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All results from a given calculation for C3H8O2 (Propylene glycol)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-53.278805
Energy at 298.15K-53.288648
HF Energy-52.508395
Nuclear repulsion energy112.707698
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 MP2/CEP-121G*
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 3777 3599 24.03      
2 A 3729 3553 44.73      
3 A 3181 3031 22.58      
4 A 3172 3022 50.70      
5 A 3166 3017 1.63      
6 A 3072 2927 48.67      
7 A 3067 2922 14.66      
8 A 3005 2863 73.26      
9 A 1538 1465 4.12      
10 A 1529 1457 4.33      
11 A 1522 1450 4.35      
12 A 1477 1407 22.14      
13 A 1442 1374 32.24      
14 A 1412 1345 25.79      
15 A 1400 1334 5.20      
16 A 1365 1300 37.81      
17 A 1308 1247 50.88      
18 A 1244 1185 16.74      
19 A 1184 1128 12.17      
20 A 1108 1056 38.17      
21 A 1098 1046 17.85      
22 A 1054 1004 107.71      
23 A 957 912 3.22      
24 A 932 888 19.93      
25 A 860 819 14.31      
26 A 550 524 145.42      
27 A 515 490 52.09      
28 A 482 460 4.67      
29 A 363 346 16.26      
30 A 329 314 82.67      
31 A 250 239 4.20      
32 A 227 216 0.57      
33 A 154 146 3.99      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25233.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9528) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24042.8 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 MP2/CEP-121G*
ABC
0.28418 0.11875 0.09197

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.430 1.395 -0.161
H2 0.515 1.644 -0.167
O3 1.957 -0.064 -0.014
H4 2.166 -0.183 0.930
C5 0.699 -0.742 -0.255
H6 0.594 -0.771 -1.343
H7 0.723 -1.768 0.137
C8 -0.462 0.051 0.350
H9 -0.341 0.068 1.449
C10 -1.821 -0.542 -0.009
H11 -1.935 -0.574 -1.098
H12 -1.925 -1.555 0.395
H13 -2.618 0.083 0.404

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
O10.97702.80133.22772.41842.67153.38031.43842.08812.38972.64923.35372.6134
H20.97702.24072.69532.39452.68753.43221.93892.41353.20323.43324.06213.5467
O32.80132.24070.97381.44912.03082.10912.44882.72713.80824.07184.17784.5966
H43.22772.69530.97381.96732.82592.28592.70172.57274.11244.59174.34794.8208
C52.41842.39451.44911.96731.09391.09931.53022.15402.53992.77032.82233.4810
H62.67152.68752.03082.82591.09391.79012.15823.06172.76892.54843.15923.7550
H73.38033.43222.10912.28591.09931.79012.18182.49512.82873.16532.66893.8297
C81.43841.93892.44882.70171.53022.15822.18181.10561.52562.15752.17252.1572
H92.08812.41352.72712.57272.15403.06172.49511.10562.16533.07192.50052.5058
C102.38973.20323.80824.11242.53992.76892.82871.52562.16531.09501.09591.0936
H112.64923.43324.07184.59172.77032.54843.16532.15753.07191.09501.78661.7754
H123.35374.06214.17784.34792.82233.15922.66892.17252.50051.09591.78661.7792
H132.61343.54674.59664.82083.48103.75503.82972.15722.50581.09361.77541.7792

picture of Propylene glycol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C8 C5 109.063 O1 C8 H9 109.634
O1 C8 C10 107.422 H2 O1 C8 105.177
O3 C5 H6 105.135 O3 C5 H7 110.963
O3 C5 C8 110.529 H4 O3 C5 106.934
C5 C8 H9 108.532 C5 C8 C10 112.436
H6 C5 H7 109.418 H6 C5 C8 109.535
H7 C5 C8 111.082 C8 C10 H11 109.735
C8 C10 H12 110.869 C8 C10 H13 109.791
H9 C8 C10 109.725 H11 C10 H12 109.268
H11 C10 H13 108.429 H12 C10 H13 108.702
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability