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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.866587
Energy at 298.15K-306.876060
HF Energy-305.894335
Nuclear repulsion energy238.669247
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 QCISD/6-31G**
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 3845 3620 55.99      
2 A 3196 3008 42.45      
3 A 3188 3002 31.84      
4 A 3182 2996 20.44      
5 A 3159 2974 0.42      
6 A 3122 2939 22.86      
7 A 3109 2927 8.69      
8 A 3102 2920 24.62      
9 A 1870 1761 273.18      
10 A 1567 1475 3.41      
11 A 1558 1466 5.58      
12 A 1553 1462 0.89      
13 A 1534 1444 5.34      
14 A 1473 1387 2.83      
15 A 1445 1360 23.30      
16 A 1418 1335 47.03      
17 A 1364 1284 2.53      
18 A 1335 1256 2.61      
19 A 1300 1224 10.90      
20 A 1246 1173 144.07      
21 A 1152 1085 3.78      
22 A 1121 1056 78.43      
23 A 1087 1023 7.95      
24 A 950 894 1.27      
25 A 914 861 1.50      
26 A 894 841 8.56      
27 A 767 722 9.52      
28 A 731 688 52.32      
29 A 629 592 79.90      
30 A 581 547 46.58      
31 A 435 410 2.77      
32 A 339 319 1.61      
33 A 253 238 0.04      
34 A 192 181 0.06      
35 A 94 88 0.23      
36 A 45 42 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26873.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9414) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25299.0 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 QCISD/6-31G**
ABC
0.27603 0.06204 0.05497

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.186 -0.148 0.073
C2 -0.236 -0.417 0.501
C3 -1.263 0.259 -0.417
C4 -2.697 -0.056 0.004
O5 1.478 1.180 0.123
O6 1.995 -0.978 -0.288
H7 -0.371 -1.499 0.507
H8 -0.359 -0.050 1.523
H9 -1.099 -0.076 -1.444
H10 -1.096 1.337 -0.405
H11 -3.415 0.429 -0.658
H12 -2.886 -1.131 -0.025
H13 -2.890 0.290 1.022
H14 2.395 1.260 -0.177

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50882.53063.88481.36081.21442.10642.12112.74352.76454.69414.18994.20731.8728
C21.50881.53492.53712.37332.43201.08961.09332.15552.15423.48822.79472.79563.1931
C32.53061.53491.52752.94203.48802.17682.16261.09361.09122.17182.17242.17143.8006
C43.88482.53711.52754.35654.79132.78252.78842.15762.16201.09051.09161.09175.2632
O51.36082.37332.94204.35652.25703.27772.61703.26742.63275.01174.94074.54740.9685
O61.21442.43203.48804.79132.25702.55043.11223.42403.86435.60254.89085.21422.2758
H72.10641.08962.17682.78253.27772.55041.76962.52203.06593.78632.59643.13153.9662
H82.12111.09332.16262.78842.61703.11221.76963.05872.48713.78493.15482.60243.4921
H92.74352.15551.09362.15763.26743.42402.52203.05871.75482.49792.51443.06983.9494
H102.76452.15421.09122.16202.63273.86433.06592.48711.75482.50323.07282.51963.4998
H114.69413.48822.17181.09055.01175.60253.78633.78492.49792.50321.76491.76505.8890
H124.18992.79472.17241.09164.94074.89082.59643.15482.51443.07281.76491.76525.7993
H134.20732.79562.17141.09174.54745.21423.13152.60243.06982.51961.76501.76525.5055
H141.87283.19313.80065.26320.96852.27583.96623.49213.94943.49985.88905.79935.5055

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 112.486 C1 C2 H7 107.218
C1 C2 H8 108.146 C1 O5 H14 105.801
C2 C1 O5 111.490 C2 C1 O6 126.185
C2 C3 C4 111.877 C2 C3 H9 109.026
C2 C3 H10 109.058 C3 C2 H7 110.933
C3 C2 H8 109.598 C3 C4 H11 111.002
C3 C4 H12 110.991 C3 C4 H13 110.894
C4 C3 H9 109.695 C4 C3 H10 110.182
O5 C1 O6 122.322 H7 C2 H8 108.323
H9 C3 H10 106.866 H11 C4 H12 107.963
H11 C4 H13 107.958 H12 C4 H13 107.898
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability