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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.757311
Energy at 298.15K-307.766717
HF Energy-307.757311
Nuclear repulsion energy239.790954
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
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 3798 3639 67.72      
2 A 3141 3010 21.08      
3 A 3126 2995 27.36      
4 A 3120 2990 24.90      
5 A 3091 2961 0.84      
6 A 3079 2950 15.68      
7 A 3057 2929 12.14      
8 A 3049 2921 21.92      
9 A 1841 1764 354.29      
10 A 1509 1445 9.92      
11 A 1497 1435 9.11      
12 A 1495 1432 1.41      
13 A 1481 1419 8.06      
14 A 1414 1354 3.21      
15 A 1393 1334 59.72      
16 A 1377 1319 26.58      
17 A 1330 1274 2.31      
18 A 1297 1243 0.99      
19 A 1264 1211 21.57      
20 A 1212 1161 143.72      
21 A 1120 1073 8.42      
22 A 1085 1040 90.83      
23 A 1065 1020 3.47      
24 A 931 892 2.06      
25 A 899 862 1.21      
26 A 884 847 8.21      
27 A 759 727 26.07      
28 A 748 717 11.97      
29 A 626 600 71.32      
30 A 588 563 52.49      
31 A 432 414 3.34      
32 A 329 316 0.93      
33 A 242 232 0.02      
34 A 183 175 0.09      
35 A 93 90 0.40      
36 A 32 30 0.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26292.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9581) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25191.0 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.27417 0.06232 0.05605

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.168 -0.132 0.103
C2 -0.239 -0.193 0.617
C3 -1.255 0.094 -0.493
C4 -2.686 0.009 0.010
O5 1.620 1.135 0.013
O6 1.836 -1.075 -0.227
H7 -0.397 -1.192 1.020
H8 -0.360 0.534 1.420
H9 -1.103 -0.619 -1.305
H10 -1.064 1.087 -0.905
H11 -3.395 0.211 -0.792
H12 -2.907 -0.984 0.406
H13 -2.869 0.732 0.806
H14 2.511 1.085 -0.356

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49962.50533.85771.34861.20142.10122.12482.71652.73574.66314.17414.18811.8697
C21.49961.53092.52862.36362.40791.08861.09082.14972.15243.47962.79022.79383.1848
C32.50531.53091.51923.09903.31532.16292.15741.09191.09142.16452.16772.16773.8958
C43.85772.52861.51924.45104.65612.77462.77082.15122.15181.08991.09101.09115.3193
O51.34862.36363.09904.45102.23323.24032.50243.49742.83715.16305.01394.57660.9650
O61.20142.40793.31534.65612.23322.56123.18223.16403.67985.41684.78615.14502.2666
H72.10121.08862.16292.77463.24032.56121.77222.49703.05643.77382.59213.13903.9416
H82.12481.09082.15742.77082.50243.18221.77223.05162.49163.77023.13422.59093.4202
H92.71652.14971.09192.15123.49743.16402.49703.05161.75232.49112.51263.06594.1066
H102.73572.15241.09142.15182.83713.67983.05642.49161.75232.49283.06622.51253.6161
H114.66313.47962.16451.08995.16305.41683.77383.77022.49112.49281.76131.76155.9859
H124.17412.79022.16771.09105.01394.78612.59213.13422.51263.06621.76131.76205.8490
H134.18812.79382.16771.09114.57665.14503.13902.59093.06592.51251.76151.76205.5150
H141.86973.18483.89585.31930.96502.26663.94163.42024.10663.61615.98595.84905.5150

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 111.514 C1 C2 H7 107.481
C1 C2 H8 109.201 C1 O5 H14 106.656
C2 C1 O5 112.060 C2 C1 O6 125.760
C2 C3 C4 111.992 C2 C3 H9 108.944
C2 C3 H10 109.180 C3 C2 H7 110.165
C3 C2 H8 109.606 C3 C4 H11 111.048
C3 C4 H12 111.238 C3 C4 H13 111.227
C4 C3 H9 109.871 C4 C3 H10 109.944
O5 C1 O6 122.162 H7 C2 H8 108.811
H9 C3 H10 106.764 H11 C4 H12 107.723
H11 C4 H13 107.733 H12 C4 H13 107.702
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.621      
2 C 0.057      
3 C -0.263      
4 C -0.710      
5 O -0.375      
6 O -0.781      
7 H 0.167      
8 H 0.216      
9 H 0.156      
10 H 0.168      
11 H 0.161      
12 H 0.200      
13 H 0.207      
14 H 0.176      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.262 1.447 0.227 1.933
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.616 5.024 -0.201
y 5.024 -40.070 -1.397
z -0.201 -1.397 -36.058
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.448 5.024 -0.201
y 5.024 -4.233 -1.397
z -0.201 -1.397 1.786
Polar
3z2-r23.571
x2-y24.454
xy5.024
xz-0.201
yz-1.397


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.237 -0.074 -0.314
y -0.074 8.287 0.028
z -0.314 0.028 7.328


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.941
(<r2>)1/2 14.385