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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.738297
Energy at 298.15K-305.748040
HF Energy-305.738297
Nuclear repulsion energy239.164987
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 HF/6-31G
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 3992 3604 96.87      
2 A 3293 2973 31.77      
3 A 3265 2948 35.28      
4 A 3261 2944 46.27      
5 A 3241 2926 5.90      
6 A 3220 2908 15.83      
7 A 3198 2887 14.41      
8 A 3186 2876 35.37      
9 A 1917 1731 375.83      
10 A 1668 1506 8.19      
11 A 1657 1496 9.15      
12 A 1656 1495 2.90      
13 A 1637 1478 6.64      
14 A 1582 1429 3.98      
15 A 1533 1385 7.06      
16 A 1504 1358 91.78      
17 A 1465 1323 1.28      
18 A 1449 1308 10.99      
19 A 1389 1254 0.77      
20 A 1308 1181 121.60      
21 A 1235 1115 22.64      
22 A 1198 1082 147.33      
23 A 1120 1012 5.54      
24 A 996 899 0.80      
25 A 992 895 2.91      
26 A 947 855 12.54      
27 A 835 754 6.74      
28 A 769 694 79.34      
29 A 655 592 136.15      
30 A 613 554 93.07      
31 A 463 418 4.96      
32 A 362 327 2.85      
33 A 254 229 0.04      
34 A 207 187 0.18      
35 A 97 87 0.36      
36 A 56 51 0.44      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28109.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25379.6 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.27744 0.06210 0.05507

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.177 -0.152 0.073
C2 -0.232 -0.413 0.499
C3 -1.264 0.257 -0.427
C4 -2.697 -0.048 0.014
O5 1.498 1.164 0.121
O6 1.981 -0.984 -0.286
H7 -0.373 -1.484 0.516
H8 -0.355 -0.034 1.507
H9 -1.114 -0.093 -1.444
H10 -1.097 1.327 -0.431
H11 -3.413 0.428 -0.646
H12 -2.894 -1.115 0.002
H13 -2.882 0.314 1.020
H14 2.393 1.351 -0.153

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49412.52473.87541.35581.21202.09092.10172.74792.75834.68124.18334.19391.9467
C21.49411.53962.53882.37072.41641.08081.08452.15712.15363.48352.79762.79753.2286
C32.52471.53961.52982.95843.47722.17092.15701.08571.08282.16632.17282.17133.8270
C43.87542.53881.52984.36784.78022.77732.77772.15222.15631.08371.08481.08505.2813
O51.35582.37072.95844.36782.23963.26652.60613.29422.65765.02424.94934.55160.9545
O61.21202.41643.47724.78022.23962.53683.09463.42263.85145.58704.88515.20042.3751
H72.09091.08082.17092.77733.26652.53681.75642.51463.05293.77402.59883.12774.0170
H82.10171.08452.15702.77772.60613.09461.75643.04772.48223.76833.14322.59753.4967
H92.74792.15711.08572.15223.29423.42262.51463.04771.74362.48802.51023.05954.0063
H102.75832.15361.08282.15632.65763.85143.05292.48221.74362.49343.06242.51403.5007
H114.68123.48352.16631.08375.02425.58703.77403.76832.48802.49341.75201.75195.8990
H124.18332.79762.17281.08484.94934.88512.59883.14322.51023.06241.75201.75435.8356
H134.19392.79752.17131.08504.55165.20043.12772.59753.05952.51401.75191.75435.5027
H141.94673.22863.82705.28130.95452.37514.01703.49674.00633.50075.89905.83565.5027

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 112.643 C1 C2 H7 107.511
C1 C2 H8 108.138 C1 O5 H14 113.702
C2 C1 O5 112.496 C2 C1 O6 126.177
C2 C3 C4 111.604 C2 C3 H9 109.279
C2 C3 H10 109.171 C3 C2 H7 110.660
C3 C2 H8 109.344 C3 C4 H11 110.815
C3 C4 H12 111.273 C3 C4 H13 111.138
C4 C3 H9 109.572 C4 C3 H10 110.065
O5 C1 O6 121.328 H7 C2 H8 108.421
H9 C3 H10 107.037 H11 C4 H12 107.789
H11 C4 H13 107.764 H12 C4 H13 107.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.730      
2 C -0.364      
3 C -0.315      
4 C -0.455      
5 O -0.729      
6 O -0.551      
7 H 0.206      
8 H 0.201      
9 H 0.170      
10 H 0.193      
11 H 0.163      
12 H 0.156      
13 H 0.156      
14 H 0.439      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.539 1.452 0.412 2.156
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -37.075 6.747 0.636
y 6.747 -40.513 -2.030
z 0.636 -2.030 -36.588
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.476 6.747 0.636
y 6.747 -3.682 -2.030
z 0.636 -2.030 2.206
Polar
3z2-r24.412
x2-y23.439
xy6.747
xz0.636
yz-2.030


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.550 -0.295 -0.329
y -0.295 6.565 0.190
z -0.329 0.190 5.347


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 208.903
(<r2>)1/2 14.453