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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (2-Propenoic acid)

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.653606
Energy at 298.15K-265.658521
HF Energy-265.653606
Nuclear repulsion energy164.351562
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 HF/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' 4063 3651 128.00      
2 A' 3445 3096 5.15      
3 A' 3400 3055 2.51      
4 A' 3355 3015 7.41      
5 A' 2030 1824 526.70      
6 A' 1853 1665 9.65      
7 A' 1587 1426 45.62      
8 A' 1510 1357 85.51      
9 A' 1428 1283 3.12      
10 A' 1352 1215 208.39      
11 A' 1140 1024 60.55      
12 A' 912 819 11.60      
13 A' 638 574 53.36      
14 A' 578 520 10.12      
15 A' 305 274 1.43      
16 A" 1145 1028 25.44      
17 A" 1130 1016 37.25      
18 A" 919 825 71.89      
19 A" 646 580 115.39      
20 A" 527 473 19.74      
21 A" 122 109 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16042.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14413.7 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.36795 0.14796 0.10553

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.316 0.366 0.000
H2 1.739 1.218 0.000
O3 -0.477 1.655 0.000
C4 0.000 0.565 0.000
C5 -0.801 -0.681 0.000
H6 -1.862 -0.516 0.000
C7 -0.278 -1.892 0.000
H8 0.784 -2.052 0.000
H9 -0.905 -2.765 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.95182.20881.33142.36163.29792.76392.47523.8387
H20.95182.25901.85783.17153.99673.70743.40664.7812
O32.20882.25901.18932.35792.57443.55283.91514.4406
C41.33141.85781.18931.48132.15282.47342.73193.4513
C52.36163.17152.35791.48131.07381.31962.09532.0869
H63.29793.99672.57442.15281.07382.09873.05922.4446
C72.76393.70743.55282.47341.31962.09871.07351.0748
H82.47523.40663.91512.73192.09533.05921.07351.8334
H93.83874.78124.44063.45132.08692.44461.07481.8334

picture of 2-Propenoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C4 O3 122.284 O1 C4 C5 114.091
H2 O1 C4 107.751 O3 C4 C5 123.625
C4 C5 H6 113.867 C4 C5 C7 123.930
C5 C7 H8 121.881 C5 C7 H9 120.951
H6 C5 C7 122.203 H8 C7 H9 117.167
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.712      
2 H 0.468      
3 O -0.565      
4 C 0.760      
5 C -0.256      
6 H 0.228      
7 C -0.349      
8 H 0.225      
9 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.009 -2.151 0.000 2.376
CHELPG 1.003 -2.224 0.000 2.439
AIM        
ESP 1.004 -2.195 0.000 2.413


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -26.106 5.439 0.014
y 5.439 -28.647 -0.008
z 0.014 -0.008 -29.810
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.123 5.439 0.014
y 5.439 -0.689 -0.008
z 0.014 -0.008 -2.434
Polar
3z2-r2-4.868
x2-y22.542
xy5.439
xz0.014
yz-0.008


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.958 -0.526 0.004
y -0.526 7.696 -0.003
z 0.004 -0.003 2.253


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.288
(<r2>)1/2 10.406