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

using model chemistry: B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-305.600493
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-305.390480
Nuclear repulsion energy237.135283
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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G
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 3491 3491 15.93      
2 A 3172 3172 26.69      
3 A 3151 3151 3.86      
4 A 3142 3142 30.47      
5 A 3129 3129 12.60      
6 A 3097 3097 18.41      
7 A 3085 3085 1.88      
8 A 3072 3072 19.40      
9 A 1767 1767 183.10      
10 A 1592 1592 6.93      
11 A 1588 1588 8.10      
12 A 1580 1580 2.24      
13 A 1549 1549 5.08      
14 A 1483 1483 4.12      
15 A 1419 1419 1.44      
16 A 1400 1400 24.34      
17 A 1363 1363 11.34      
18 A 1351 1351 2.11      
19 A 1313 1313 0.41      
20 A 1204 1204 58.70      
21 A 1154 1154 12.91      
22 A 1082 1082 167.53      
23 A 1033 1033 18.55      
24 A 927 927 3.93      
25 A 922 922 3.66      
26 A 853 853 15.55      
27 A 781 781 7.28      
28 A 701 701 70.06      
29 A 616 616 86.51      
30 A 563 563 46.50      
31 A 425 425 2.70      
32 A 346 346 1.50      
33 A 251 251 0.04      
34 A 204 204 0.07      
35 A 102 102 0.08      
36 A 62 62 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26483.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 26483.2 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 B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G
ABC
0.27512 0.06196 0.05426

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP=FULLultrafine/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.194 -0.165 0.059
C2 -0.225 -0.539 0.417
C3 -1.258 0.294 -0.380
C4 -2.703 -0.077 0.009
O5 1.352 1.216 0.155
O6 2.116 -0.906 -0.272
H7 -0.346 -1.606 0.226
H8 -0.370 -0.352 1.487
H9 -1.107 0.123 -1.451
H10 -1.066 1.351 -0.183
H11 -3.422 0.520 -0.559
H12 -2.899 -1.135 -0.195
H13 -2.872 0.103 1.075
H14 2.291 1.435 -0.093

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51072.53283.89851.39291.22892.11602.12622.76732.73134.70734.21394.19981.9453
C21.51071.54792.55362.37352.46821.09101.09562.16932.15323.50642.80702.80213.2381
C32.53281.54791.54202.81873.58292.19322.16611.09501.09132.18332.18372.18133.7386
C43.89852.55361.54204.25864.89812.81792.77602.17182.18121.09351.09431.09455.2190
O51.39292.37352.81874.25862.29593.29402.68263.13382.44454.87674.86974.46360.9960
O61.22892.46823.58294.89812.29592.60773.09563.58313.90185.72615.02075.26472.3544
H72.11601.09102.19322.81793.29402.60771.77852.52613.07033.82092.63003.16614.0376
H82.12621.09562.16612.77602.68263.09561.77853.06612.48473.77663.13662.57673.5736
H92.76732.16931.09502.17183.13383.58312.52613.06611.76492.51232.52323.08113.8874
H102.73132.15321.09132.18122.44453.90183.07032.48471.76492.52663.08812.53033.3588
H114.70733.50642.18331.09354.87675.72613.82093.77662.51232.52661.77311.77325.8045
H124.21392.80702.18371.09434.86975.02072.63003.13662.52323.08811.77311.77375.7918
H134.19982.80212.18131.09454.46365.26473.16612.57673.08112.53031.77321.77375.4585
H141.94533.23813.73865.21900.99602.35444.03763.57363.88743.35885.80455.79185.4585

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 107.746
C1 C2 H8 108.278 C1 O5 H14 107.888
C2 C1 O5 109.590 C2 C1 O6 128.268
C2 C3 C4 111.462 C2 C3 H9 109.127
C2 C3 H10 108.092 C3 C2 H7 111.243
C3 C2 H8 108.849 C3 C4 H11 110.718
C3 C4 H12 110.703 C3 C4 H13 110.508
C4 C3 H9 109.724 C4 C3 H10 110.678
O5 C1 O6 122.142 H7 C2 H8 108.845
H9 C3 H10 107.659 H11 C4 H12 108.284
H11 C4 H13 108.273 H12 C4 H13 108.266
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability