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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULL/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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.300399
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-305.960845
Nuclear repulsion energy240.779515
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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3163 3163 21.43      
2 A 3159 3159 22.85      
3 A 3143 3143 17.87      
4 A 3090 3090 25.18      
5 A 3080 3080 8.63      
6 A 3076 3076 43.97      
7 A 1863 1863 370.77      
8 A 1559 1559 0.46      
9 A 1530 1530 7.45      
10 A 1499 1499 9.42      
11 A 1418 1418 12.30      
12 A 1367 1367 0.72      
13 A 1328 1328 8.34      
14 A 1283 1283 8.78      
15 A 1239 1239 11.95      
16 A 1220 1220 3.07      
17 A 1175 1175 216.66      
18 A 1115 1115 14.07      
19 A 1073 1073 73.44      
20 A 1020 1020 23.05      
21 A 950 950 4.17      
22 A 910 910 10.19      
23 A 887 887 21.71      
24 A 812 812 5.84      
25 A 683 683 4.50      
26 A 643 643 4.16      
27 A 536 536 3.16      
28 A 491 491 3.27      
29 A 220 220 2.69      
30 A 153 153 0.45      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21842.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21842.0 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 B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
0.24337 0.11948 0.08545

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.887 -0.003 0.004
C2 -0.029 1.203 0.177
C3 -1.398 0.666 -0.233
C4 -1.267 -0.814 0.137
O5 0.125 -1.135 -0.049
O6 2.082 -0.026 -0.074
H7 0.339 2.042 -0.409
H8 -0.003 1.496 1.231
H9 -1.539 0.771 -1.310
H10 -2.236 1.149 0.270
H11 -1.844 -1.486 -0.495
H12 -1.526 -0.997 1.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52382.39272.30611.36581.19742.15662.13182.86623.33903.14792.8642
C21.52381.52652.36682.35322.45561.08821.09422.16342.20933.31302.8447
C32.39271.52651.53112.36533.55162.22322.18581.09191.08992.21352.1884
C42.30612.36681.53111.44073.44703.32212.85152.16402.19251.08811.0933
O51.36582.35322.36531.44072.24913.20412.92842.82733.29962.04912.0646
O61.19742.45563.55163.44702.24912.72542.89293.90884.48794.20953.9420
H72.15661.08822.22323.32213.20412.72541.76232.44052.80914.15003.9055
H82.13181.09422.18582.85152.92842.89291.76233.05682.45523.90662.9219
H92.86622.16341.09192.16402.82733.90882.44053.05681.76802.41973.0574
H103.33902.20931.08992.19253.29964.48792.80912.45521.76802.77152.4377
H113.14793.31302.21351.08812.04914.20954.15003.90662.41972.77151.7768
H122.86422.84472.18841.09332.06463.94203.90552.92193.05742.43771.7768

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 103.333 C1 C2 H7 110.193
C1 C2 H8 107.906 C1 O5 C4 110.483
C2 C1 O5 108.922 C2 C1 O6 128.545
C2 C3 C4 101.440 C2 C3 H9 110.327
C2 C3 H10 114.177 C3 C2 H7 115.464
C3 C2 H8 111.976 C3 C4 O5 105.447
C3 C4 H11 114.306 C3 C4 H12 111.913
C4 C3 H9 110.055 C4 C3 H10 112.456
O5 C1 O6 122.532 O5 C4 H11 107.433
O5 C4 H12 108.351 H7 C2 H8 107.709
H9 C3 H10 108.259 H11 C4 H12 109.084
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability