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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.615620
Energy at 298.15K-307.625133
HF Energy-307.615620
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3784 3589 61.59      
2 A 3163 3000 32.41      
3 A 3150 2987 26.89      
4 A 3144 2982 31.60      
5 A 3123 2962 0.17      
6 A 3086 2927 24.93      
7 A 3074 2916 7.01      
8 A 3066 2908 25.88      
9 A 1894 1797 316.35      
10 A 1547 1468 6.51      
11 A 1539 1460 8.52      
12 A 1536 1457 1.72      
13 A 1516 1438 8.41      
14 A 1461 1385 4.81      
15 A 1430 1357 36.37      
16 A 1413 1341 45.29      
17 A 1357 1287 1.70      
18 A 1328 1259 1.66      
19 A 1291 1224 26.24      
20 A 1242 1178 148.36      
21 A 1141 1082 7.68      
22 A 1114 1057 71.79      
23 A 1072 1017 2.79      
24 A 944 896 0.68      
25 A 915 868 2.81      
26 A 898 852 6.46      
27 A 775 735 12.99      
28 A 744 705 50.26      
29 A 636 603 79.46      
30 A 587 557 49.31      
31 A 437 415 3.50      
32 A 341 324 1.28      
33 A 266 252 0.06      
34 A 193 183 0.03      
35 A 99 94 0.24      
36 A 57 54 0.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26681.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25307.3 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.27712 0.06198 0.05524

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.185 -0.143 0.080
C2 -0.236 -0.385 0.524
C3 -1.263 0.218 -0.448
C4 -2.696 -0.036 0.014
O5 1.502 1.169 0.112
O6 1.970 -0.986 -0.282
H7 -0.374 -1.465 0.610
H8 -0.371 0.062 1.516
H9 -1.112 -0.217 -1.443
H10 -1.083 1.295 -0.540
H11 -3.417 0.381 -0.696
H12 -2.896 -1.109 0.107
H13 -2.881 0.425 0.992
H14 2.417 1.232 -0.206

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.50792.52963.88251.35051.20722.11122.12712.75702.75584.69624.19354.20481.8684
C21.50791.53652.53592.36772.42411.09271.09662.15952.16083.49172.78802.80493.1914
C32.52961.53651.52712.97693.45322.17812.16241.09671.09512.17492.17652.17543.8243
C43.88252.53591.52714.36864.77042.79122.76932.15992.16311.09451.09571.09595.2722
O51.35052.36772.97694.36862.23983.27222.58993.34262.66915.04744.95324.53200.9705
O61.20722.42413.45324.77042.23982.55293.13223.38173.81895.57294.88275.20932.2633
H72.11121.09272.17812.79123.27222.55291.77572.51393.07313.79162.59663.16263.9659
H82.12711.09662.16242.76932.58993.13221.77573.06332.50113.77793.11962.58933.4799
H92.75702.15951.09672.15993.34263.38172.51393.06331.76072.49602.52603.07684.0102
H102.75582.16081.09512.16312.66913.81893.07312.50111.76072.51183.07962.51723.5163
H114.69623.49172.17491.09455.04745.57293.79163.77792.49602.51181.77051.77105.9163
H124.19352.78802.17651.09574.95324.88272.59663.11962.52603.07961.77051.77055.8142
H134.20482.80492.17541.09594.53205.20933.16262.58933.07682.51721.77101.77055.4911
H141.86843.19143.82435.27220.97052.26333.96593.47994.01023.51635.91635.81425.4911

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 112.378 C1 C2 H7 107.468
C1 C2 H8 108.475 C1 O5 H14 106.064
C2 C1 O5 111.738 C2 C1 O6 126.100
C2 C3 C4 111.737 C2 C3 H9 109.047
C2 C3 H10 109.242 C3 C2 H7 110.739
C3 C2 H8 109.277 C3 C4 H11 111.048
C3 C4 H12 111.099 C3 C4 H13 110.996
C4 C3 H9 109.721 C4 C3 H10 110.072
O5 C1 O6 122.155 H7 C2 H8 108.394
H9 C3 H10 106.895 H11 C4 H12 107.875
H11 C4 H13 107.902 H12 C4 H13 107.773
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.574      
2 C -0.378      
3 C -0.314      
4 C -0.498      
5 O -0.582      
6 O -0.470      
7 H 0.194      
8 H 0.188      
9 H 0.172      
10 H 0.182      
11 H 0.172      
12 H 0.167      
13 H 0.165      
14 H 0.427      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.136 1.337 0.284 1.777
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.445 5.490 0.253
y 5.490 -38.518 -1.505
z 0.253 -1.505 -35.636
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.632 5.490 0.253
y 5.490 -2.977 -1.505
z 0.253 -1.505 1.345
Polar
3z2-r22.690
x2-y23.073
xy5.490
xz0.253
yz-1.505


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.247 -0.115 -0.313
y -0.115 6.938 0.116
z -0.313 0.116 5.774


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 207.874
(<r2>)1/2 14.418