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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.260640
Energy at 298.15K-307.270086
HF Energy-307.260640
Nuclear repulsion energy237.717985
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 PBE1PBE/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 3667 3506 36.57      
2 A 3166 3026 33.16      
3 A 3157 3017 29.03      
4 A 3149 3010 19.60      
5 A 3124 2986 0.15      
6 A 3083 2947 25.10      
7 A 3071 2935 2.45      
8 A 3062 2927 26.01      
9 A 1787 1708 268.90      
10 A 1553 1485 11.69      
11 A 1545 1477 11.17      
12 A 1542 1474 2.82      
13 A 1516 1449 7.04      
14 A 1461 1397 6.03      
15 A 1411 1349 5.41      
16 A 1402 1340 72.41      
17 A 1353 1294 3.16      
18 A 1337 1278 3.08      
19 A 1288 1231 1.31      
20 A 1207 1153 106.99      
21 A 1150 1099 9.79      
22 A 1111 1062 103.28      
23 A 1084 1036 38.62      
24 A 952 910 3.96      
25 A 917 877 2.25      
26 A 885 846 14.85      
27 A 779 745 10.30      
28 A 714 683 76.09      
29 A 629 601 105.65      
30 A 575 550 51.16      
31 A 437 417 4.39      
32 A 342 327 1.72      
33 A 245 234 0.05      
34 A 194 185 0.06      
35 A 92 88 0.18      
36 A 43 41 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26514.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9559) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25345.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G
ABC
0.27526 0.06189 0.05440

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.182 -0.153 0.064
C2 -0.231 -0.471 0.441
C3 -1.272 0.288 -0.398
C4 -2.699 -0.069 0.016
O5 1.440 1.195 0.138
O6 2.048 -0.959 -0.274
H7 -0.360 -1.552 0.339
H8 -0.369 -0.212 1.500
H9 -1.123 0.051 -1.459
H10 -1.100 1.364 -0.287
H11 -3.431 0.476 -0.589
H12 -2.893 -1.140 -0.109
H13 -2.879 0.183 1.067
H14 2.368 1.375 -0.114

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.49602.53553.88141.37481.23072.09942.11362.77032.76274.70114.19574.19631.9430
C21.49601.53712.53602.37872.43801.09351.09852.16322.15673.49252.79922.79863.2358
C32.53551.53711.52742.90973.54862.18152.16041.09781.09562.17562.17922.17733.8098
C43.88142.53601.52744.32904.83802.78812.76622.16172.16781.09491.09631.09655.2701
O51.37482.37872.90974.32902.27593.29012.66563.22962.58124.97744.92824.53240.9786
O61.23072.43803.54864.83802.27592.55453.08953.53273.91265.67274.94665.23272.3613
H72.09941.09352.18152.78813.29012.55451.77232.52723.07283.79552.60473.14434.0266
H82.11361.09852.16042.76622.66563.08951.77233.06522.49253.77023.13382.57793.5518
H92.77032.16321.09782.16173.22963.53272.52723.06521.76042.50332.52473.08013.9687
H102.76272.15671.09562.16782.58123.91263.07282.49251.76042.51263.08502.52863.4727
H114.70113.49252.17561.09494.97745.67273.79553.77022.50332.51261.77011.77015.8878
H124.19572.79922.17921.09634.92824.94662.60473.13382.52473.08501.77011.77125.8312
H134.19632.79862.17731.09654.53245.23273.14432.57793.08012.52861.77011.77125.5092
H141.94303.23583.80985.27010.97862.36134.02663.55183.96873.47275.88785.83125.5092

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 113.423 C1 C2 H7 107.313
C1 C2 H8 108.128 C1 O5 H14 110.170
C2 C1 O5 111.839 C2 C1 O6 126.518
C2 C3 C4 111.695 C2 C3 H9 109.232
C2 C3 H10 108.854 C3 C2 H7 110.925
C3 C2 H8 108.972 C3 C4 H11 111.058
C3 C4 H12 111.256 C3 C4 H13 111.093
C4 C3 H9 109.779 C4 C3 H10 110.393
O5 C1 O6 121.642 H7 C2 H8 107.901
H9 C3 H10 106.754 H11 C4 H12 107.764
H11 C4 H13 107.758 H12 C4 H13 107.747
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.499      
2 C -0.362      
3 C -0.323      
4 C -0.495      
5 O -0.578      
6 O -0.428      
7 H 0.202      
8 H 0.204      
9 H 0.175      
10 H 0.197      
11 H 0.172      
12 H 0.168      
13 H 0.167      
14 H 0.402      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.285 1.305 0.338 1.862
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.307 6.386 0.544
y 6.386 -38.947 -1.650
z 0.544 -1.650 -36.090
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.211 6.386 0.544
y 6.386 -2.748 -1.650
z 0.544 -1.650 1.537
Polar
3z2-r23.074
x2-y22.640
xy6.386
xz0.544
yz-1.650


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.250 -0.166 -0.353
y -0.166 6.971 0.155
z -0.353 0.155 5.505


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.730
(<r2>)1/2 14.482