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State	Conformation	minimum conformation	conformer description	state description
1	1	yes	CS	¹A₁

Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/3-21G*

	hartrees
Energy at 0K	-382.615904
Energy at 298.15K	-382.629728
HF Energy	-381.808640
Nuclear repulsion energy	365.856453

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)
1	A	3499	3317	15.76
2	A	3157	2993	75.74
3	A	3154	2990	30.09
4	A	3152	2988	3.25
5	A	3133	2970	4.67
6	A	3121	2959	5.58
7	A	3102	2941	18.89
8	A	3098	2937	2.45
9	A	3093	2932	8.16
10	A	3081	2920	34.02
11	A	3079	2919	8.33
12	A	3062	2903	8.12
13	A	1740	1649	114.10
14	A	1607	1524	5.67
15	A	1603	1520	6.88
16	A	1597	1514	3.86
17	A	1586	1504	0.93
18	A	1581	1499	0.55
19	A	1561	1480	16.67
20	A	1493	1415	3.56
21	A	1437	1363	17.58
22	A	1435	1360	0.68
23	A	1407	1334	40.47
24	A	1399	1326	0.63
25	A	1391	1318	0.09
26	A	1365	1294	6.98
27	A	1356	1285	0.05
28	A	1314	1246	6.26
29	A	1292	1225	0.00
30	A	1196	1134	0.94
31	A	1166	1105	33.72
32	A	1102	1045	207.09
33	A	1066	1010	0.08
34	A	1046	992	53.05
35	A	1038	984	0.08
36	A	1005	952	35.05
37	A	924	876	0.26
38	A	904	857	4.07
39	A	855	811	1.20
40	A	796	755	0.69
41	A	751	712	9.77
42	A	654	620	124.39
43	A	628	596	19.39
44	A	536	508	31.89
45	A	510	484	32.74
46	A	411	390	0.61
47	A	305	289	2.69
48	A	257	244	0.01
49	A	228	217	1.76
50	A	139	132	0.00
51	A	124	117	0.14
52	A	99	94	0.63
53	A	58	55	0.00
54	A	41	39	0.07

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 39366.5 cm^-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 37319.4 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=FULL/3-21G*

A	B	C
0.23699	0.02140	0.02000

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	4.097	-0.218	0.000
C2	2.743	0.536	-0.000
C3	1.537	-0.436	0.000
C4	0.182	0.311	-0.000
C5	-1.017	-0.659	0.000
C6	-2.332	0.096	0.000
O7	-3.405	-0.798	0.000
O8	-2.484	1.324	-0.000
H9	4.938	0.484	-0.000
H10	4.177	-0.854	0.888
H11	4.177	-0.854	-0.888
H12	2.680	1.183	-0.885
H13	2.680	1.183	0.884
H14	1.597	-1.084	0.886
H15	1.597	-1.084	-0.885
H16	0.118	0.960	-0.881
H17	0.118	0.961	0.881
H18	-0.995	-1.310	0.882
H19	-0.995	-1.311	-0.882
H20	-4.244	-0.261	-0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)

