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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/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 B2PLYP/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.186147
Energy at 298.15K-307.195576
HF Energy-306.976049
Nuclear repulsion energy236.212521
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 B2PLYP/6-31G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3615 3615 32.23      
2 A 3154 3154 41.83      
3 A 3142 3142 34.45      
4 A 3136 3136 21.49      
5 A 3114 3114 0.34      
6 A 3080 3080 22.29      
7 A 3066 3066 8.96      
8 A 3059 3059 26.61      
9 A 1727 1727 220.93      
10 A 1573 1573 7.47      
11 A 1563 1563 8.07      
12 A 1561 1561 2.11      
13 A 1540 1540 4.55      
14 A 1479 1479 2.98      
15 A 1423 1423 4.20      
16 A 1388 1388 44.78      
17 A 1362 1362 3.90      
18 A 1348 1348 10.38      
19 A 1300 1300 0.64      
20 A 1207 1207 74.78      
21 A 1150 1150 9.47      
22 A 1097 1097 144.19      
23 A 1063 1063 33.62      
24 A 937 937 2.09      
25 A 923 923 5.25      
26 A 865 865 23.81      
27 A 781 781 4.42      
28 A 705 705 75.06      
29 A 623 623 104.95      
30 A 568 568 47.44      
31 A 432 432 3.60      
32 A 340 340 1.92      
33 A 243 243 0.05      
34 A 194 194 0.09      
35 A 94 94 0.18      
36 A 47 47 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26449.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26449.3 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 B2PLYP/6-31G
ABC
0.26872 0.06110 0.05390

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.157 0.074
C2 -0.235 -0.432 0.488
C3 -1.276 0.262 -0.422
C4 -2.716 -0.058 0.012
O5 1.477 1.203 0.126
O6 2.030 -0.991 -0.283
H7 -0.372 -1.517 0.473
H8 -0.369 -0.083 1.519
H9 -1.121 -0.064 -1.459
H10 -1.103 1.343 -0.398
H11 -3.441 0.437 -0.642
H12 -2.909 -1.136 -0.026
H13 -2.901 0.282 1.038
H14 2.405 1.356 -0.157

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50462.54593.90281.39111.24022.10612.12352.77112.77604.71884.21124.22101.9569
C21.50461.54772.55372.39502.45731.09341.09712.17052.16553.50882.81272.81423.2531
C32.54591.54771.53722.96153.53882.18712.17081.09761.09502.18272.18592.18443.8498
C43.90282.55371.53724.38024.84602.79872.78902.16942.17541.09491.09611.09635.3152
O51.39112.39502.96154.38022.29863.30732.64663.29712.63685.03674.97364.56610.9817
O61.24022.45733.53884.84602.29862.57333.13553.48893.90835.66594.94845.26142.3799
H72.10611.09342.18712.79873.30732.57331.77492.53043.07743.80492.61333.15414.0453
H82.12351.09712.17082.78902.64663.13551.77493.07162.49963.79183.15382.60273.5463
H92.77112.17051.09762.16943.29713.48892.53043.07161.76212.50982.52993.08554.0184
H102.77602.16551.09502.17542.63683.90833.07742.49961.76212.51943.08992.53393.5161
H114.71883.50882.18271.09495.03675.66593.80493.79182.50982.51941.77131.77145.9377
H124.21122.81272.18591.09614.97364.94842.61333.15382.52993.08991.77131.77255.8711
H134.22102.81422.18441.09634.56615.26143.15412.60273.08552.53391.77141.77255.5437
H141.95693.25313.84985.31520.98172.37994.04533.54634.01843.51615.93775.87115.5437

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 113.035 C1 C2 H7 107.259
C1 C2 H8 108.399 C1 O5 H14 109.920
C2 C1 O5 111.543 C2 C1 O6 126.815
C2 C3 C4 111.747 C2 C3 H9 109.083
C2 C3 H10 108.844 C3 C2 H7 110.630
C3 C2 H8 109.135 C3 C4 H11 110.929
C3 C4 H12 111.113 C3 C4 H13 110.980
C4 C3 H9 109.726 C4 C3 H10 110.346
O5 C1 O6 121.641 H7 C2 H8 108.246
H9 C3 H10 106.967 H11 C4 H12 107.888
H11 C4 H13 107.891 H12 C4 H13 107.897
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.498      
2 C -0.296      
3 C -0.256      
4 C -0.411      
5 O -0.580      
6 O -0.417      
7 H 0.170      
8 H 0.172      
9 H 0.144      
10 H 0.165      
11 H 0.143      
12 H 0.139      
13 H 0.139      
14 H 0.391      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.225 1.212 0.295 1.749
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.520 6.036 0.409
y 6.036 -39.803 -1.731
z 0.409 -1.731 -36.559
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.661 6.036 0.409
y 6.036 -3.263 -1.731
z 0.409 -1.731 1.602
Polar
3z2-r23.204
x2-y23.282
xy6.036
xz0.409
yz-1.731


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.232 -0.160 -0.376
y -0.160 7.059 0.172
z -0.376 0.172 5.509


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 212.258
(<r2>)1/2 14.569