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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (β–Propiolactone)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.404311
Energy at 298.15K-266.409827
HF Energy-265.639175
Nuclear repulsion energy171.835547
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3163 2967 1.23      
2 A' 3154 2959 28.27      
3 A' 2016 1891 460.02      
4 A' 1588 1490 1.62      
5 A' 1521 1427 13.37      
6 A' 1404 1318 37.18      
7 A' 1277 1199 13.13      
8 A' 1180 1107 174.97      
9 A' 1057 992 7.39      
10 A' 1017 954 88.75      
11 A' 935 877 5.38      
12 A' 779 731 0.89      
13 A' 512 480 5.03      
14 A" 3227 3027 12.15      
15 A" 3213 3014 7.46      
16 A" 1238 1161 0.15      
17 A" 1196 1122 0.70      
18 A" 1100 1032 5.40      
19 A" 829 778 2.57      
20 A" 532 499 5.04      
21 A" 179 168 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15557.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14597.7 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.41579 0.17547 0.12953

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.033 -0.268 0.000
C2 0.000 0.623 0.000
O3 -0.055 1.812 0.000
C4 1.087 -0.453 0.000
H5 1.713 -0.460 0.894
H6 1.713 -0.460 -0.894
C7 -0.122 -1.404 0.000
H8 -0.256 -2.012 -0.897
H9 -0.256 -2.012 0.897

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36432.29852.12752.89422.89421.45652.10952.1095
C21.36431.19001.52952.21532.21532.03142.79532.7953
O32.29851.19002.53653.01453.01453.21713.93283.9328
C42.12751.52952.53651.09161.09161.53802.24412.2441
H52.89422.21533.01451.09161.78792.24903.08082.5066
H62.89422.21533.01451.09161.78792.24902.50663.0808
C71.45652.03143.21711.53802.24902.24901.09171.0917
H82.10952.79533.93282.24413.08082.50661.09171.7945
H92.10952.79533.93282.24412.50663.08081.09171.7945

picture of β–Propiolactone state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 O3 128.152 O1 C2 C4 94.477
O1 C7 C4 90.507 O1 C7 H8 110.946
O1 C7 H9 110.946 C2 O1 C7 92.075
C2 C4 H5 114.347 C2 C4 H6 114.347
C2 C4 C7 82.940 O3 C2 C4 137.371
C4 C7 H8 116.126 C4 C7 H9 116.126
H5 C4 H6 109.948 H5 C4 C7 116.549
H6 C4 C7 116.549 H8 C7 H9 110.546
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability