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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.779798
Energy at 298.15K-304.789295
HF Energy-304.168977
Nuclear repulsion energy236.201291
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 MP2/3-21G*
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 3498 3328 17.01      
2 A 3181 3026 28.24      
3 A 3160 3007 2.16      
4 A 3156 3002 27.04      
5 A 3146 2992 10.78      
6 A 3107 2955 16.69      
7 A 3095 2945 3.59      
8 A 3081 2931 17.30      
9 A 1746 1661 142.62      
10 A 1607 1528 5.79      
11 A 1603 1525 7.03      
12 A 1597 1519 1.81      
13 A 1568 1491 4.71      
14 A 1495 1422 3.45      
15 A 1430 1361 1.26      
16 A 1409 1340 24.38      
17 A 1371 1304 13.19      
18 A 1358 1292 1.67      
19 A 1324 1260 0.12      
20 A 1211 1152 52.63      
21 A 1159 1103 12.85      
22 A 1083 1030 174.71      
23 A 1033 983 24.32      
24 A 932 887 7.66      
25 A 924 879 1.15      
26 A 850 808 19.46      
27 A 781 743 5.32      
28 A 696 662 62.11      
29 A 615 585 96.86      
30 A 567 539 47.11      
31 A 427 406 2.25      
32 A 346 329 1.58      
33 A 255 242 0.05      
34 A 203 193 0.13      
35 A 102 97 0.05      
36 A 66 63 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26589.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25294.4 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.27109 0.06155 0.05394

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

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 1.366 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 0.092 -1.453
H10 -1.070 1.352 -0.212
H11 -3.429 0.506 -0.584
H12 -2.901 -1.141 -0.178
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
C11.51612.53843.91031.40251.23662.11992.13462.76502.74214.71894.21884.21431.9495
C21.51611.55252.56212.38302.48061.09361.09682.17312.15873.51582.81182.80863.2453
C32.53841.55251.54782.83813.58592.19662.17401.09681.09292.18902.18752.18553.7524
C43.91032.56211.54784.28314.90712.82132.79162.17772.18791.09521.09571.09595.2396
O51.40252.38302.83814.28312.31243.30592.68323.15382.46664.90404.88944.48450.9966
O61.23662.48063.58594.90712.31242.61513.11903.56923.91305.73165.02015.28272.3640
H72.11991.09362.19662.82133.30592.61511.78312.52863.07583.82552.62873.16834.0458
H82.13461.09682.17402.79162.68323.11901.78313.07312.49123.79303.15012.59113.5769
H92.76502.17311.09682.17773.15383.56922.52863.07311.76892.51862.52643.08663.8981
H102.74212.15871.09292.18792.46663.91303.07582.49121.76892.53363.09382.53533.3777
H114.71893.51582.18901.09524.90405.73163.82553.79302.51862.53361.77731.77745.8272
H124.21882.81182.18751.09574.88945.02012.62873.15012.52643.09381.77731.77755.8060
H134.21432.80862.18551.09594.48455.28273.16832.59113.08662.53531.77741.77755.4790
H141.94953.24533.75245.23960.99662.36404.04583.57693.89813.37775.82725.80605.4790

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 111.623 C1 C2 H7 107.541
C1 C2 H8 108.500 C1 O5 H14 107.497
C2 C1 O5 109.411 C2 C1 O6 128.335
C2 C3 C4 111.462 C2 C3 H9 109.005
C2 C3 H10 108.113 C3 C2 H7 111.037
C3 C2 H8 109.082 C3 C4 H11 110.667
C3 C4 H12 110.515 C3 C4 H13 110.350
C4 C3 H9 109.686 C4 C3 H10 110.716
O5 C1 O6 122.254 H7 C2 H8 108.987
H9 C3 H10 107.761 H11 C4 H12 108.423
H11 C4 H13 108.420 H12 C4 H13 108.393
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability