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

using model chemistry: MP2/STO-3G

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/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-302.286896
Energy at 298.15K-302.295887
HF Energy-301.962670
Nuclear repulsion energy232.039017
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/STO-3G
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 3850 3357 25.52      
2 A 3555 3100 4.10      
3 A 3554 3099 2.89      
4 A 3527 3075 2.62      
5 A 3515 3065 0.41      
6 A 3408 2972 5.00      
7 A 3403 2967 0.19      
8 A 3374 2942 3.17      
9 A 1856 1618 45.28      
10 A 1743 1520 0.46      
11 A 1735 1513 1.61      
12 A 1719 1499 0.17      
13 A 1691 1475 0.42      
14 A 1624 1416 0.13      
15 A 1569 1368 16.29      
16 A 1539 1342 20.62      
17 A 1464 1277 0.52      
18 A 1437 1253 6.96      
19 A 1402 1222 4.00      
20 A 1328 1158 94.74      
21 A 1236 1077 2.56      
22 A 1187 1035 30.25      
23 A 1166 1017 9.20      
24 A 1015 885 1.02      
25 A 972 847 2.68      
26 A 904 788 4.66      
27 A 813 709 2.19      
28 A 663 578 28.05      
29 A 607 529 48.61      
30 A 539 470 26.01      
31 A 400 349 0.62      
32 A 339 296 1.42      
33 A 240 209 0.01      
34 A 186 162 0.09      
35 A 91 79 0.02      
36 A 45 39 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 28847.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8719) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25152.3 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.25905 0.05864 0.05217

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/STO-3G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.214 -0.152 0.084
C2 -0.259 -0.392 0.553
C3 -1.296 0.186 -0.468
C4 -2.764 -0.027 0.011
O5 1.522 1.233 0.106
O6 2.054 -1.014 -0.282
H7 -0.411 -1.481 0.677
H8 -0.402 0.090 1.539
H9 -1.154 -0.304 -1.451
H10 -1.102 1.266 -0.606
H11 -3.475 0.387 -0.724
H12 -2.983 -1.102 0.136
H13 -2.935 0.475 0.979
H14 2.486 1.233 -0.226

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.56502.59243.98131.41931.25762.18112.18822.82652.80244.78904.30344.29081.9059
C21.56501.56582.58892.45252.53681.10641.10682.19652.19173.54692.84512.84473.2839
C32.59241.56581.55933.06093.56292.20722.19961.10691.10662.20342.20622.20563.9314
C43.98132.58891.55934.46904.92702.84542.81602.19232.19481.10351.10351.10345.4043
O51.41932.45253.06094.46902.34153.38062.65753.45712.71935.13605.07414.60481.0189
O61.25762.53683.56294.92702.34152.68533.25063.48743.90705.72095.05485.35692.2894
H72.18111.10642.20722.84543.38062.68531.79252.54223.10973.85272.65553.20774.0708
H82.18821.10682.19962.81602.65753.25061.79253.10822.54453.82823.17012.62283.5721
H92.82652.19651.10692.19233.45713.48742.54223.10821.78432.52832.54883.11144.1369
H102.80242.19171.10662.19482.71933.90703.10972.54451.78432.53343.11362.54903.6077
H114.78903.54692.20341.10355.13605.72093.85273.82822.52832.53341.78861.78876.0409
H124.30342.84512.20621.10355.07415.05482.65553.17012.54883.11361.78861.78825.9570
H134.29082.84472.20561.10344.60485.35693.20772.62283.11142.54901.78871.78825.6044
H141.90593.28393.93145.40431.01892.28944.07083.57214.13693.60776.04095.95705.6044

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 111.795 C1 C2 H7 108.247
C1 C2 H8 108.760 C1 O5 H14 101.569
C2 C1 O5 110.439 C2 C1 O6 127.653
C2 C3 C4 111.872 C2 C3 H9 109.334
C2 C3 H10 108.986 C3 C2 H7 110.195
C3 C2 H8 109.581 C3 C4 H11 110.514
C3 C4 H12 110.734 C3 C4 H13 110.689
C4 C3 H9 109.448 C4 C3 H10 109.658
O5 C1 O6 121.906 H7 C2 H8 108.176
H9 C3 H10 107.437 H11 C4 H12 108.277
H11 C4 H13 108.290 H12 C4 H13 108.249
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability