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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (Crotonic Acid)

using model chemistry: CID/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 CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.516436
Energy at 298.15K-303.523279
HF Energy-302.992092
Nuclear repulsion energy219.455524
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 CID/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' 3705 3448 42.61      
2 A' 3286 3057 4.00      
3 A' 3277 3049 0.42      
4 A' 3201 2979 13.36      
5 A' 3126 2909 11.48      
6 A' 1877 1746 281.00      
7 A' 1791 1666 11.74      
8 A' 1611 1499 12.41      
9 A' 1529 1422 8.79      
10 A' 1455 1354 57.16      
11 A' 1417 1318 4.42      
12 A' 1388 1291 0.09      
13 A' 1226 1141 176.60      
14 A' 1140 1061 104.16      
15 A' 1007 937 9.22      
16 A' 901 838 21.61      
17 A' 647 602 61.04      
18 A' 514 478 4.40      
19 A' 407 379 4.13      
20 A' 212 197 0.48      
21 A" 3178 2957 14.16      
22 A" 1605 1493 9.39      
23 A" 1174 1092 0.06      
24 A" 1071 997 54.95      
25 A" 922 858 15.15      
26 A" 722 672 56.71      
27 A" 575 535 141.85      
28 A" 215 200 0.39      
29 A" 197 183 0.67      
30 A" 117 108 0.68      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21744.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20233.2 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.32501 0.06474 0.05454

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.108 -0.346 0.000
C2 0.000 0.630 0.000
C3 1.279 0.269 0.000
C4 2.438 1.237 0.000
O5 -0.659 -1.650 0.000
O6 -2.296 -0.074 0.000
H7 -0.311 1.665 0.000
H8 1.523 -0.785 0.000
H9 2.088 2.270 0.000
H10 3.064 1.080 0.882
H11 3.064 1.080 -0.882
H12 -1.431 -2.257 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.47682.46513.88331.37951.21882.16282.66734.13024.49634.49631.9381
C21.47681.32882.51212.37372.40161.08042.07852.65503.21963.21963.2222
C32.46511.32881.50992.72783.59152.11561.08192.15822.14962.14963.7047
C43.88332.51211.50994.23424.91202.78192.21941.09051.09261.09265.2130
O51.37952.37372.72784.23422.27283.33322.34734.78714.70044.70040.9816
O61.21882.40163.59154.91202.27282.63853.88464.97125.55315.55312.3486
H72.16281.08042.11562.78193.33322.63853.05992.47433.53673.53674.0784
H82.66732.07851.08192.21942.34733.88463.05993.10672.57502.57503.3002
H94.13022.65502.15821.09054.78714.97122.47433.10671.77341.77345.7338
H104.49633.21962.14961.09264.70045.55313.53672.57501.77341.76335.6671
H114.49633.21962.14961.09264.70045.55313.53672.57501.77341.76335.6671
H121.93813.22223.70475.21300.98162.34864.07843.30025.73385.66715.6671

picture of Crotonic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 122.877 C1 C2 H7 114.625
C1 O5 H12 109.180 C2 C1 O5 112.373
C2 C1 O6 125.719 C2 C3 C4 124.370
C2 C3 H8 118.778 C3 C2 H7 122.498
C3 C4 H9 111.164 C3 C4 H10 110.343
C3 C4 H11 110.343 C4 C3 H8 116.852
O5 C1 O6 121.908 H9 C4 H10 108.651
H9 C4 H11 108.651 H10 C4 H11 107.592
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability