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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.356954
Energy at 298.15K-307.366206
HF Energy-307.356954
Nuclear repulsion energy237.031899
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 PBEPBE/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 3576 3555 36.32      
2 A 3056 3038 37.12      
3 A 3054 3036 25.45      
4 A 3044 3026 12.47      
5 A 3017 3000 0.40      
6 A 2977 2960 32.22      
7 A 2966 2949 22.16      
8 A 2965 2948 3.06      
9 A 1785 1774 273.33      
10 A 1432 1424 4.82      
11 A 1421 1412 7.13      
12 A 1417 1409 1.09      
13 A 1391 1383 5.17      
14 A 1348 1340 3.56      
15 A 1333 1325 45.94      
16 A 1321 1313 8.40      
17 A 1273 1266 2.68      
18 A 1232 1225 2.77      
19 A 1206 1199 20.12      
20 A 1161 1154 131.15      
21 A 1083 1077 7.87      
22 A 1051 1045 24.36      
23 A 1034 1028 41.18      
24 A 906 901 2.04      
25 A 857 852 2.28      
26 A 841 836 8.83      
27 A 737 733 13.85      
28 A 696 692 46.44      
29 A 607 604 54.56      
30 A 553 550 33.52      
31 A 421 418 2.84      
32 A 326 325 0.82      
33 A 252 250 0.02      
34 A 184 183 0.00      
35 A 94 93 0.15      
36 A 34 34 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25323.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25176.1 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.27925 0.06114 0.05365

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.202 -0.148 0.053
C2 -0.230 -0.504 0.394
C3 -1.288 0.313 -0.368
C4 -2.715 -0.081 0.018
O5 1.424 1.199 0.146
O6 2.083 -0.932 -0.261
H7 -0.344 -1.589 0.208
H8 -0.361 -0.341 1.488
H9 -1.140 0.171 -1.460
H10 -1.119 1.392 -0.170
H11 -3.463 0.513 -0.545
H12 -2.911 -1.153 -0.192
H13 -2.901 0.084 1.100
H14 2.375 1.304 -0.092

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51502.56753.91851.36901.22002.11942.13032.80682.79504.75024.24164.24141.8720
C21.51501.53812.54872.38752.44191.10731.11322.17272.16833.51682.81992.82443.2078
C32.56751.53811.53012.89943.59492.20012.17501.11171.10962.19182.19432.19283.8044
C43.91852.54871.53014.33514.88102.81682.78812.17482.17971.10831.11011.11035.2762
O51.36902.38752.89944.33512.26803.30282.71313.19582.57054.98404.94424.56780.9851
O61.22002.44193.59494.88102.26802.55743.06213.61113.95775.73834.99915.26542.2618
H72.11941.10732.20012.81683.30282.55741.78752.55203.10333.83592.63433.18363.9815
H82.13031.11322.17502.78812.71313.06211.78753.09192.51573.80653.15992.60513.5615
H92.80682.17271.11172.17483.19583.61112.55203.09191.77642.52062.54923.10873.9381
H102.79502.16831.10962.17972.57053.95773.10332.51571.77642.53153.11252.54913.4960
H114.75023.51682.19181.10834.98405.73833.83593.80652.52062.53151.79001.79045.9089
H124.24162.81992.19431.11014.94424.99912.63433.15992.54923.11251.79001.78895.8299
H134.24142.82442.19281.11034.56785.26543.18362.60513.10872.54911.79041.78895.5446
H141.87203.20783.80445.27620.98512.26183.98153.56153.93813.49605.90895.82995.5446

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 114.472 C1 C2 H7 106.815
C1 C2 H8 107.312 C1 O5 H14 104.155
C2 C1 O5 111.656 C2 C1 O6 126.121
C2 C3 C4 112.339 C2 C3 H9 109.096
C2 C3 H10 108.881 C3 C2 H7 111.499
C3 C2 H8 109.191 C3 C4 H11 111.346
C3 C4 H12 111.441 C3 C4 H13 111.307
C4 C3 H9 109.810 C4 C3 H10 110.314
O5 C1 O6 122.222 H7 C2 H8 107.227
H9 C3 H10 106.205 H11 C4 H12 107.588
H11 C4 H13 107.604 H12 C4 H13 107.348
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.095      
2 C -0.005      
3 C -0.082      
4 C -0.052      
5 O -0.149      
6 O -0.216      
7 H 0.039      
8 H 0.054      
9 H 0.032      
10 H 0.039      
11 H 0.031      
12 H 0.036      
13 H 0.033      
14 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.091 1.206 0.302 1.655
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.627 5.264 0.524
y 5.264 -38.115 -1.066
z 0.524 -1.066 -36.096
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.478 5.264 0.524
y 5.264 -1.754 -1.066
z 0.524 -1.066 1.276
Polar
3z2-r22.551
x2-y21.488
xy5.264
xz0.524
yz-1.066


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.457 0.047 -0.302
y 0.047 7.563 0.017
z -0.302 0.017 6.162


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 211.620
(<r2>)1/2 14.547