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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (γ–Butyrolactone)

using model chemistry: MP2/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.693792
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-304.769195
Nuclear repulsion energy240.946103
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 MP2/6-311G*
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 3190 3032 16.70      
2 A 3185 3027 16.29      
3 A 3173 3015 10.19      
4 A 3111 2956 18.15      
5 A 3099 2945 6.55      
6 A 3093 2939 40.90      
7 A 1867 1774 328.06      
8 A 1566 1488 0.69      
9 A 1536 1460 8.86      
10 A 1505 1430 11.12      
11 A 1423 1352 12.45      
12 A 1369 1301 0.93      
13 A 1330 1264 12.36      
14 A 1290 1226 10.63      
15 A 1243 1181 20.30      
16 A 1223 1162 2.87      
17 A 1190 1130 216.49      
18 A 1118 1062 18.06      
19 A 1093 1039 66.93      
20 A 1028 977 22.60      
21 A 965 917 3.21      
22 A 917 871 11.15      
23 A 895 850 20.24      
24 A 821 780 6.77      
25 A 684 650 4.06      
26 A 642 610 3.21      
27 A 533 507 2.48      
28 A 493 469 3.17      
29 A 237 225 3.05      
30 A 155 147 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21985.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20893.0 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 MP2/6-311G*
ABC
0.24349 0.11973 0.08586

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-311G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.883 -0.003 0.005
C2 -0.035 1.199 0.189
C3 -1.392 0.662 -0.252
C4 -1.263 -0.807 0.149
O5 0.122 -1.137 -0.055
O6 2.081 -0.023 -0.077
H7 0.345 2.050 -0.377
H8 -0.030 1.468 1.251
H9 -1.497 0.744 -1.337
H10 -2.245 1.153 0.221
H11 -1.853 -1.493 -0.458
H12 -1.506 -0.959 1.207

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.52322.38372.29651.36701.20092.15622.13292.83323.34133.15012.8397
C21.52321.52422.35272.35402.45751.09001.09602.16222.21063.31262.8031
C32.38371.52421.52862.35983.54372.22642.18221.09341.09172.21392.1840
C42.29652.35271.52861.43913.44233.32052.81262.16112.19311.08991.0953
O51.36702.35402.35981.43912.25333.21092.91832.79403.30502.04772.0675
O61.20092.45753.54373.44232.25332.72022.90583.87054.49234.21733.9228
H72.15621.09002.22643.32053.21092.72021.76912.45422.80504.17043.8713
H82.13291.09602.18222.81262.91832.90581.76913.06222.46283.87482.8409
H92.83322.16221.09342.16112.79403.87052.45423.06221.77542.42983.0613
H103.34132.21061.09172.19313.30504.49232.80502.46281.77542.75952.4452
H113.15013.31262.21391.08992.04774.21734.17043.87482.42982.75951.7825
H122.83972.80312.18401.09532.06753.92283.87132.84093.06132.44521.7825

picture of γ–Butyrolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 102.924 C1 C2 H7 110.091
C1 C2 H8 107.932 C1 O5 C4 109.824
C2 C1 O5 108.954 C2 C1 O6 128.493
C2 C3 C4 100.827 C2 C3 H9 110.306
C2 C3 H10 114.339 C3 C2 H7 115.784
C3 C2 H8 111.747 C3 C4 O5 105.305
C3 C4 H11 114.409 C3 C4 H12 111.612
C4 C3 H9 109.912 C4 C3 H10 112.576
O5 C1 O6 122.552 O5 C4 H11 107.331
O5 C4 H12 108.572 H7 C2 H8 108.053
H9 C3 H10 108.680 H11 C4 H12 109.310
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability