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

using model chemistry: CCD/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at CCD/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.872783
Energy at 298.15K-306.882244
HF Energy-305.902397
Nuclear repulsion energy238.772728
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 CCD/6-31+G**
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 3862 3639 70.79      
2 A 3202 3017 30.96      
3 A 3192 3008 31.78      
4 A 3186 3002 27.33      
5 A 3162 2979 0.48      
6 A 3127 2947 20.38      
7 A 3112 2933 10.48      
8 A 3103 2924 27.34      
9 A 1879 1771 352.56      
10 A 1557 1468 6.17      
11 A 1548 1459 7.68      
12 A 1545 1456 1.34      
13 A 1530 1441 6.83      
14 A 1470 1385 4.21      
15 A 1442 1359 20.14      
16 A 1410 1328 66.66      
17 A 1359 1280 2.90      
18 A 1334 1257 5.42      
19 A 1296 1221 13.22      
20 A 1246 1174 145.31      
21 A 1150 1084 3.93      
22 A 1120 1055 85.51      
23 A 1088 1025 7.91      
24 A 951 896 2.24      
25 A 916 863 1.04      
26 A 898 846 10.39      
27 A 767 723 7.33      
28 A 734 692 35.34      
29 A 621 585 81.10      
30 A 582 548 65.56      
31 A 439 413 3.07      
32 A 338 319 1.68      
33 A 248 234 0.03      
34 A 191 180 0.13      
35 A 90 85 0.33      
36 A 42 40 0.37      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26867.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9423) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25317.3 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 CCD/6-31+G**
ABC
0.27441 0.06206 0.05521

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.181 -0.146 0.081
C2 -0.238 -0.371 0.535
C3 -1.261 0.227 -0.442
C4 -2.696 -0.041 0.008
O5 1.514 1.171 0.105
O6 1.956 -1.003 -0.285
H7 -0.379 -1.447 0.631
H8 -0.360 0.086 1.520
H9 -1.098 -0.202 -1.434
H10 -1.090 1.302 -0.526
H11 -3.411 0.386 -0.696
H12 -2.890 -1.113 0.075
H13 -2.885 0.398 0.989
H14 2.426 1.237 -0.214

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50682.52503.87921.35871.21212.10432.12102.73812.76084.68804.18464.20151.8842
C21.50681.53592.53552.37362.42621.08941.09292.15582.15663.48692.79212.79363.2006
C32.52501.53591.52792.98173.44792.17572.16401.09341.09142.17132.17262.17143.8290
C43.87922.53551.52794.38244.75982.78132.78622.15802.16091.09051.09161.09185.2835
O51.35872.37362.98174.38242.25233.27332.58703.32902.68255.05154.96164.55310.9679
O61.21212.42623.44794.75982.25232.54723.13173.36093.82745.55974.86125.19842.2900
H72.10431.08942.17572.78133.27332.54721.77232.51673.06643.78412.59383.13303.9731
H82.12101.09292.16402.78622.58703.13171.77233.05922.48993.78343.15092.59943.4774
H92.73812.15581.09342.15803.32903.36092.51673.05921.75722.49812.51393.06993.9976
H102.76082.15661.09142.16092.68253.82743.06642.48991.75722.50143.07202.51683.5296
H114.68803.48692.17131.09055.05155.55973.78413.78342.49812.50141.76501.76515.9182
H124.18462.79212.17261.09164.96164.86122.59383.15092.51393.07201.76501.76625.8195
H134.20152.79362.17141.09184.55315.19843.13302.59943.06992.51681.76511.76625.5093
H141.88423.20063.82905.28350.96792.29003.97313.47743.99763.52965.91825.81955.5093

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 112.166 C1 C2 H7 107.198
C1 C2 H8 108.291 C1 O5 H14 106.958
C2 C1 O5 111.747 C2 C1 O6 125.995
C2 C3 C4 111.704 C2 C3 H9 108.994
C2 C3 H10 109.168 C3 C2 H7 110.796
C3 C2 H8 109.662 C3 C4 H11 110.941
C3 C4 H12 110.979 C3 C4 H13 110.870
C4 C3 H9 109.715 C4 C3 H10 110.057
O5 C1 O6 122.252 H7 C2 H8 108.614
H9 C3 H10 107.083 H11 C4 H12 107.972
H11 C4 H13 107.968 H12 C4 H13 107.983
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability