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

using model chemistry: MP2/SDD

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/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.379949
Energy at 298.15K-306.389184
HF Energy-305.781379
Nuclear repulsion energy233.102181
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/SDD
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 3606 3481 41.12      
2 A 3139 3030 47.66      
3 A 3123 3015 42.03      
4 A 3121 3013 30.88      
5 A 3101 2994 0.81      
6 A 3061 2954 23.83      
7 A 3042 2936 17.89      
8 A 3017 2912 34.84      
9 A 1663 1605 209.08      
10 A 1544 1490 9.84      
11 A 1542 1489 9.35      
12 A 1534 1481 2.12      
13 A 1512 1460 6.88      
14 A 1460 1409 5.30      
15 A 1418 1369 5.37      
16 A 1357 1310 24.47      
17 A 1350 1303 0.31      
18 A 1319 1273 22.78      
19 A 1281 1236 2.86      
20 A 1197 1155 61.25      
21 A 1133 1093 10.69      
22 A 1074 1037 113.34      
23 A 1042 1006 94.04      
24 A 921 889 1.40      
25 A 910 878 10.76      
26 A 829 800 52.49      
27 A 769 743 3.37      
28 A 679 655 56.34      
29 A 593 572 128.20      
30 A 543 524 48.63      
31 A 414 399 2.75      
32 A 326 315 2.24      
33 A 228 220 0.05      
34 A 185 178 0.09      
35 A 86 83 0.20      
36 A 40 39 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26078.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9653) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25173.3 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/SDD
ABC
0.25755 0.05967 0.05284

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/SDD

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.193 -0.165 0.087
C2 -0.245 -0.371 0.550
C3 -1.285 0.235 -0.456
C4 -2.747 -0.050 0.007
O5 1.537 1.213 0.101
O6 2.011 -1.043 -0.288
H7 -0.406 -1.458 0.657
H8 -0.368 0.112 1.537
H9 -1.117 -0.209 -1.457
H10 -1.112 1.322 -0.537
H11 -3.473 0.380 -0.706
H12 -2.932 -1.138 0.074
H13 -2.935 0.395 1.002
H14 2.468 1.343 -0.210

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.52492.56803.94201.42091.25702.13302.14832.77832.81354.76404.23754.26491.9975
C21.52491.56862.57982.42682.49891.10371.10522.19402.19113.54402.83392.83263.2983
C32.56801.56861.55943.03883.53882.20812.19721.10721.10442.20702.20792.20753.9212
C43.94202.57981.55944.46744.86902.80812.83292.19632.20231.10461.10551.10565.4020
O51.42092.42683.03884.46742.33793.34922.62753.39022.72755.14305.04964.63510.9899
O61.25702.49893.53884.86902.33792.62743.21283.44153.92575.68084.95655.30952.4309
H72.13301.10372.20812.80813.34922.62741.80012.55573.10693.82652.61203.15404.1054
H82.14831.10522.19722.83292.62753.21281.80013.10232.51363.83963.20552.63743.5510
H92.77832.19401.10722.19633.39023.44152.55573.10231.78642.54202.54903.11664.1006
H102.81352.19111.10442.20232.72753.92573.10692.51361.78642.54773.12002.55933.5953
H114.76403.54402.20701.10465.14305.68083.82653.83962.54202.54771.78981.79046.0392
H124.23752.83392.20791.10555.04964.95652.61203.20552.54903.12001.78981.79145.9491
H134.26492.83262.20751.10564.63515.30953.15402.63743.11662.55931.79041.79145.6180
H141.99753.29833.92125.40200.98992.43094.10543.55104.10063.59536.03925.94915.6180

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 112.212 C1 C2 H7 107.398
C1 C2 H8 108.478 C1 O5 H14 110.631
C2 C1 O5 110.885 C2 C1 O6 127.604
C2 C3 C4 111.122 C2 C3 H9 108.934
C2 C3 H10 108.863 C3 C2 H7 110.222
C3 C2 H8 109.296 C3 C4 H11 110.721
C3 C4 H12 110.736 C3 C4 H13 110.703
C4 C3 H9 109.736 C4 C3 H10 110.361
O5 C1 O6 121.505 H7 C2 H8 109.167
H9 C3 H10 107.747 H11 C4 H12 108.160
H11 C4 H13 108.201 H12 C4 H13 108.221
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability