return to home page Computational Chemistry Comparison and Benchmark DataBase Release 22 (May 2022) Standard Reference Database 101 National Institute of Standards and Technology
You are here: Calculated > Energy > Optimized > Energy

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

using model chemistry: B1B95/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.594997
Energy at 298.15K-307.604419
HF Energy-307.594997
Nuclear repulsion energy239.611371
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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
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 3769 3623 68.76      
2 A 3157 3034 32.08      
3 A 3152 3030 22.86      
4 A 3144 3022 19.96      
5 A 3118 2997 0.19      
6 A 3075 2955 29.29      
7 A 3065 2946 0.19      
8 A 3061 2942 27.07      
9 A 1881 1808 327.24      
10 A 1483 1426 5.80      
11 A 1471 1414 7.66      
12 A 1469 1412 1.46      
13 A 1444 1388 8.48      
14 A 1406 1352 57.98      
15 A 1396 1342 24.01      
16 A 1373 1320 10.08      
17 A 1316 1265 2.53      
18 A 1273 1224 4.15      
19 A 1250 1201 43.51      
20 A 1215 1168 123.62      
21 A 1124 1081 6.86      
22 A 1093 1051 30.68      
23 A 1076 1034 19.62      
24 A 941 904 1.78      
25 A 891 856 3.66      
26 A 874 840 5.25      
27 A 757 728 19.16      
28 A 716 688 46.35      
29 A 625 601 66.86      
30 A 572 549 38.77      
31 A 435 418 3.21      
32 A 334 321 0.96      
33 A 253 243 0.02      
34 A 190 183 0.01      
35 A 95 92 0.19      
36 A 43 42 0.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26266.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25247.7 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 B1B95/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.28681 0.06240 0.05472

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.191 -0.146 0.050
C2 -0.227 -0.515 0.377
C3 -1.274 0.318 -0.355
C4 -2.691 -0.080 0.018
O5 1.402 1.183 0.147
O6 2.069 -0.912 -0.256
H7 -0.336 -1.584 0.160
H8 -0.352 -0.387 1.464
H9 -1.129 0.208 -1.440
H10 -1.103 1.379 -0.128
H11 -3.430 0.526 -0.522
H12 -2.887 -1.135 -0.222
H13 -2.872 0.052 1.094
H14 2.338 1.311 -0.075

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50182.54063.88271.34851.20452.10102.10742.78002.76104.70444.20514.19991.8582
C21.50181.52502.52742.36462.41451.09611.10192.15382.14793.48562.79582.79853.1814
C32.54061.52501.51842.85653.56312.18272.15741.10061.09852.17252.17512.17353.7564
C43.88272.52741.51844.28544.83952.79782.76662.15602.16131.09751.09921.09945.2188
O51.34852.36462.85654.28542.23463.26782.69783.14252.52844.92204.88914.52160.9706
O61.20452.41453.56314.83952.23462.53173.01623.58923.91545.68994.96095.21202.2460
H72.10101.09612.18272.79783.26782.53171.77042.53043.07513.80672.61823.15943.9483
H82.10741.10192.15742.76662.69783.01621.77043.06482.49383.77443.13462.58423.5344
H92.78002.15381.10062.15603.14253.58922.53043.06481.75932.49812.52543.07983.8860
H102.76102.14791.09852.16132.52843.91543.07512.49381.75932.50883.08402.52633.4430
H114.70443.48562.17251.09754.92205.68993.80673.77442.49812.50881.77311.77345.8384
H124.20512.79582.17511.09924.88914.96092.61823.13462.52543.08401.77311.77245.7710
H134.19992.79852.17351.09944.52165.21203.15942.58423.07982.52631.77341.77245.4862
H141.85823.18143.75645.21880.97062.24603.94833.53443.88603.44305.83845.77105.4862

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 114.143 C1 C2 H7 106.905
C1 C2 H8 107.073 C1 O5 H14 105.335
C2 C1 O5 112.003 C2 C1 O6 125.941
C2 C3 C4 112.290 C2 C3 H9 109.162
C2 C3 H10 108.825 C3 C2 H7 111.719
C3 C2 H8 109.372 C3 C4 H11 111.280
C3 C4 H12 111.388 C3 C4 H13 111.245
C4 C3 H9 109.784 C4 C3 H10 110.331
O5 C1 O6 122.053 H7 C2 H8 107.307
H9 C3 H10 106.258 H11 C4 H12 107.642
H11 C4 H13 107.644 H12 C4 H13 107.446
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.148      
2 C -0.014      
3 C -0.099      
4 C -0.041      
5 O -0.183      
6 O -0.251      
7 H 0.046      
8 H 0.059      
9 H 0.034      
10 H 0.044      
11 H 0.033      
12 H 0.035      
13 H 0.032      
14 H 0.158      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.180 1.242 0.330 1.745
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.609 5.500 0.615
y 5.500 -37.861 -1.091
z 0.615 -1.091 -35.759
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.200 5.500 0.615
y 5.500 -1.677 -1.091
z 0.615 -1.091 1.476
Polar
3z2-r22.952
x2-y21.251
xy5.500
xz0.615
yz-1.091


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.842 -0.039 -0.273
y -0.039 7.182 0.031
z -0.273 0.031 5.939


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.669
(<r2>)1/2 14.411