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

using model chemistry: M06-2X/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 M06-2X/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.567473
Energy at 298.15K-307.576992
HF Energy-307.567473
Nuclear repulsion energy239.379536
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 M06-2X/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 3766 3566 74.71      
2 A 3172 3004 22.39      
3 A 3168 3000 25.52      
4 A 3156 2988 22.59      
5 A 3130 2964 0.88      
6 A 3105 2940 15.92      
7 A 3089 2925 12.06      
8 A 3080 2916 16.72      
9 A 1911 1810 331.55      
10 A 1539 1458 5.28      
11 A 1533 1452 8.01      
12 A 1525 1444 1.90      
13 A 1505 1425 9.36      
14 A 1446 1369 5.60      
15 A 1424 1349 73.48      
16 A 1401 1326 15.67      
17 A 1340 1269 0.81      
18 A 1306 1237 0.62      
19 A 1280 1212 52.89      
20 A 1240 1174 130.90      
21 A 1135 1075 7.34      
22 A 1105 1046 58.01      
23 A 1077 1020 5.22      
24 A 944 894 1.34      
25 A 907 859 2.15      
26 A 889 842 5.68      
27 A 766 725 31.71      
28 A 744 705 40.37      
29 A 653 618 76.38      
30 A 593 561 46.02      
31 A 439 416 3.41      
32 A 337 319 1.10      
33 A 264 250 0.07      
34 A 192 181 0.08      
35 A 104 98 0.25      
36 A 61 58 0.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26660.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25247.4 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 M06-2X/6-31G*
ABC
0.27709 0.06243 0.05557

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at M06-2X/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.146 0.080
C2 -0.237 -0.400 0.522
C3 -1.254 0.228 -0.441
C4 -2.687 -0.039 0.009
O5 1.485 1.170 0.118
O6 1.972 -0.977 -0.288
H7 -0.373 -1.482 0.583
H8 -0.371 0.028 1.522
H9 -1.096 -0.181 -1.446
H10 -1.069 1.305 -0.502
H11 -3.408 0.404 -0.685
H12 -2.888 -1.113 0.063
H13 -2.870 0.387 1.001
H14 2.401 1.249 -0.201

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50672.51853.87091.35141.20472.11012.12592.74132.74034.68504.18334.18851.8739
C21.50671.53472.52982.36462.42211.09251.09622.15782.15573.48682.78432.78953.1931
C32.51851.53471.52562.94993.44692.17902.16201.09621.09482.17472.17352.17163.8025
C43.87092.52981.52564.34524.76212.78772.76792.16082.16441.09331.09491.09505.2528
O51.35142.36462.94994.34522.23923.27122.59283.30602.63155.01704.93404.51190.9730
O61.20472.42213.44694.76212.23922.55143.12653.37403.80815.56834.87495.19262.2687
H72.11011.09252.17902.78773.27122.55141.77792.51593.07073.79152.59533.14673.9703
H82.12591.09622.16202.76792.59283.12651.77793.06232.49353.77293.12552.57763.4847
H92.74132.15781.09622.16083.30603.37402.51593.06231.76052.50352.52183.07523.9775
H102.74032.15571.09482.16442.63153.80813.07072.49351.76052.51303.07862.51913.4835
H114.68503.48682.17471.09335.01705.56833.79153.77292.50352.51301.76931.76975.8898
H124.18332.78432.17351.09494.93404.87492.59533.12552.52183.07861.76931.76925.7989
H134.18852.78952.17161.09504.51195.19263.14672.57763.07522.51911.76971.76925.4743
H141.87393.19313.80255.25280.97302.26873.97033.48473.97753.48355.88985.79895.4743

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 111.797 C1 C2 H7 107.477
C1 C2 H8 108.493 C1 O5 H14 106.316
C2 C1 O5 111.541 C2 C1 O6 126.222
C2 C3 C4 111.508 C2 C3 H9 109.070
C2 C3 H10 108.984 C3 C2 H7 110.949
C3 C2 H8 109.391 C3 C4 H11 111.204
C3 C4 H12 111.009 C3 C4 H13 110.850
C4 C3 H9 109.925 C4 C3 H10 110.294
O5 C1 O6 122.227 H7 C2 H8 108.644
H9 C3 H10 106.941 H11 C4 H12 107.914
H11 C4 H13 107.938 H12 C4 H13 107.781
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at M06-2X/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.576      
2 C -0.361      
3 C -0.311      
4 C -0.481      
5 O -0.599      
6 O -0.469      
7 H 0.189      
8 H 0.185      
9 H 0.169      
10 H 0.180      
11 H 0.169      
12 H 0.162      
13 H 0.161      
14 H 0.432      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.117 1.286 0.278 1.726
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.695 5.424 0.264
y 5.424 -38.722 -1.510
z 0.264 -1.510 -35.960
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.646 5.424 0.264
y 5.424 -2.894 -1.510
z 0.264 -1.510 1.248
Polar
3z2-r22.497
x2-y23.027
xy5.424
xz0.264
yz-1.510


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.239 -0.130 -0.313
y -0.130 6.929 0.119
z -0.313 0.119 5.765


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 206.953
(<r2>)1/2 14.386