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

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.275603
Energy at 298.15K-306.285173
HF Energy-305.736437
Nuclear repulsion energy237.041436
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 CID/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 3798 3552 54.71      
2 A 3206 2998 39.73      
3 A 3192 2986 34.47      
4 A 3187 2980 23.70      
5 A 3168 2963 1.38      
6 A 3135 2932 17.27      
7 A 3119 2917 10.52      
8 A 3111 2910 28.60      
9 A 1836 1717 284.21      
10 A 1611 1506 7.75      
11 A 1600 1497 8.30      
12 A 1598 1494 2.45      
13 A 1581 1478 5.23      
14 A 1524 1425 3.67      
15 A 1477 1381 4.94      
16 A 1447 1353 64.71      
17 A 1404 1313 0.79      
18 A 1393 1303 5.46      
19 A 1342 1255 1.05      
20 A 1259 1178 116.90      
21 A 1187 1110 13.41      
22 A 1148 1074 141.81      
23 A 1096 1025 14.39      
24 A 966 904 2.05      
25 A 951 889 2.78      
26 A 904 845 16.05      
27 A 794 743 6.09      
28 A 727 680 68.91      
29 A 632 591 129.81      
30 A 589 551 70.14      
31 A 447 418 4.11      
32 A 349 326 2.46      
33 A 246 230 0.04      
34 A 199 186 0.15      
35 A 94 88 0.23      
36 A 55 51 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 27184.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25423.0 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 CID/6-31G
ABC
0.27184 0.06132 0.05412

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.157 0.071
C2 -0.234 -0.434 0.484
C3 -1.274 0.279 -0.411
C4 -2.714 -0.061 0.009
O5 1.487 1.188 0.127
O6 2.016 -0.987 -0.287
H7 -0.373 -1.516 0.449
H8 -0.359 -0.105 1.521
H9 -1.114 -0.019 -1.453
H10 -1.109 1.358 -0.358
H11 -3.437 0.447 -0.635
H12 -2.899 -1.138 -0.061
H13 -2.904 0.249 1.041
H14 2.402 1.358 -0.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50392.54323.90061.37881.22782.10222.11912.76092.78144.71414.20244.22201.9556
C21.50391.54642.55262.39182.44171.09151.09492.16752.16463.50532.80992.81153.2500
C32.54321.54641.53792.95643.52712.18482.17201.09571.09272.18092.18412.18293.8410
C43.90062.55261.53794.38474.82862.79132.79942.16762.17391.09311.09431.09455.3122
O51.37882.39182.95644.38472.27573.29772.65033.27382.64635.03754.96834.58270.9703
O61.22782.44173.52714.82862.27572.55503.11213.47693.90685.64894.92255.24342.3810
H72.10221.09152.18482.79133.29772.55501.77202.53103.07443.79702.60493.14184.0399
H82.11911.09492.17202.79942.65033.11211.77203.06952.49693.79823.16572.61413.5423
H92.76092.16751.09572.16763.27383.47692.53103.06951.75922.50702.52513.08153.9963
H102.78142.16461.09272.17392.64633.90683.07442.49691.75922.51543.08572.53213.5176
H114.71413.50532.18091.09315.03755.64893.79703.79822.50702.51541.76911.76935.9304
H124.20242.80992.18411.09434.96834.92252.60493.16572.52513.08571.76911.77075.8606
H134.22202.81152.18291.09454.58275.24343.14182.61413.08152.53211.76931.77075.5498
H141.95563.25003.84105.31220.97032.38104.03993.54233.99633.51765.93045.86065.5498

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 112.964 C1 C2 H7 107.114
C1 C2 H8 108.225 C1 O5 H14 111.525
C2 C1 O5 112.064 C2 C1 O6 126.420
C2 C3 C4 111.711 C2 C3 H9 109.056
C2 C3 H10 108.998 C3 C2 H7 110.658
C3 C2 H8 109.450 C3 C4 H11 110.851
C3 C4 H12 111.025 C3 C4 H13 110.919
C4 C3 H9 109.642 C4 C3 H10 110.313
O5 C1 O6 121.516 H7 C2 H8 108.285
H9 C3 H10 106.997 H11 C4 H12 107.960
H11 C4 H13 107.961 H12 C4 H13 107.995
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability