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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-307.523417
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-307.523417
Nuclear repulsion energy237.255169
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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 3595 3525 27.35      
2 A 3081 3021 45.21      
3 A 3067 3007 40.34      
4 A 3062 3002 30.75      
5 A 3033 2973 1.43      
6 A 3016 2957 26.02      
7 A 2996 2937 16.34      
8 A 2988 2929 28.92      
9 A 1798 1762 266.67      
10 A 1511 1481 4.18      
11 A 1501 1472 6.83      
12 A 1497 1467 0.84      
13 A 1479 1450 3.63      
14 A 1411 1383 0.77      
15 A 1368 1341 23.14      
16 A 1354 1328 31.66      
17 A 1314 1289 2.16      
18 A 1282 1257 0.89      
19 A 1253 1228 15.75      
20 A 1186 1163 132.49      
21 A 1098 1077 8.25      
22 A 1059 1038 115.04      
23 A 1031 1011 2.72      
24 A 903 885 0.82      
25 A 883 866 5.83      
26 A 858 841 8.22      
27 A 751 736 5.99      
28 A 731 716 48.73      
29 A 626 613 66.62      
30 A 571 559 42.32      
31 A 421 413 3.05      
32 A 326 320 0.88      
33 A 245 240 0.03      
34 A 183 179 0.06      
35 A 88 86 0.29      
36 A 8i 8i 0.53      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25776.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25271.4 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.26646 0.06129 0.05503

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.180 -0.138 0.108
C2 -0.241 -0.203 0.626
C3 -1.263 0.103 -0.494
C4 -2.709 0.002 0.005
O5 1.619 1.158 0.017
O6 1.864 -1.085 -0.237
H7 -0.405 -1.215 1.020
H8 -0.369 0.519 1.446
H9 -1.101 -0.603 -1.324
H10 -1.068 1.111 -0.890
H11 -3.421 0.221 -0.804
H12 -2.928 -1.008 0.384
H13 -2.896 0.715 0.822
H14 2.519 1.097 -0.366

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12 H13 H14
C11.51472.52763.89331.37101.21782.12242.14952.73342.75874.70474.20884.22591.8823
C21.51471.54632.55272.38462.44001.09771.09992.16822.16973.51212.81512.81623.2090
C32.52761.54631.53333.11143.35412.18222.17601.10131.10052.18372.18592.18563.9128
C43.89332.55271.53334.48004.70612.79612.79652.17202.17321.09961.10061.10075.3547
O51.37102.38463.11144.48002.27043.27612.53003.50702.83665.19215.05034.60840.9801
O61.21782.44003.35414.70612.27042.59653.22303.19403.72065.47294.83245.19802.2823
H72.12241.09772.18222.79613.27612.59651.78612.52003.08123.80552.61033.15763.9772
H82.14951.09992.17602.79652.53003.22301.78613.07672.50853.80353.16402.61093.4579
H92.73342.16821.10132.17203.50703.19402.52003.07671.76852.51632.53363.09304.1128
H102.75872.16971.10052.17322.83663.72063.08122.50851.76852.51733.09382.53573.6255
H114.70473.51212.18371.09965.19215.47293.80553.80352.51632.51731.77851.77876.0207
H124.20882.81512.18591.10065.05034.83242.61033.16402.53363.09381.77851.77805.8882
H134.22592.81622.18561.10074.60845.19803.15762.61093.09302.53571.77871.77805.5579
H141.88233.20903.91285.35470.98012.28233.97723.45794.11283.62556.02075.88825.5579

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 111.326 C1 C2 H7 107.594
C1 C2 H8 109.574 C1 O5 H14 105.158
C2 C1 O5 111.350 C2 C1 O6 126.147
C2 C3 C4 111.978 C2 C3 H9 108.792
C2 C3 H10 108.954 C3 C2 H7 110.090
C3 C2 H8 109.477 C3 C4 H11 111.003
C3 C4 H12 111.115 C3 C4 H13 111.085
C4 C3 H9 109.975 C4 C3 H10 110.119
O5 C1 O6 122.460 H7 C2 H8 108.726
H9 C3 H10 106.876 H11 C4 H12 107.863
H11 C4 H13 107.876 H12 C4 H13 107.748
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.534      
2 C -0.330      
3 C -0.276      
4 C -0.456      
5 O -0.545      
6 O -0.445      
7 H 0.172      
8 H 0.166      
9 H 0.158      
10 H 0.161      
11 H 0.155      
12 H 0.153      
13 H 0.151      
14 H 0.399      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.008 1.299 0.141 1.650
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.521 4.729 -0.403
y 4.729 -39.267 -1.384
z -0.403 -1.384 -35.461
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.843 4.729 -0.403
y 4.729 -4.277 -1.384
z -0.403 -1.384 1.433
Polar
3z2-r22.866
x2-y24.747
xy4.729
xz-0.403
yz-1.384


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 8.809 -0.020 -0.360
y -0.020 7.170 0.054
z -0.360 0.054 5.940


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 209.787
(<r2>)1/2 14.484