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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.471497
Energy at 298.15K-307.481007
HF Energy-307.471497
Nuclear repulsion energy238.031007
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 M06-2X/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 3705 3705 53.20      
2 A 3167 3167 27.62      
3 A 3158 3158 24.53      
4 A 3151 3151 17.55      
5 A 3129 3129 0.47      
6 A 3089 3089 21.58      
7 A 3077 3077 3.54      
8 A 3069 3069 20.46      
9 A 1807 1807 287.64      
10 A 1556 1556 10.48      
11 A 1550 1550 10.98      
12 A 1545 1545 2.58      
13 A 1519 1519 7.30      
14 A 1464 1464 5.90      
15 A 1417 1417 11.90      
16 A 1409 1409 78.43      
17 A 1351 1351 2.16      
18 A 1339 1339 3.52      
19 A 1289 1289 0.95      
20 A 1210 1210 110.12      
21 A 1152 1152 9.55      
22 A 1118 1118 113.48      
23 A 1084 1084 23.31      
24 A 952 952 3.44      
25 A 922 922 2.23      
26 A 890 890 11.53      
27 A 783 783 9.39      
28 A 710 710 79.12      
29 A 633 633 112.44      
30 A 576 576 59.11      
31 A 442 442 4.78      
32 A 344 344 1.92      
33 A 251 251 0.06      
34 A 197 197 0.08      
35 A 99 99 0.13      
36 A 55 55 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26604.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26604.1 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 M06-2X/6-31G
ABC
0.27611 0.06220 0.05455

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.156 0.062
C2 -0.232 -0.491 0.429
C3 -1.266 0.310 -0.381
C4 -2.694 -0.076 0.009
O5 1.425 1.192 0.143
O6 2.054 -0.949 -0.276
H7 -0.362 -1.565 0.280
H8 -0.369 -0.275 1.496
H9 -1.108 0.127 -1.450
H10 -1.097 1.377 -0.212
H11 -3.427 0.495 -0.567
H12 -2.877 -1.140 -0.174
H13 -2.874 0.119 1.071
H14 2.350 1.398 -0.101

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49812.53013.87661.37281.22692.10112.11472.75822.75954.69654.18224.18811.9515
C21.49811.53792.53182.37932.43641.09251.09712.16332.15563.48882.78912.78643.2428
C32.53011.53791.52992.87993.55242.18342.16121.09611.09392.17722.17702.17513.7864
C43.87662.53181.52994.31214.83662.77992.76802.16432.17081.09301.09471.09495.2563
O51.37282.37932.87994.31212.27073.28892.68373.17632.55314.95314.90364.52750.9784
O61.22692.43643.55244.83662.27072.55533.07663.54073.91715.67614.93615.21982.3718
H72.10111.09252.18342.77993.28892.55531.77292.53193.07203.78862.59023.12584.0350
H82.11471.09712.16122.76802.68373.07661.77293.06422.48553.76913.13512.57213.5694
H92.75822.16331.09612.16433.17633.54072.53193.06421.75972.50872.52223.07813.9236
H102.75952.15561.09392.17082.55313.91713.07202.48551.75972.51713.08322.52773.4485
H114.69653.48882.17721.09304.95315.67613.78863.76912.50872.51711.76921.76925.8659
H124.18222.78912.17701.09474.90364.93612.59023.13512.52223.08321.76921.77005.8109
H134.18812.78642.17511.09494.52755.21983.12582.57213.07812.52771.76921.77005.5049
H141.95153.24283.78645.25630.97842.37184.03503.56943.92363.44855.86595.81095.5049

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 112.888 C1 C2 H7 107.365
C1 C2 H8 108.156 C1 O5 H14 111.082
C2 C1 O5 111.867 C2 C1 O6 126.504
C2 C3 C4 111.236 C2 C3 H9 109.278
C2 C3 H10 108.813 C3 C2 H7 111.083
C3 C2 H8 109.065 C3 C4 H11 111.121
C3 C4 H12 111.004 C3 C4 H13 110.837
C4 C3 H9 109.910 C4 C3 H10 110.558
O5 C1 O6 121.628 H7 C2 H8 108.135
H9 C3 H10 106.938 H11 C4 H12 107.943
H11 C4 H13 107.920 H12 C4 H13 107.877
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.489      
2 C -0.318      
3 C -0.291      
4 C -0.444      
5 O -0.595      
6 O -0.424      
7 H 0.186      
8 H 0.190      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.183      
11 H 0.157      
12 H 0.151      
13 H 0.150      
14 H 0.408      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.279 1.285 0.345 1.845
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.629 6.479 0.606
y 6.479 -39.145 -1.666
z 0.606 -1.666 -36.344
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.115 6.479 0.606
y 6.479 -2.658 -1.666
z 0.606 -1.666 1.543
Polar
3z2-r23.086
x2-y22.515
xy6.479
xz0.606
yz-1.666


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.102 -0.208 -0.349
y -0.208 6.919 0.166
z -0.349 0.166 5.489


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.190
(<r2>)1/2 14.463