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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2COOH (Propanoic Acid)

using model chemistry: CBS-Q

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CBS-Q
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.989261
Energy at 298.15K-267.982590
HF Energy-266.843449
Nuclear repulsion energy179.827725
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 CBS-Q
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 4063 4063 92.48      
2 A' 3277 3277 34.13      
3 A' 3214 3214 6.50      
4 A' 3205 3205 34.53      
5 A' 2030 2030 392.95      
6 A' 1637 1637 13.75      
7 A' 1603 1603 12.21      
8 A' 1572 1572 29.87      
9 A' 1544 1544 49.32      
10 A' 1437 1437 1.94      
11 A' 1314 1314 325.66      
12 A' 1182 1182 31.86      
13 A' 1078 1078 1.18      
14 A' 886 886 10.26      
15 A' 673 673 34.19      
16 A' 501 501 21.75      
17 A' 268 268 2.98      
18 A" 3290 3290 35.44      
19 A" 3246 3246 5.78      
20 A" 1630 1630 4.57      
21 A" 1399 1399 0.30      
22 A" 1218 1218 3.17      
23 A" 884 884 29.98      
24 A" 720 720 137.03      
25 A" 566 566 26.83      
26 A" 234 234 0.00      
27 A" 65 65 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21367.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21367.6 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 CBS-Q
ABC
0.33554 0.12769 0.09577

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CBS-Q

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.570 0.000
C2 -0.600 -0.808 0.000
C3 0.448 -1.915 0.000
O4 -0.930 1.524 0.000
O5 1.152 0.837 0.000
H6 -1.254 -0.871 0.867
H7 -1.254 -0.871 -0.867
H8 -0.035 -2.888 0.000
H9 1.086 -1.850 -0.876
H10 1.086 -1.850 0.876
H11 -0.492 2.365 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.50352.52601.33181.18212.09862.09863.45862.79392.79391.8605
C21.50351.52532.35502.40301.08791.08792.15542.16732.16733.1744
C32.52601.52533.70522.84042.17742.17741.08631.08521.08524.3822
O41.33182.35503.70522.19212.56812.56814.50174.02694.02690.9478
O51.18212.40302.84042.19213.07543.07543.90922.82672.82672.2445
H62.09861.08792.17742.56813.07541.73432.51083.07772.53673.4358
H72.09861.08792.17742.56813.07541.73432.51082.53673.07773.4358
H83.45862.15541.08634.50173.90922.51082.51081.76101.76105.2724
H92.79392.16731.08524.02692.82673.07772.53671.76101.75154.5851
H102.79392.16731.08524.02692.82672.53673.07771.76101.75154.5851
H111.86053.17444.38220.94782.24453.43583.43585.27244.58514.5851

picture of Propanoic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.019 C1 C2 H6 107.068
C1 C2 H7 107.068 C1 O4 H11 108.223
C2 C1 O4 112.184 C2 C1 O5 126.547
C2 C3 H8 110.105 C2 C3 H9 111.125
C2 C3 H10 111.125 C3 C2 H6 111.771
C3 C2 H7 111.771 O4 C1 O5 121.269
H6 C2 H7 105.712 H8 C3 H9 108.385
H8 C3 H10 108.385 H9 C3 H10 107.612
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability