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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.159078
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.546433
Nuclear repulsion energy235.265825
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 MP2/6-31G
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 3187 3050 24.18      
2 A 3167 3030 7.83      
3 A 3150 3014 11.07      
4 A 3100 2966 31.52      
5 A 3094 2960 17.57      
6 A 3087 2953 7.27      
7 A 1727 1652 223.53      
8 A 1587 1519 0.67      
9 A 1568 1501 4.84      
10 A 1549 1482 8.52      
11 A 1406 1346 3.23      
12 A 1395 1335 0.07      
13 A 1358 1299 3.59      
14 A 1278 1222 5.06      
15 A 1250 1196 2.04      
16 A 1196 1144 3.77      
17 A 1145 1096 97.48      
18 A 1123 1074 130.37      
19 A 1054 1009 17.76      
20 A 976 934 50.36      
21 A 943 902 8.03      
22 A 913 873 14.62      
23 A 877 839 51.27      
24 A 781 747 21.24      
25 A 662 633 2.33      
26 A 641 614 5.35      
27 A 525 502 4.34      
28 A 473 453 2.31      
29 A 195 186 4.64      
30 A 144 138 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21775.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9568) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20834.6 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 MP2/6-31G
ABC
0.23408 0.11353 0.08118

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.905 -0.002 0.004
C2 -0.010 1.220 0.170
C3 -1.413 0.695 -0.220
C4 -1.333 -0.814 0.128
O5 0.112 -1.176 -0.044
O6 2.142 -0.040 -0.069
H7 0.353 2.043 -0.456
H8 0.028 1.550 1.219
H9 -1.581 0.825 -1.298
H10 -2.227 1.197 0.317
H11 -1.899 -1.463 -0.545
H12 -1.608 -1.020 1.170

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53562.43072.38411.41701.24012.16752.15722.92563.36833.20922.9516
C21.53561.54812.42752.40862.50561.09551.10062.18602.22253.35882.9281
C32.43071.54811.55132.42023.63352.23372.20881.09831.09692.23612.2165
C42.38412.42751.55131.49983.56593.36862.93802.18732.20901.09281.0972
O51.41702.40862.42021.49982.32583.25373.00502.90593.35142.09282.1117
O61.24012.50563.63353.56592.32582.77352.94284.01514.55774.31074.0697
H72.16751.09552.23373.36863.25372.77351.77672.43512.82324.16793.9838
H82.15721.10062.20882.93803.00502.94281.77673.07402.45473.98793.0465
H92.92562.18601.09832.18732.90594.01512.43513.07401.77832.43023.0817
H103.36832.22251.09692.20903.35144.55772.82322.45471.77832.81502.4544
H113.20923.35882.23611.09282.09284.31074.16793.98792.43022.81501.7952
H122.95162.92812.21651.09722.11174.06973.98383.04653.08172.45441.7952

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 104.043 C1 C2 H7 109.802
C1 C2 H8 108.707 C1 O5 C4 109.614
C2 C1 O5 109.253 C2 C1 O6 128.719
C2 C3 C4 103.111 C2 C3 H9 110.228
C2 C3 H10 113.234 C3 C2 H7 114.243
C3 C2 H8 111.895 C3 C4 O5 104.961
C3 C4 H11 114.373 C3 C4 H12 112.489
C4 C3 H9 110.101 C4 C3 H10 111.906
O5 C1 O6 122.024 O5 C4 H11 106.595
O5 C4 H12 107.797 H7 C2 H8 107.998
H9 C3 H10 108.206 H11 C4 H12 110.115
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability