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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

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-303.610752
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.996504
Nuclear repulsion energy236.033783
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 3199 3033 18.23      
2 A 3192 3026 10.17      
3 A 3182 3017 6.20      
4 A 3127 2964 11.93      
5 A 3113 2951 4.34      
6 A 3110 2948 33.12      
7 A 1768 1676 194.12      
8 A 1610 1526 2.15      
9 A 1583 1500 5.07      
10 A 1561 1480 9.01      
11 A 1414 1340 2.55      
12 A 1407 1333 0.35      
13 A 1363 1292 6.05      
14 A 1297 1229 6.46      
15 A 1254 1189 3.17      
16 A 1214 1151 3.39      
17 A 1142 1082 22.78      
18 A 1103 1046 197.67      
19 A 1031 978 13.92      
20 A 990 939 53.05      
21 A 938 889 2.63      
22 A 904 857 17.03      
23 A 888 842 34.92      
24 A 764 724 13.13      
25 A 670 636 4.34      
26 A 632 599 2.66      
27 A 532 504 2.21      
28 A 476 451 1.76      
29 A 216 205 3.79      
30 A 144 137 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21910.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.948) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20771.4 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*
ABC
0.23411 0.11452 0.08210

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 0.906 0.004 0.007
C2 -0.030 1.220 0.195
C3 -1.406 0.683 -0.257
C4 -1.315 -0.815 0.147
O5 0.119 -1.175 -0.047
O6 2.130 -0.029 -0.079
H7 0.341 2.065 -0.387
H8 -0.039 1.491 1.257
H9 -1.498 0.766 -1.344
H10 -2.250 1.186 0.218
H11 -1.907 -1.476 -0.485
H12 -1.578 -0.955 1.199

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54622.42422.37161.41831.22732.17342.16122.86063.37743.21682.9182
C21.54621.54482.40742.41182.51021.09091.09662.17462.22113.35542.8531
C32.42421.54481.55402.41303.61152.23142.19411.09371.09182.22872.1989
C42.37162.40741.55401.49173.54093.36492.86022.17992.20981.08961.0942
O51.41832.41182.41301.49172.31433.26542.97262.83933.35562.09502.1177
O61.22732.51023.61153.54092.31432.77192.96713.92364.55584.30794.0303
H72.17341.09092.23143.36493.26542.77191.78242.44672.80284.19623.9146
H82.16121.09662.19412.86022.97262.96711.78243.06912.46223.91582.8912
H92.86062.17461.09372.17992.83933.92362.44673.06911.78412.43553.0716
H103.37742.22111.09182.20983.35564.55582.80282.46221.78412.77522.4494
H113.21683.35542.22871.08962.09504.30794.19623.91582.43552.77521.7935
H122.91822.85312.19891.09422.11774.03033.91462.89123.07162.44941.7935

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 103.309 C1 C2 H7 109.800
C1 C2 H8 108.533 C1 O5 C4 109.146
C2 C1 O5 108.818 C2 C1 O6 129.306
C2 C3 C4 101.955 C2 C3 H9 109.832
C2 C3 H10 113.684 C3 C2 H7 114.593
C3 C2 H8 111.202 C3 C4 O5 104.777
C3 C4 H11 113.777 C3 C4 H12 111.076
C4 C3 H9 109.612 C4 C3 H10 112.093
O5 C1 O6 121.872 O5 C4 H11 107.485
O5 C4 H12 108.989 H7 C2 H8 109.138
H9 C3 H10 109.433 H11 C4 H12 110.429
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability