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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.636340
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-302.996661
Nuclear repulsion energy235.858788
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 QCISD/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 3141 3018 12.57      
2 A 3133 3011 17.86      
3 A 3123 3002 8.90      
4 A 3070 2950 13.23      
5 A 3058 2939 4.60      
6 A 3053 2934 33.57      
7 A 1803 1733 226.65      
8 A 1588 1526 1.56      
9 A 1561 1500 5.12      
10 A 1540 1481 8.36      
11 A 1398 1344 2.24      
12 A 1388 1334 0.47      
13 A 1350 1297 5.10      
14 A 1283 1233 6.98      
15 A 1243 1194 2.64      
16 A 1205 1158 3.48      
17 A 1133 1088 55.24      
18 A 1108 1065 161.37      
19 A 1021 982 19.11      
20 A 989 951 42.92      
21 A 924 888 2.38      
22 A 892 858 21.41      
23 A 880 846 17.38      
24 A 760 731 9.70      
25 A 669 643 5.55      
26 A 628 603 3.24      
27 A 528 507 3.17      
28 A 473 455 2.51      
29 A 210 202 3.99      
30 A 139 134 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21644.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9611) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20802.8 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 QCISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.23317 0.11457 0.08198

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.908 0.003 0.006
C2 -0.026 1.225 0.192
C3 -1.411 0.684 -0.252
C4 -1.313 -0.821 0.145
O5 0.122 -1.172 -0.048
O6 2.127 -0.031 -0.077
H7 0.341 2.070 -0.399
H8 -0.031 1.505 1.256
H9 -1.513 0.773 -1.342
H10 -2.255 1.185 0.235
H11 -1.904 -1.485 -0.492
H12 -1.578 -0.969 1.201

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.54982.43052.37271.41471.22232.18132.16772.87613.38413.21992.9241
C21.54981.55132.41782.41412.50771.09441.10042.18352.22903.36702.8708
C32.43051.55131.56032.41603.61362.23892.20261.09791.09552.23702.2077
C42.37272.41781.56031.48963.53623.37532.87852.18932.21831.09351.0982
O51.41472.41412.41601.48962.30703.26842.98162.85133.35932.09732.1189
O61.22232.50773.61363.53622.30702.77602.96553.93664.55804.30494.0295
H72.18131.09442.23893.37533.26842.77601.78852.45192.81524.20543.9346
H82.16771.10042.20262.87852.98162.96551.78853.07922.46773.93672.9180
H92.87612.18351.09792.18932.85133.93662.45193.07921.79022.44343.0829
H103.38412.22901.09552.21833.35934.55802.81522.46771.79022.78892.4564
H113.21993.36702.23701.09352.09734.30494.20543.93672.44342.78891.7993
H122.92412.87082.20771.09822.11894.02953.93462.91803.08292.45641.7993

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 103.211 C1 C2 H7 109.961
C1 C2 H8 108.570 C1 O5 C4 109.538
C2 C1 O5 108.958 C2 C1 O6 129.155
C2 C3 C4 101.982 C2 C3 H9 109.830
C2 C3 H10 113.625 C3 C2 H7 114.503
C3 C2 H8 111.188 C3 C4 O5 104.754
C3 C4 H11 113.747 C3 C4 H12 111.092
C4 C3 H9 109.668 C4 C3 H10 112.107
O5 C1 O6 121.885 O5 C4 H11 107.589
O5 C4 H12 108.995 H7 C2 H8 109.147
H9 C3 H10 109.405 H11 C4 H12 110.365
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability