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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.724119
Energy at 298.15K-307.733489
HF Energy-307.724119
Nuclear repulsion energy238.123950
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 B3LYPultrafine/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 3752 3605 47.47      
2 A 3128 3006 35.43      
3 A 3117 2995 31.20      
4 A 3111 2989 28.08      
5 A 3087 2966 0.23      
6 A 3054 2935 31.16      
7 A 3043 2924 4.64      
8 A 3040 2921 21.61      
9 A 1848 1775 295.25      
10 A 1524 1464 4.14      
11 A 1514 1454 6.39      
12 A 1509 1450 1.03      
13 A 1488 1429 4.74      
14 A 1429 1373 1.37      
15 A 1394 1339 19.99      
16 A 1380 1326 48.66      
17 A 1332 1279 1.79      
18 A 1301 1250 2.80      
19 A 1265 1216 15.18      
20 A 1212 1164 144.41      
21 A 1119 1075 5.53      
22 A 1087 1044 86.01      
23 A 1047 1006 4.07      
24 A 923 886 0.63      
25 A 894 859 2.36      
26 A 873 839 8.19      
27 A 759 729 11.96      
28 A 723 694 50.53      
29 A 626 601 71.31      
30 A 574 551 42.66      
31 A 430 413 3.26      
32 A 332 319 1.09      
33 A 249 239 0.04      
34 A 188 180 0.03      
35 A 94 90 0.22      
36 A 38 36 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26240.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25211.6 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**
ABC
0.27758 0.06142 0.05445

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G**

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.194 -0.147 0.069
C2 -0.233 -0.430 0.483
C3 -1.276 0.261 -0.417
C4 -2.710 -0.055 0.013
O5 1.483 1.180 0.129
O6 2.010 -0.970 -0.283
H7 -0.362 -1.515 0.469
H8 -0.362 -0.086 1.517
H9 -1.122 -0.058 -1.455
H10 -1.105 1.343 -0.394
H11 -3.435 0.442 -0.639
H12 -2.910 -1.131 -0.027
H13 -2.900 0.281 1.039
H14 2.407 1.263 -0.161

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51172.54943.90521.35921.21112.10952.12552.77362.77854.71914.22114.22871.8748
C21.51171.54072.54912.37872.43051.09281.09742.16402.16143.50292.81412.81583.2014
C32.54941.54071.53072.95793.51092.18462.16651.09701.09492.17812.18262.18143.8249
C43.90522.54911.53074.37254.81692.80212.78882.16262.16671.09441.09561.09585.2871
O51.35922.37872.95794.37252.25083.28302.63233.29032.64565.03144.96614.56590.9722
O61.21112.43053.51094.81692.25082.54733.10563.46593.88135.63584.92925.23632.2711
H72.10951.09282.18462.80213.28302.54731.77212.52973.07603.80762.62373.16063.9726
H82.12551.09742.16652.78882.63233.10561.77213.06752.49893.79083.15752.60903.5070
H92.77362.16401.09702.16263.29033.46592.52973.06751.75742.50272.52763.08143.9843
H102.77852.16141.09492.16672.64563.88133.07602.49891.75742.50923.08432.53033.5211
H114.71913.50292.17811.09445.03145.63583.80763.79082.50272.50921.76841.76865.9184
H124.22112.81412.18261.09564.96614.92922.62373.15752.52763.08431.76841.76875.8330
H134.22872.81582.18141.09584.56595.23633.16062.60903.08142.53031.76861.76875.5292
H141.87483.20143.82495.28710.97222.27113.97263.50703.98433.52115.91845.83305.5292

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 113.274 C1 C2 H7 107.080
C1 C2 H8 108.052 C1 O5 H14 105.856
C2 C1 O5 111.787 C2 C1 O6 126.061
C2 C3 C4 112.193 C2 C3 H9 109.097
C2 C3 H10 109.009 C3 C2 H7 110.965
C3 C2 H8 109.271 C3 C4 H11 111.048
C3 C4 H12 111.340 C3 C4 H13 111.231
C4 C3 H9 109.671 C4 C3 H10 110.111
O5 C1 O6 122.151 H7 C2 H8 108.023
H9 C3 H10 106.596 H11 C4 H12 107.705
H11 C4 H13 107.706 H12 C4 H13 107.634
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.546      
2 C -0.226      
3 C -0.187      
4 C -0.319      
5 O -0.479      
6 O -0.461      
7 H 0.128      
8 H 0.126      
9 H 0.108      
10 H 0.121      
11 H 0.108      
12 H 0.108      
13 H 0.106      
14 H 0.321      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.165 1.284 0.312 1.762
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.911 5.438 0.403
y 5.438 -38.462 -1.413
z 0.403 -1.413 -35.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.232 5.438 0.403
y 5.438 -2.593 -1.413
z 0.403 -1.413 1.361
Polar
3z2-r22.721
x2-y22.550
xy5.438
xz0.403
yz-1.413


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.607 -0.068 -0.313
y -0.068 7.052 0.100
z -0.313 0.100 5.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.891
(<r2>)1/2 14.488