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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.994424
Energy at 298.15K-307.003901
HF Energy-305.946136
Nuclear repulsion energy239.365535
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/6-311G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3774 3574 52.38      
2 A 3183 3014 28.55      
3 A 3170 3003 26.03      
4 A 3168 3000 21.00      
5 A 3144 2978 0.15      
6 A 3108 2944 17.82      
7 A 3091 2928 11.16      
8 A 3079 2916 22.51      
9 A 1844 1747 267.81      
10 A 1547 1465 12.29      
11 A 1541 1459 11.45      
12 A 1534 1453 1.99      
13 A 1518 1438 8.88      
14 A 1451 1375 6.89      
15 A 1421 1346 44.76      
16 A 1403 1329 17.36      
17 A 1356 1284 2.72      
18 A 1313 1243 0.55      
19 A 1294 1225 29.69      
20 A 1239 1174 153.93      
21 A 1141 1081 7.29      
22 A 1113 1054 84.56      
23 A 1088 1030 11.00      
24 A 946 896 2.81      
25 A 913 865 1.29      
26 A 895 848 11.64      
27 A 767 726 26.70      
28 A 747 708 28.93      
29 A 640 606 87.56      
30 A 594 562 53.73      
31 A 440 417 2.75      
32 A 338 321 1.18      
33 A 253 239 0.03      
34 A 189 179 0.03      
35 A 95 90 0.19      
36 A 35 34 0.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26685.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9471) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25273.9 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 MP2=FULL/6-311G*
ABC
0.27288 0.06260 0.05588

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.175 -0.145 0.092
C2 -0.237 -0.324 0.574
C3 -1.247 0.194 -0.456
C4 -2.684 -0.031 -0.000
O5 1.529 1.164 0.083
O6 1.919 -1.022 -0.281
H7 -0.387 -1.389 0.757
H8 -0.364 0.217 1.517
H9 -1.076 -0.317 -1.409
H10 -1.067 1.259 -0.627
H11 -3.397 0.339 -0.741
H12 -2.885 -1.095 0.154
H13 -2.881 0.487 0.942
H14 2.430 1.201 -0.265

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50242.50623.86221.35581.20932.10492.12802.71092.74164.67224.16994.19251.8751
C21.50241.53312.53122.36002.42211.09151.09412.15362.15363.48642.79012.79063.1847
C32.50621.53311.52492.98893.39612.17222.16181.09511.09312.17352.17172.17093.8172
C43.86222.53121.52494.37994.71742.77402.78372.15782.16161.09241.09301.09325.2677
O51.35582.36002.98894.37992.25023.26222.55583.34682.69295.06124.95824.54360.9673
O61.20932.42213.39614.71742.25022.55583.15893.27693.77385.50674.82425.17882.2815
H72.10491.09152.17222.77403.26222.55581.77692.51343.06453.78012.58643.12663.9615
H82.12801.09412.16182.78372.55583.15891.77693.05852.48543.78303.15212.59673.4568
H92.71092.15361.09512.15783.34683.27692.51343.05851.75942.50322.51423.07203.9881
H102.74162.15361.09312.16162.69293.77383.06452.48541.75942.50683.07442.51983.5167
H114.67223.48642.17351.09245.06125.50673.78013.78302.50322.50681.76591.76625.9095
H124.16992.79012.17171.09304.95824.82422.58643.15212.51423.07441.76591.76735.8049
H134.19252.79062.17091.09324.54365.17883.12662.59673.07202.51981.76621.76735.4938
H141.87513.18473.81725.26770.96732.28153.96153.45683.98813.51675.90955.80495.4938

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 111.303 C1 C2 H7 107.428
C1 C2 H8 109.069 C1 O5 H14 106.435
C2 C1 O5 111.220 C2 C1 O6 126.226
C2 C3 C4 111.729 C2 C3 H9 108.914
C2 C3 H10 109.025 C3 C2 H7 110.587
C3 C2 H8 109.608 C3 C4 H11 111.208
C3 C4 H12 111.025 C3 C4 H13 110.955
C4 C3 H9 109.801 C4 C3 H10 110.217
O5 C1 O6 122.527 H7 C2 H8 108.780
H9 C3 H10 107.030 H11 C4 H12 107.807
H11 C4 H13 107.821 H12 C4 H13 107.873
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability