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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.790114
Energy at 298.15K-304.799612
HF Energy-304.169036
Nuclear repulsion energy236.240222
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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
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 3499 3317 17.07      
2 A 3181 3016 28.10      
3 A 3161 2997 2.19      
4 A 3157 2992 26.86      
5 A 3146 2983 10.73      
6 A 3107 2945 16.69      
7 A 3096 2935 3.54      
8 A 3081 2921 17.24      
9 A 1746 1656 142.59      
10 A 1606 1523 5.83      
11 A 1603 1520 7.06      
12 A 1597 1514 1.82      
13 A 1568 1486 4.73      
14 A 1495 1417 3.49      
15 A 1430 1356 1.26      
16 A 1409 1336 24.53      
17 A 1371 1300 13.21      
18 A 1359 1288 1.73      
19 A 1324 1255 0.11      
20 A 1211 1148 52.67      
21 A 1160 1099 12.81      
22 A 1084 1027 174.51      
23 A 1034 980 24.45      
24 A 932 884 7.64      
25 A 924 876 1.16      
26 A 850 806 19.41      
27 A 781 740 5.34      
28 A 696 660 62.08      
29 A 615 583 96.94      
30 A 567 537 47.16      
31 A 427 404 2.25      
32 A 346 328 1.58      
33 A 255 242 0.05      
34 A 203 193 0.13      
35 A 103 97 0.05      
36 A 66 63 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26593.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25210.6 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 MP2=FULL/3-21G*
ABC
0.27117 0.06157 0.05396

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.196 -0.166 0.063
C2 -0.228 -0.525 0.439
C3 -1.260 0.290 -0.386
C4 -2.712 -0.077 0.004
O5 1.365 1.223 0.152
O6 2.113 -0.922 -0.280
H7 -0.352 -1.599 0.272
H8 -0.371 -0.311 1.505
H9 -1.102 0.091 -1.453
H10 -1.070 1.352 -0.213
H11 -3.429 0.506 -0.584
H12 -2.901 -1.141 -0.177
H13 -2.886 0.129 1.066
H14 2.305 1.428 -0.111

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51572.53783.90941.40221.23652.11952.13432.76452.74154.71804.21794.21331.9494
C21.51571.55212.56152.38262.48021.09351.09672.17272.15823.51512.81122.80803.2449
C32.53781.55211.54752.83763.58522.19622.17361.09671.09282.18882.18712.18513.7518
C43.90942.56151.54754.28234.90622.82082.79082.17742.18761.09511.09561.09575.2387
O51.40222.38262.83764.28232.31213.30552.68293.15332.46604.90324.88854.48360.9965
O61.23652.48023.58524.90622.31212.61473.11853.56863.91225.73075.01925.28182.3638
H72.11951.09352.19622.82083.30552.61471.78292.52813.07543.82492.62813.16784.0453
H82.13431.09672.17362.79082.68293.11851.78293.07262.49083.79233.14922.59043.5765
H92.76452.17271.09672.17743.15333.56862.52813.07261.76862.51832.52603.08613.8976
H102.74152.15821.09282.18762.46603.91223.07542.49081.76862.53333.09332.53503.3770
H114.71803.51512.18881.09514.90325.73073.82493.79232.51832.53331.77701.77715.8264
H124.21792.81122.18711.09564.88855.01922.62813.14922.52603.09331.77701.77725.8051
H134.21332.80802.18511.09574.48365.28183.16782.59043.08612.53501.77711.77725.4780
H141.94943.24493.75185.23870.99652.36384.04533.57653.89763.37705.82645.80515.4780

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 111.620 C1 C2 H7 107.541
C1 C2 H8 108.503 C1 O5 H14 107.508
C2 C1 O5 109.418 C2 C1 O6 128.332
C2 C3 C4 111.458 C2 C3 H9 109.006
C2 C3 H10 108.114 C3 C2 H7 111.039
C3 C2 H8 109.082 C3 C4 H11 110.677
C3 C4 H12 110.517 C3 C4 H13 110.352
C4 C3 H9 109.689 C4 C3 H10 110.719
O5 C1 O6 122.251 H7 C2 H8 108.984
H9 C3 H10 107.758 H11 C4 H12 108.419
H11 C4 H13 108.415 H12 C4 H13 108.388
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability