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

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-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/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-58.416878
Energy at 298.15K-58.426100
HF Energy-57.869860
Nuclear repulsion energy129.851542
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/CEP-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 3637 3514 38.39      
2 A 3161 3055 56.16      
3 A 3136 3031 56.00      
4 A 3133 3027 62.40      
5 A 3115 3010 2.66      
6 A 3075 2971 30.85      
7 A 3055 2952 25.49      
8 A 3027 2925 43.63      
9 A 1656 1600 193.04      
10 A 1532 1480 10.47      
11 A 1530 1478 8.65      
12 A 1522 1470 1.12      
13 A 1507 1456 7.02      
14 A 1454 1405 3.91      
15 A 1416 1369 6.55      
16 A 1358 1313 26.40      
17 A 1343 1298 2.50      
18 A 1316 1271 24.71      
19 A 1273 1230 2.79      
20 A 1191 1151 73.96      
21 A 1132 1093 8.49      
22 A 1080 1044 115.34      
23 A 1049 1014 79.28      
24 A 917 886 2.26      
25 A 904 874 9.77      
26 A 830 802 50.59      
27 A 758 733 3.10      
28 A 671 648 51.59      
29 A 596 576 134.74      
30 A 542 523 43.58      
31 A 409 395 2.80      
32 A 323 312 2.38      
33 A 223 215 0.05      
34 A 181 175 0.12      
35 A 89 86 0.21      
36 A 46 44 0.10      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26091.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9663) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25211.9 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/CEP-31G
ABC
0.25358 0.05883 0.05218

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.199 -0.163 0.091
C2 -0.250 -0.353 0.567
C3 -1.294 0.218 -0.470
C4 -2.765 -0.043 0.008
O5 1.560 1.220 0.092
O6 2.014 -1.060 -0.285
H7 -0.407 -1.442 0.713
H8 -0.370 0.170 1.540
H9 -1.124 -0.270 -1.456
H10 -1.116 1.307 -0.596
H11 -3.495 0.362 -0.725
H12 -2.955 -1.133 0.121
H13 -2.951 0.444 0.990
H14 2.493 1.332 -0.227

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.53692.58293.96661.42971.26902.14452.16042.79332.82664.79294.26594.28922.0032
C21.53691.57782.59472.44462.52071.10941.11062.20552.20393.56472.85052.84743.3160
C32.58291.57781.56943.07583.55052.22242.21221.11321.11062.22082.22172.22053.9543
C43.96662.59471.56944.50644.89502.83062.85132.21092.21591.11081.11191.11195.4400
O51.42972.44463.07584.50642.35503.36712.63023.43822.76385.19165.09164.66420.9926
O61.26902.52073.55054.89502.35502.64673.24423.44153.93585.70644.98665.34242.4401
H72.14451.10942.22242.83063.36712.64671.81182.56763.12573.85412.63453.17864.1216
H82.16041.11062.21222.85132.63023.24421.81183.12052.53193.86423.22492.65353.5585
H92.79332.20551.11322.21093.43823.44152.56763.12051.79592.56012.56583.13554.1426
H102.82662.20391.11062.21592.76383.93583.12572.53191.79592.56343.13892.57523.6272
H114.79293.56472.22081.11085.19165.70643.85413.86422.56012.56341.80011.80106.0862
H124.26592.85052.22171.11195.09164.98662.63453.22492.56583.13891.80011.80105.9901
H134.28922.84742.22051.11194.66425.34243.17862.65353.13552.57521.80101.80105.6485
H142.00323.31603.95435.44000.99262.44014.12163.55854.14263.62726.08625.99015.6485

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 112.035 C1 C2 H7 107.157
C1 C2 H8 108.300 C1 O5 H14 110.280
C2 C1 O5 110.931 C2 C1 O6 127.635
C2 C3 C4 111.068 C2 C3 H9 108.864
C2 C3 H10 108.885 C3 C2 H7 110.371
C3 C2 H8 109.520 C3 C4 H11 110.750
C3 C4 H12 110.753 C3 C4 H13 110.664
C4 C3 H9 109.844 C4 C3 H10 110.380
O5 C1 O6 121.425 H7 C2 H8 109.387
H9 C3 H10 107.722 H11 C4 H12 108.164
H11 C4 H13 108.241 H12 C4 H13 108.170
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability