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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.195073
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.546910
Nuclear repulsion energy235.273454
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/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 3130 3016 25.67      
2 A 3115 3002 7.58      
3 A 3096 2983 15.22      
4 A 3051 2940 30.61      
5 A 3043 2933 17.85      
6 A 3040 2929 8.26      
7 A 1751 1688 270.95      
8 A 1568 1511 0.51      
9 A 1550 1494 4.93      
10 A 1531 1476 7.90      
11 A 1395 1345 3.81      
12 A 1381 1331 0.10      
13 A 1346 1297 2.40      
14 A 1266 1219 5.88      
15 A 1242 1197 1.75      
16 A 1190 1147 4.94      
17 A 1149 1108 184.61      
18 A 1123 1082 39.59      
19 A 1045 1007 14.93      
20 A 980 944 52.01      
21 A 931 897 7.15      
22 A 906 873 13.49      
23 A 874 842 32.92      
24 A 783 755 15.08      
25 A 664 639 3.45      
26 A 640 616 6.62      
27 A 522 503 6.28      
28 A 473 455 3.44      
29 A 188 181 4.65      
30 A 139 134 0.43      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21555.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9636) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20770.5 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/6-31G
ABC
0.23368 0.11372 0.08117

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.906 -0.004 0.004
C2 -0.006 1.224 0.165
C3 -1.416 0.696 -0.213
C4 -1.330 -0.820 0.125
O5 0.114 -1.171 -0.043
O6 2.138 -0.043 -0.068
H7 0.353 2.044 -0.473
H8 0.040 1.564 1.214
H9 -1.600 0.835 -1.291
H10 -2.228 1.194 0.339
H11 -1.894 -1.467 -0.557
H12 -1.611 -1.037 1.167

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53792.43502.38331.41121.23532.17362.16152.94243.37113.20892.9590
C21.53791.55292.43652.40742.50161.09871.10392.19352.22883.36652.9487
C32.43501.55291.55622.42043.63382.23962.21631.10211.10022.24232.2237
C42.38332.43651.55621.49553.55953.37562.95822.19482.21571.09651.1009
O51.41122.40742.42041.49552.31733.25233.01122.91883.35002.09422.1116
O61.23532.50163.63383.55952.31732.77592.93744.03024.55604.30454.0708
H72.17361.09872.23963.37563.25232.77591.78152.43842.83604.16984.0049
H82.16151.10392.21632.95823.01122.93741.78153.08162.45884.00893.0815
H92.94242.19351.10212.19482.91884.03022.43843.08161.78302.43413.0892
H103.37112.22881.10022.21573.35004.55602.83602.45881.78302.82802.4578
H113.20893.36652.24231.09652.09424.30454.16984.00892.43412.82801.7996
H122.95902.94872.22371.10092.11164.07084.00493.08153.08922.45781.7996

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 103.965 C1 C2 H7 109.939
C1 C2 H8 108.695 C1 O5 C4 110.124
C2 C1 O5 109.364 C2 C1 O6 128.535
C2 C3 C4 103.193 C2 C3 H9 110.264
C2 C3 H10 113.189 C3 C2 H7 114.174
C3 C2 H8 111.954 C3 C4 O5 104.939
C3 C4 H11 114.292 C3 C4 H12 112.499
C4 C3 H9 110.130 C4 C3 H10 111.900
O5 C1 O6 122.098 O5 C4 H11 106.786
O5 C4 H12 107.876 H7 C2 H8 107.967
H9 C3 H10 108.120 H11 C4 H12 109.970
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability