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

using model chemistry: CBS-Q

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CBS-Q
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.213743
Energy at 298.15K-307.205740
HF Energy-305.876485
Nuclear repulsion energy240.422263
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 CBS-Q
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 4064 4064 96.20      
2 A 3289 3289 42.49      
3 A 3261 3261 43.09      
4 A 3258 3258 50.40      
5 A 3238 3238 1.57      
6 A 3219 3219 20.96      
7 A 3199 3199 15.24      
8 A 3186 3186 35.02      
9 A 2032 2032 454.40      
10 A 1645 1645 4.17      
11 A 1634 1634 6.73      
12 A 1630 1630 0.88      
13 A 1616 1616 8.97      
14 A 1557 1557 7.96      
15 A 1534 1534 32.90      
16 A 1502 1502 58.89      
17 A 1442 1442 1.42      
18 A 1415 1415 1.67      
19 A 1385 1385 92.54      
20 A 1339 1339 131.08      
21 A 1213 1213 11.80      
22 A 1189 1189 68.35      
23 A 1112 1112 1.49      
24 A 985 985 0.19      
25 A 970 970 4.44      
26 A 948 948 6.40      
27 A 815 815 48.18      
28 A 795 795 30.06      
29 A 678 678 99.28      
30 A 628 628 67.94      
31 A 462 462 3.90      
32 A 353 353 1.69      
33 A 263 263 0.03      
34 A 202 202 0.09      
35 A 99 99 0.35      
36 A 45 45 0.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28100.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28100.1 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 CBS-Q
ABC
0.27266 0.06214 0.05541

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CBS-Q

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.145 0.076
C2 -0.232 -0.368 0.533
C3 -1.261 0.224 -0.444
C4 -2.697 -0.034 0.013
O5 1.527 1.143 0.107
O6 1.939 -0.984 -0.285
H7 -0.372 -1.439 0.636
H8 -0.350 0.091 1.512
H9 -1.109 -0.210 -1.431
H10 -1.090 1.294 -0.540
H11 -3.410 0.390 -0.691
H12 -2.901 -1.101 0.090
H13 -2.887 0.413 0.987
H14 2.418 1.228 -0.201

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50722.52893.88571.33221.18412.10202.11642.74622.76234.69044.19804.21131.8645
C21.50721.53722.54132.35772.40061.08481.08822.15632.15613.48862.80272.80443.1797
C32.52891.53721.52922.98623.42422.17342.16191.08931.08702.16952.17532.17433.8211
C43.88572.54131.52924.38594.74202.78742.78832.15392.15661.08771.08851.08885.2731
O51.33222.35772.98624.38592.20233.24842.56953.33782.69995.05714.96394.55940.9472
O61.18412.40063.42424.74202.20232.52913.10263.34673.79875.53754.85625.18292.2647
H72.10201.08482.17342.78743.24842.52911.76322.51533.06053.78632.60963.14303.9493
H82.11641.08822.16192.78832.56953.10261.76323.05442.49123.78273.15452.61093.4482
H92.74622.15631.08932.15393.33783.34672.51533.05441.74792.49052.51443.06574.0021
H102.76232.15611.08702.15662.69993.79873.06052.49121.74792.49413.06752.51723.5254
H114.69043.48862.16951.08775.05715.53753.78633.78272.49052.49411.75811.75815.9084
H124.19802.80272.17531.08854.96394.85622.60963.15452.51443.06751.75811.75915.8139
H134.21132.80442.17431.08884.55945.18293.14302.61093.06572.51721.75811.75915.4975
H141.86453.17973.82115.27310.94722.26473.94933.44824.00213.52545.90845.81395.4975

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 112.333 C1 C2 H7 107.256
C1 C2 H8 108.181 C1 O5 H14 108.593
C2 C1 O5 112.130 C2 C1 O6 125.834
C2 C3 C4 111.949 C2 C3 H9 109.179
C2 C3 H10 109.295 C3 C2 H7 110.791
C3 C2 H8 109.682 C3 C4 H11 110.879
C3 C4 H12 111.285 C3 C4 H13 111.193
C4 C3 H9 109.539 C4 C3 H10 109.885
O5 C1 O6 122.034 H7 C2 H8 108.474
H9 C3 H10 106.858 H11 C4 H12 107.774
H11 C4 H13 107.762 H12 C4 H13 107.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability