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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.774637
Energy at 298.15K-306.784117
HF Energy-305.875891
Nuclear repulsion energy238.857917
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=FULL/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 3690 3477 68.94      
2 A 3199 3014 38.76      
3 A 3197 3012 25.54      
4 A 3190 3006 2.08      
5 A 3166 2983 0.71      
6 A 3123 2943 17.31      
7 A 3111 2931 8.12      
8 A 3105 2925 17.36      
9 A 1853 1746 240.94      
10 A 1572 1481 6.45      
11 A 1565 1474 8.18      
12 A 1560 1469 1.40      
13 A 1538 1449 7.23      
14 A 1475 1389 3.99      
15 A 1436 1353 28.03      
16 A 1413 1332 48.20      
17 A 1364 1286 3.59      
18 A 1330 1253 1.12      
19 A 1301 1226 5.37      
20 A 1239 1168 142.20      
21 A 1154 1088 6.78      
22 A 1120 1055 86.71      
23 A 1095 1032 15.65      
24 A 954 899 2.03      
25 A 920 867 1.92      
26 A 898 846 11.40      
27 A 775 730 9.59      
28 A 742 699 51.36      
29 A 639 602 82.83      
30 A 586 553 46.84      
31 A 438 413 2.99      
32 A 341 321 1.38      
33 A 259 244 0.04      
34 A 192 181 0.05      
35 A 95 90 0.20      
36 A 41 38 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26837.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25286.1 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=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.27313 0.06245 0.05551

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.177 -0.147 0.085
C2 -0.237 -0.371 0.540
C3 -1.253 0.224 -0.440
C4 -2.686 -0.045 0.002
O5 1.496 1.178 0.105
O6 1.961 -1.002 -0.287
H7 -0.379 -1.450 0.640
H8 -0.365 0.090 1.526
H9 -1.084 -0.206 -1.434
H10 -1.078 1.300 -0.525
H11 -3.403 0.383 -0.705
H12 -2.881 -1.119 0.069
H13 -2.881 0.395 0.985
H14 2.416 1.228 -0.226

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50212.51313.86531.36241.21802.10412.12332.72422.74814.67694.17234.19101.8773
C21.50211.53192.52892.36452.43151.09271.09552.15452.15333.48402.78752.78783.1916
C32.51311.53191.52392.96013.44282.17522.16161.09591.09382.17172.17092.17003.8102
C43.86532.52891.52394.35854.75332.77562.78062.15742.16161.09321.09381.09405.2641
O51.36242.36452.96014.35852.26233.27202.58183.30742.65325.02824.94274.53230.9796
O61.21802.43153.44284.75332.26232.55663.14393.34963.82005.55484.85595.19662.2767
H72.10411.09272.17522.77563.27202.55661.77592.51913.06773.78252.58703.12673.9672
H82.12331.09552.16162.78062.58183.14391.77593.06042.48663.78043.14862.59153.4788
H92.72422.15451.09592.15743.30743.34962.51913.06041.75932.50072.51403.07213.9710
H102.74812.15331.09382.16162.65323.82003.06772.48661.75932.50523.07492.51963.5083
H114.67693.48402.17171.09325.02825.55483.78253.78042.50072.50521.76831.76855.8995
H124.17232.78752.17091.09384.94274.85592.58703.14862.51403.07491.76831.76895.8014
H134.19102.78782.17001.09404.53235.19663.12672.59153.07212.51961.76851.76895.4973
H141.87733.19163.81025.26410.97962.27673.96723.47883.97103.50835.89955.80145.4973

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 111.845 C1 C2 H7 107.317
C1 C2 H8 108.639 C1 O5 H14 105.400
C2 C1 O5 111.177 C2 C1 O6 126.408
C2 C3 C4 111.695 C2 C3 H9 109.014
C2 C3 H10 109.043 C3 C2 H7 110.841
C3 C2 H8 109.596 C3 C4 H11 111.089
C3 C4 H12 110.987 C3 C4 H13 110.902
C4 C3 H9 109.792 C4 C3 H10 110.249
O5 C1 O6 122.400 H7 C2 H8 108.504
H9 C3 H10 106.921 H11 C4 H12 107.906
H11 C4 H13 107.909 H12 C4 H13 107.908
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability