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

using model chemistry: CISD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CISD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.533410
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-303.000901
Nuclear repulsion energy238.108186
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 CISD/3-21G*
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 3246 3033 18.29      
2 A 3240 3027 8.87      
3 A 3229 3017 7.74      
4 A 3174 2966 11.81      
5 A 3164 2956 31.64      
6 A 3160 2953 5.22      
7 A 1909 1783 299.68      
8 A 1636 1529 1.14      
9 A 1606 1500 6.34      
10 A 1581 1477 10.53      
11 A 1453 1358 3.45      
12 A 1435 1341 0.69      
13 A 1397 1306 5.55      
14 A 1327 1240 8.53      
15 A 1288 1204 4.57      
16 A 1250 1168 4.44      
17 A 1184 1106 187.79      
18 A 1161 1085 70.75      
19 A 1070 1000 47.60      
20 A 1036 968 27.94      
21 A 956 893 3.07      
22 A 930 869 24.48      
23 A 914 854 9.93      
24 A 804 751 7.77      
25 A 700 654 8.18      
26 A 656 613 4.43      
27 A 551 515 4.00      
28 A 495 462 3.48      
29 A 213 199 4.46      
30 A 145 135 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22453.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20980.9 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 CISD/3-21G*
ABC
0.23799 0.11662 0.08347

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CISD/3-21G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.901 -0.001 0.005
C2 -0.021 1.215 0.188
C3 -1.402 0.681 -0.244
C4 -1.302 -0.819 0.139
O5 0.121 -1.153 -0.045
O6 2.106 -0.035 -0.077
H7 0.345 2.051 -0.402
H8 -0.018 1.496 1.243
H9 -1.516 0.778 -1.324
H10 -2.234 1.176 0.251
H11 -1.882 -1.474 -0.502
H12 -1.570 -0.978 1.183

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.53712.41472.35321.39191.20852.16492.14912.86593.35753.18882.9065
C21.53711.54242.40382.38332.48111.08631.09232.17012.21413.34172.8634
C32.41471.54241.55102.39163.58422.22532.18941.08961.08712.22232.1946
C42.35322.40381.55101.47243.50373.35222.86792.17602.20421.08481.0893
O51.39192.38332.39161.47242.27933.23122.94852.83563.32442.07872.0968
O61.20852.48113.58423.50372.27932.74912.93193.91584.51754.26103.9993
H72.16491.08632.22533.35223.23122.74911.77362.43532.80004.17003.9181
H82.14911.09232.18942.86792.94852.93191.77363.05752.44943.91652.9213
H92.86592.17011.08962.17602.83563.91582.43533.05751.77532.42463.0607
H103.35752.21411.08712.20423.32444.51752.80002.44941.77532.77652.4386
H113.18883.34172.22231.08482.07874.26104.17003.91652.42462.77651.7837
H122.90652.86342.19461.08932.09683.99933.91812.92133.06072.43861.7837

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 103.283 C1 C2 H7 110.037
C1 C2 H8 108.452 C1 O5 C4 110.453
C2 C1 O5 108.814 C2 C1 O6 128.896
C2 C3 C4 101.984 C2 C3 H9 109.885
C2 C3 H10 113.583 C3 C2 H7 114.567
C3 C2 H8 111.251 C3 C4 O5 104.530
C3 C4 H11 113.764 C3 C4 H12 111.235
C4 C3 H9 109.746 C4 C3 H10 112.142
O5 C1 O6 122.287 O5 C4 H11 107.796
O5 C4 H12 108.954 H7 C2 H8 108.995
H9 C3 H10 109.292 H11 C4 H12 110.259
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability