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

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-305.081382
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.552601
Nuclear repulsion energy237.893079
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 3244 3034 23.66      
2 A 3224 3016 6.30      
3 A 3207 3000 13.96      
4 A 3164 2959 28.68      
5 A 3153 2949 16.70      
6 A 3147 2943 8.53      
7 A 1869 1748 354.76      
8 A 1623 1518 0.46      
9 A 1601 1497 6.35      
10 A 1576 1474 10.18      
11 A 1459 1365 8.70      
12 A 1434 1341 0.17      
13 A 1399 1308 3.22      
14 A 1314 1229 8.79      
15 A 1292 1209 3.85      
16 A 1244 1164 8.84      
17 A 1220 1141 256.99      
18 A 1171 1095 12.24      
19 A 1094 1023 31.85      
20 A 1044 977 53.33      
21 A 969 906 10.02      
22 A 945 884 11.92      
23 A 915 856 21.52      
24 A 831 778 11.46      
25 A 699 653 6.16      
26 A 671 628 8.00      
27 A 552 516 7.73      
28 A 498 466 4.78      
29 A 191 179 4.76      
30 A 143 133 0.84      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22447.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9352) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20992.9 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
0.23899 0.11620 0.08289

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 0.898 -0.008 0.003
C2 -0.002 1.214 0.158
C3 -1.407 0.690 -0.203
C4 -1.313 -0.819 0.118
O5 0.114 -1.149 -0.040
O6 2.113 -0.045 -0.066
H7 0.352 2.022 -0.481
H8 0.054 1.558 1.196
H9 -1.606 0.838 -1.267
H10 -2.204 1.178 0.360
H11 -1.866 -1.456 -0.568
H12 -1.600 -1.047 1.146

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52512.41722.35751.38521.21832.15672.14192.93203.33983.17142.9367
C21.52511.54272.41962.37432.47201.08931.09462.17832.21173.33592.9397
C32.41721.54271.54642.39283.59942.22412.20101.09261.09052.22472.2079
C42.35752.41961.54641.47293.51733.34732.94662.18012.20041.08681.0910
O51.38522.37432.39281.47292.28403.21062.97682.90093.30892.07152.0865
O61.21832.47203.59943.51732.28402.74722.89934.00714.50764.25124.0324
H72.15671.08932.22413.34733.21062.74721.76482.41932.82044.12573.9845
H82.14191.09462.20102.94662.97682.89931.76483.05582.43743.98493.0865
H92.93202.17831.09262.18012.90094.00712.41933.05581.76652.41263.0622
H103.33982.21171.09052.20043.30894.50762.82042.43741.76652.81282.4358
H113.17143.33592.22471.08682.07154.25124.12573.98492.41262.81281.7814
H122.93672.93972.20791.09102.08654.03243.98453.08653.06222.43581.7814

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 103.982 C1 C2 H7 110.040
C1 C2 H8 108.580 C1 O5 C4 111.108
C2 C1 O5 109.244 C2 C1 O6 128.248
C2 C3 C4 103.124 C2 C3 H9 110.334
C2 C3 H10 113.146 C3 C2 H7 114.248
C3 C2 H8 112.023 C3 C4 O5 104.813
C3 C4 H11 114.186 C3 C4 H12 112.539
C4 C3 H9 110.220 C4 C3 H10 111.956
O5 C1 O6 122.504 O5 C4 H11 107.087
O5 C4 H12 108.010 H7 C2 H8 107.822
H9 C3 H10 108.025 H11 C4 H12 109.769
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability