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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.597432
Energy at 298.15K-305.606913
HF Energy-305.390470
Nuclear repulsion energy237.115700
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/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 3491 3491 15.91      
2 A 3172 3172 26.94      
3 A 3151 3151 3.76      
4 A 3142 3142 30.61      
5 A 3130 3130 12.49      
6 A 3097 3097 18.50      
7 A 3085 3085 1.72      
8 A 3072 3072 19.41      
9 A 1767 1767 183.05      
10 A 1592 1592 6.92      
11 A 1588 1588 8.07      
12 A 1580 1580 2.26      
13 A 1549 1549 5.08      
14 A 1482 1482 4.09      
15 A 1418 1418 1.43      
16 A 1400 1400 24.01      
17 A 1363 1363 11.47      
18 A 1350 1350 2.02      
19 A 1313 1313 0.42      
20 A 1204 1204 58.38      
21 A 1153 1153 13.14      
22 A 1082 1082 167.48      
23 A 1032 1032 18.77      
24 A 927 927 3.97      
25 A 922 922 3.59      
26 A 852 852 15.71      
27 A 781 781 7.22      
28 A 700 700 70.16      
29 A 616 616 86.27      
30 A 563 563 46.63      
31 A 425 425 2.71      
32 A 346 346 1.50      
33 A 254 254 0.04      
34 A 204 204 0.07      
35 A 100 100 0.08      
36 A 63 63 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26484.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26484.2 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.27513 0.06194 0.05425

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.194 -0.165 0.059
C2 -0.225 -0.539 0.417
C3 -1.258 0.295 -0.380
C4 -2.703 -0.078 0.009
O5 1.352 1.216 0.155
O6 2.117 -0.906 -0.272
H7 -0.346 -1.606 0.224
H8 -0.370 -0.354 1.487
H9 -1.108 0.124 -1.451
H10 -1.066 1.351 -0.182
H11 -3.423 0.520 -0.558
H12 -2.899 -1.135 -0.196
H13 -2.872 0.103 1.075
H14 2.291 1.435 -0.093

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51082.53333.89891.39321.22882.11602.12612.76802.73194.70794.21404.20001.9455
C21.51081.54802.55372.37382.46841.09111.09562.16942.15333.50652.80682.80223.2384
C32.53331.54801.54222.81893.58372.19332.16631.09501.09132.18352.18382.18143.7390
C43.89892.55371.54224.25904.89882.81782.77602.17192.18131.09351.09431.09455.2196
O51.39322.37382.81894.25902.29603.29442.68333.13382.44484.87724.86994.46400.9960
O61.22882.46843.58374.89882.29602.60813.09543.58443.90265.72715.02125.26512.3541
H72.11601.09112.19332.81783.29442.60811.77842.52613.07043.82082.62963.16624.0377
H82.12611.09562.16632.77602.68333.09541.77843.06622.48493.77673.13632.57673.5740
H92.76802.16941.09502.17193.13383.58442.52613.06621.76502.51242.52353.08123.8878
H102.73192.15331.09132.18132.44483.90263.07042.48491.76502.52683.08822.53013.3595
H114.70793.50652.18351.09354.87725.72713.82083.77672.51242.52681.77321.77325.8053
H124.21402.80682.18381.09434.86995.02122.62963.13632.52353.08821.77321.77385.7922
H134.20002.80222.18141.09454.46405.26513.16622.57673.08122.53011.77321.77385.4589
H141.94553.23843.73905.21960.99602.35414.03773.57403.88783.35955.80535.79225.4589

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 111.821 C1 C2 H7 107.744
C1 C2 H8 108.266 C1 O5 H14 107.873
C2 C1 O5 109.592 C2 C1 O6 128.287
C2 C3 C4 111.455 C2 C3 H9 109.127
C2 C3 H10 108.094 C3 C2 H7 111.235
C3 C2 H8 108.850 C3 C4 H11 110.718
C3 C4 H12 110.700 C3 C4 H13 110.499
C4 C3 H9 109.725 C4 C3 H10 110.675
O5 C1 O6 122.121 H7 C2 H8 108.838
H9 C3 H10 107.667 H11 C4 H12 108.289
H11 C4 H13 108.275 H12 C4 H13 108.272
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.634      
2 C -0.460      
3 C -0.382      
4 C -0.549      
5 O -0.565      
6 O -0.477      
7 H 0.222      
8 H 0.229      
9 H 0.197      
10 H 0.219      
11 H 0.192      
12 H 0.188      
13 H 0.187      
14 H 0.364      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.947 1.071 0.262 1.453
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.908 5.758 0.529
y 5.758 -38.287 -1.376
z 0.529 -1.376 -36.238
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.354 5.758 0.529
y 5.758 -1.714 -1.376
z 0.529 -1.376 1.360
Polar
3z2-r22.720
x2-y21.379
xy5.758
xz0.529
yz-1.376


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.823 -0.046 -0.337
y -0.046 6.538 0.113
z -0.337 0.113 5.089


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.765
(<r2>)1/2 14.483