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

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-303.600403
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.996437
Nuclear repulsion energy235.995204
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 3198 3042 17.87      
2 A 3191 3036 10.64      
3 A 3181 3026 6.32      
4 A 3126 2974 12.00      
5 A 3112 2961 4.32      
6 A 3108 2957 33.30      
7 A 1767 1681 194.16      
8 A 1610 1532 2.18      
9 A 1583 1506 5.02      
10 A 1561 1485 8.97      
11 A 1413 1345 2.60      
12 A 1406 1338 0.33      
13 A 1362 1296 5.99      
14 A 1297 1233 6.49      
15 A 1254 1193 3.18      
16 A 1214 1155 3.44      
17 A 1142 1086 22.21      
18 A 1102 1049 198.18      
19 A 1031 981 13.94      
20 A 990 942 53.10      
21 A 937 892 2.63      
22 A 904 860 17.16      
23 A 888 845 34.79      
24 A 764 726 13.07      
25 A 670 638 4.36      
26 A 632 601 2.65      
27 A 532 506 2.22      
28 A 475 452 1.76      
29 A 217 206 3.80      
30 A 144 137 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21906.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20839.4 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
0.23403 0.11448 0.08207

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 0.907 0.004 0.007
C2 -0.030 1.221 0.195
C3 -1.406 0.683 -0.257
C4 -1.315 -0.815 0.147
O5 0.120 -1.175 -0.048
O6 2.131 -0.029 -0.078
H7 0.340 2.066 -0.387
H8 -0.040 1.492 1.257
H9 -1.498 0.766 -1.344
H10 -2.251 1.186 0.219
H11 -1.907 -1.477 -0.484
H12 -1.578 -0.956 1.200

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54682.42492.37171.41841.22742.17412.16202.86133.37823.21732.9182
C21.54681.54512.40772.41242.51091.09111.09682.17482.22143.35592.8533
C32.42491.54511.55432.41343.61252.23182.19441.09391.09202.22912.1993
C42.37172.40771.55431.49173.54113.36532.86042.18062.21031.08971.0944
O51.41842.41242.41341.49172.31463.26592.97352.83963.35632.09512.1181
O61.22742.51093.61253.54112.31462.77302.96783.92474.55674.30864.0302
H72.17411.09112.23183.36533.26592.77301.78282.44672.80314.19693.9150
H82.16201.09682.19442.86042.97352.96781.78283.06932.46233.91622.8912
H92.86132.17481.09392.18062.83963.92472.44673.06931.78452.43653.0725
H103.37822.22141.09202.21033.35634.55672.80312.46231.78452.77572.4500
H113.21733.35592.22911.08972.09514.30864.19693.91622.43652.77571.7938
H122.91822.85332.19931.09442.11814.03023.91502.89123.07252.45001.7938

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 103.308 C1 C2 H7 109.808
C1 C2 H8 108.534 C1 O5 C4 109.147
C2 C1 O5 108.814 C2 C1 O6 129.307
C2 C3 C4 101.941 C2 C3 H9 109.812
C2 C3 H10 113.677 C3 C2 H7 114.589
C3 C2 H8 111.187 C3 C4 O5 104.787
C3 C4 H11 113.773 C3 C4 H12 111.072
C4 C3 H9 109.630 C4 C3 H10 112.104
O5 C1 O6 121.876 O5 C4 H11 107.481
O5 C4 H12 109.002 H7 C2 H8 109.148
H9 C3 H10 109.445 H11 C4 H12 110.421
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability