.09282.05473.91803.88662.89163.05042.43241.7731

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 103.207 C1 C2 H7 110.370
C1 C2 H8 107.722 C1 O5 C4 110.621
C2 C1 O5 108.871 C2 C1 O6 128.602
C2 C3 C4 101.227 C2 C3 H9 110.313
C2 C3 H10 114.333 C3 C2 H7 115.698
C3 C2 H8 111.962 C3 C4 O5 105.401
C3 C4 H11 114.287 C3 C4 H12 111.876
C4 C3 H9 110.052 C4 C3 H10 112.610
O5 C1 O6 122.526 O5 C4 H11 107.682
O5 C4 H12 108.489 H7 C2 H8 107.604
H9 C3 H10 108.177 H11 C4 H12 108.837
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.441      
2 C -0.587      
3 C -0.498      
4 C -0.224      
5 O -0.280      
6 O -0.322      
7 H 0.263      
8 H 0.260      
9 H 0.245      
10 H 0.239      
11 H 0.236      
12 H 0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -4.259 1.504 0.422 4.536
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -40.052 1.802 0.264
y 1.802 -35.183 -0.083
z 0.264 -0.083 -33.297
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.812 1.802 0.264
y 1.802 1.492 -0.083
z 0.264 -0.083 4.320
Polar
3z2-r28.640
x2-y2-4.869
xy1.802
xz0.264
yz-0.083


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.079 0.442 -0.087
y 0.442 6.566 0.019
z -0.087 0.019 5.491


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 138.169
(<r2>)1/2 11.755