	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	O7	O8	H9	H10	H11	H12	H13	H14	H15	H16	H17	H18	H19	H20
C1		1.5497	2.5696	3.9508	5.1331	6.4371	7.5252	6.7594	1.0954	1.0957	1.0957	2.1798	2.1798	2.7901	2.7901	4.2424	4.2424	5.2820	5.2820	8.3416
C2	1.5497		1.5488	2.5710	3.9453	5.0944	6.2917	5.2862	2.1955	2.1860	2.1860	1.0975	1.0975	2.1727	2.1727	2.8013	2.8013	4.2613	4.2613	7.0326
C3	2.5696	1.5488		1.5471	2.5635	3.9053	4.9557	4.3890	3.5234	2.8172	2.8172	2.1699	2.1699	1.0990	1.0990	2.1768	2.1768	2.8199	2.8200	5.7838
C4	3.9508	2.5710	1.5471		1.5423	2.5234	3.7551	2.8518	4.7592	4.2557	4.2557	2.7898	2.7898	2.1754	2.1754	1.0965	1.0965	2.1892	2.1892	4.4630
C5	5.1331	3.9453	2.5635	1.5423		1.5165	2.3927	2.4668	6.0637	5.2732	5.2732	4.2241	4.2241	2.7923	2.7923	2.1652	2.1652	1.0967	1.0967	3.2520
C6	6.4371	5.0944	3.9053	2.5234	1.5165		1.3968	1.2376	7.2806	6.6382	6.6382	5.2046	5.2046	4.1969	4.1969	2.7439	2.7439	2.1317	2.1317	1.9449
O7	7.5252	6.2917	4.9557	3.7551	2.3927	1.3968		2.3136	8.4415	7.6350	7.6349	6.4608	6.4608	5.0884	5.0883	4.0356	4.0357	2.6178	2.6177	0.9964
O8	6.7594	5.2862	4.3890	2.8518	2.4668	1.2376	2.3136		7.4694	7.0645	7.0645	5.2413	5.2413	4.8204	4.8204	2.7713	2.7713	3.1522	3.1522	2.3683
H9	1.0954	2.1955	3.5234	4.7592	6.0637	7.2806	8.4415	7.4694		1.7774	1.7774	2.5235	2.5235	3.7954	3.7954	4.9228	4.9228	6.2607	6.2607	9.2125
H10	1.0957	2.1860	2.8172	4.2557	5.2732	6.6382	7.6350	7.0645	1.7774		1.7765	3.0876	2.5280	2.5905	3.1395	4.7855	4.4464	5.1921	5.4856	8.4892
H11	1.0957	2.1860	2.8172	4.2557	5.2732	6.6382	7.6349	7.0645	1.7774	1.7765		2.5280	3.0876	3.1395	2.5905	4.4464	4.7855	5.4856	5.1921	8.4891
H12	2.1798	1.0975	2.1699	2.7898	4.2241	5.2046	6.4608	5.2413	2.5235	3.0876	2.5280		1.7688	3.0729	2.5120	2.5716	3.1193	4.7792	4.4408	7.1283
H13	2.1798	1.0975	2.1699	2.7898	4.2241	5.2046	6.4608	5.2413	2.5235	2.5280	3.0876	1.7688		2.5120	3.0729	3.1193	2.5716	4.4408	4.7792	7.1283
H14	2.7901	2.1727	1.0990	2.1754	2.7923	4.1969	5.0884	4.8204	3.7954	2.5905	3.1395	3.0729	2.5120		1.7708	3.0801	2.5232	2.6016	3.1452	5.9652
H15	2.7901	2.1727	1.0990	2.1754	2.7923	4.1969	5.0883	4.8204	3.7954	3.1395	2.5905	2.5120	3.0729	1.7708		2.5232	3.0801	3.1452	2.6016	5.9651
H16	4.2424	2.8013	2.1768	1.0965	2.1652	2.7439	4.0356	2.7713	4.9228	4.7855	4.4464	2.5716	3.1193	3.0801	2.5232		1.7624	3.0831	2.5291	4.6150
H17	4.2424	2.8013	2.1768	1.0965	2.1652	2.7439	4.0357	2.7713	4.9228	4.4464	4.7855	3.1193	2.5716	2.5232	3.0801	1.7624		2.5291	3.0831	4.6151
H18	5.2820	4.2613	2.8199	2.1892	1.0967	2.1317	2.6178	3.1522	6.2607	5.1921	5.4856	4.7792	4.4408	2.6016	3.1452	3.0831	2.5291		1.7641	3.5272
H19	5.2820	4.2613	2.8200	2.1892	1.0967	2.1317	2.6177	3.1522	6.2607	5.4856	5.1921	4.4408	4.7792	3.1452	2.6016	2.5291	3.0831	1.7641		3.5271
H20	8.3416	7.0326	5.7838	4.4630	3.2520	1.9449	0.9964	2.3683	9.2125	8.4892	8.4891	7.1283	7.1283	5.9652	5.9651	4.6150	4.6151	3.5272	3.5271

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Calculated Bond Angles

atom1	atom2	atom3	angle	atom1	atom2	atom3	angle
C1	C2	C3	112.053	C1	C2	H12	109.680
C1	C2	H13	109.680	C2	C1	H9	111.038
C2	C1	H10	110.269	C2	C1	H11	110.269
C2	C3	C4	112.291	C2	C3	H14	109.105
C2	C3	H15	109.105	C3	C2	H12	108.965
C3	C2	H13	108.965	C3	C4	C5	112.151
C3	C4	H16	109.682	C3	C4	H17	109.682
C4	C3	H14	109.433	C4	C3	H15	109.433
C4	C5	C6	111.167	C4	C5	H18	110.975
C4	C5	H19	110.975	C5	C4	H16	109.112
C5	C4	H17	109.111	C5	C6	O7	110.365
C5	C6	O8	126.893	C6	C5	H18	108.250
C6	C5	H19	108.250	C6	O7	H20	107.542
O7	C6	O8	122.742	H9	C1	H10	108.431
H9	C1	H11	108.431	H10	C1	H11	108.326
H12	C2	H13	107.380	H14	C3	H15	107.347
H16	C4	H17	106.961	H18	C5	H19	107.073

Electronic energy levels

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All results from a given calculation for C₆H₁₂O₂ (Hexanoic acid)

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All results from a given calculation for C₆H₁₂O₂ (Hexanoic acid)