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

using model chemistry: B97D3/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B97D3/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.838647
Energy at 298.15K-305.847925
HF Energy-305.838647
Nuclear repulsion energy236.157903
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 B97D3/3-21G*
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 3389 3389 5.82      
2 A 3101 3101 32.41      
3 A 3076 3076 10.68      
4 A 3064 3064 39.23      
5 A 3049 3049 12.14      
6 A 3020 3020 21.87      
7 A 3007 3007 2.48      
8 A 2989 2989 25.96      
9 A 1736 1736 187.85      
10 A 1542 1542 6.74      
11 A 1538 1538 8.38      
12 A 1528 1528 2.49      
13 A 1498 1498 4.71      
14 A 1431 1431 3.74      
15 A 1370 1370 2.55      
16 A 1357 1357 19.44      
17 A 1322 1322 8.39      
18 A 1305 1305 1.21      
19 A 1273 1273 2.03      
20 A 1165 1165 56.30      
21 A 1114 1114 11.61      
22 A 1039 1039 151.99      
23 A 1004 1004 24.88      
24 A 899 899 2.19      
25 A 892 892 8.68      
26 A 825 825 17.28      
27 A 760 760 7.06      
28 A 691 691 61.84      
29 A 606 606 77.43      
30 A 551 551 41.68      
31 A 413 413 2.77      
32 A 336 336 1.12      
33 A 246 246 0.05      
34 A 197 197 0.08      
35 A 88 88 0.10      
36 A 37 37 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25728.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25728.3 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 B97D3/3-21G*
ABC
0.26949 0.06159 0.05412

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.195 -0.168 0.067
C2 -0.230 -0.500 0.461
C3 -1.260 0.276 -0.405
C4 -2.708 -0.071 0.005
O5 1.385 1.221 0.148
O6 2.092 -0.936 -0.284
H7 -0.365 -1.583 0.355
H8 -0.376 -0.219 1.516
H9 -1.101 0.024 -1.465
H10 -1.069 1.350 -0.282
H11 -3.431 0.486 -0.610
H12 -2.901 -1.147 -0.123
H13 -2.881 0.187 1.062
H14 2.330 1.403 -0.136

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51562.53913.90481.40361.23242.12602.13722.76682.74764.72044.21534.21001.9484
C21.51561.55322.55572.38102.47741.09651.10142.17772.16253.51582.80892.80293.2455
C32.53911.55321.54452.86323.56622.19862.17211.10121.09772.19032.18992.18743.7726
C43.90482.55571.54454.29494.88572.81052.78312.18072.18801.10011.10101.10115.2513
O51.40362.38102.86324.29492.31073.31182.65413.19612.49514.93044.90414.48331.0032
O61.23242.47743.56624.88572.31072.61963.13743.53643.90065.71174.99915.27222.3561
H72.12601.09652.19862.81053.31182.61961.79142.53713.08253.82222.61663.15604.0522
H82.13721.10142.17212.78312.65413.13741.79143.07782.48473.78813.15022.57803.5608
H92.76682.17771.10122.18073.19613.53642.53713.07781.77722.52482.53253.09513.9292
H102.74762.16251.09772.18802.49513.90063.08252.48471.77722.53603.10082.53733.4027
H114.72043.51582.19031.10014.93045.71173.82223.78812.52482.53601.78471.78495.8526
H124.21532.80892.18991.10104.90414.99912.61663.15022.53253.10081.78471.78465.8192
H134.21002.80292.18741.10114.48335.27223.15602.57803.09512.53731.78491.78465.4829
H141.94843.24553.77265.25131.00322.35614.05223.56083.92923.40275.85265.81925.4829

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 111.661 C1 C2 H7 107.881
C1 C2 H8 108.469 C1 O5 H14 106.920
C2 C1 O5 109.242 C2 C1 O6 128.428
C2 C3 C4 111.182 C2 C3 H9 109.063
C2 C3 H10 108.096 C3 C2 H7 110.973
C3 C2 H8 108.617 C3 C4 H11 110.710
C3 C4 H12 110.630 C3 C4 H13 110.427
C4 C3 H9 109.896 C4 C3 H10 110.673
O5 C1 O6 122.329 H7 C2 H8 109.182
H9 C3 H10 107.843 H11 C4 H12 108.356
H11 C4 H13 108.359 H12 C4 H13 108.277
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.596      
2 C -0.466      
3 C -0.398      
4 C -0.575      
5 O -0.531      
6 O -0.472      
7 H 0.228      
8 H 0.235      
9 H 0.206      
10 H 0.225      
11 H 0.200      
12 H 0.197      
13 H 0.196      
14 H 0.358      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.977 1.139 0.246 1.521
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.094 5.691 0.377
y 5.691 -37.930 -1.447
z 0.377 -1.447 -35.846
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.794 5.691 0.377
y 5.691 -1.960 -1.447
z 0.377 -1.447 1.166
Polar
3z2-r22.332
x2-y21.836
xy5.691
xz0.377
yz-1.447


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.285 0.016 -0.362
y 0.016 6.715 0.084
z -0.362 0.084 5.256


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 210.498
(<r2>)1/2 14.509