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

using model chemistry: HF/3-21G*

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/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.167739
Energy at 298.15K-264.172742
Nuclear repulsion energy163.713272
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/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' 3887 3508 87.64      
2 A' 3433 3099 2.42      
3 A' 3396 3065 1.24      
4 A' 3342 3017 4.89      
5 A' 1963 1772 367.19      
6 A' 1839 1660 11.71      
7 A' 1599 1444 27.25      
8 A' 1493 1347 67.85      
9 A' 1448 1307 3.62      
10 A' 1286 1161 138.37      
11 A' 1138 1027 164.95      
12 A' 882 796 7.68      
13 A' 635 573 41.27      
14 A' 580 523 23.72      
15 A' 323 292 1.18      
16 A" 1201 1084 10.65      
17 A" 1156 1043 80.72      
18 A" 927 837 75.19      
19 A" 626 565 138.37      
20 A" 535 483 56.77      
21 A" 158 142 0.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15923.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14372.1 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 HF/3-21G*
ABC
0.36088 0.14932 0.10562

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.329 0.278 0.000
H2 1.865 1.084 0.000
O3 -0.410 1.694 0.000
C4 0.000 0.562 0.000
C5 -0.840 -0.645 0.000
H6 -1.892 -0.450 0.000
C7 -0.339 -1.861 0.000
H8 0.720 -2.024 0.000
H9 -0.972 -2.726 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.96772.24221.35852.35673.30212.71242.38203.7842
H20.96772.35511.93653.20984.05803.67813.31274.7502
O32.24222.35511.20442.37792.60663.55603.88654.4560
C41.35851.93651.20441.46982.14562.44632.68443.4286
C52.35673.20982.37791.46981.07011.31572.08232.0859
H63.30214.05802.60662.14561.07012.09873.04962.4553
C72.71243.67813.55602.44631.31572.09871.07081.0722
H82.38203.31273.88652.68442.08233.04961.07081.8313
H93.78424.75024.45603.42862.08592.45531.07221.8313

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 121.937 O1 C4 C5 112.811
H2 O1 C4 111.604 O3 C4 C5 125.252
C4 C5 H6 114.372 C4 C5 C7 122.759
C5 C7 H8 121.173 C5 C7 H9 121.405
H6 C5 C7 122.868 H8 C7 H9 117.421
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.730 -0.765    
2 H 0.415 0.483    
3 O -0.617 -0.660    
4 C 0.874 1.046    
5 C -0.367 -0.440    
6 H 0.272 0.191    
7 C -0.351 -0.164    
8 H 0.268 0.154    
9 H 0.237 0.153    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.879 -2.103 0.000 2.279
CHELPG 0.872 -2.148 0.000 2.319
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.600 5.604 0.000
y 5.604 -29.494 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.070
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.182 5.604 0.000
y 5.604 -1.659 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.523
Polar
3z2-r2-5.047
x2-y23.894
xy5.604
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.594 -0.454 0.000
y -0.454 7.377 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.501


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 108.295
(<r2>)1/2 10.406