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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester)

using model chemistry: PM6

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
Energy calculated at PM6
 hartrees
Energy at 0K 
Energy at 298.15K-0.111972
Nuclear repulsion energy148.824645
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 PM6
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 2768 2941 102.84      
2 A 2758 2930 38.61      
3 A 2749 2920 151.15      
4 A 2709 2878 36.74      
5 A 2691 2859 66.24      
6 A 2674 2841 64.11      
7 A 1813 1926 351.94      
8 A 1776 1887 51.44      
9 A 1337 1420 118.86      
10 A 1327 1409 34.81      
11 A 1278 1358 124.80      
12 A 1247 1325 21.89      
13 A 1238 1316 32.01      
14 A 1183 1257 243.46      
15 A 1128 1198 30.27      
16 A 1110 1179 38.76      
17 A 1071 1138 22.69      
18 A 1069 1136 34.37      
19 A 1033 1097 25.55      
20 A 960 1020 80.13      
21 A 886 942 32.81      
22 A 729 775 32.60      
23 A 617 656 6.52      
24 A 465 494 6.03      
25 A 446 474 0.76      
26 A 290 308 16.72      
27 A 186 198 3.90      
28 A 165 175 11.39      
29 A 51 55 2.52      
30 A 2i 2i 0.13      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18875.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 1.0624) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20053.4 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 PM6
ABC
0.33395 0.07641 0.06294

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PM6

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 3.084 -0.727 0.073
H2 1.956 -0.461 1.429
H3 2.414 0.903 0.355
C4 2.203 -0.170 0.403
O5 1.116 -0.524 -0.485
O6 -0.053 1.361 -0.117
C7 -0.053 0.132 -0.200
H8 -1.140 -1.690 -0.117
C9 -1.221 -0.666 -0.036
H10 -3.257 -0.706 0.363
H11 -2.542 0.902 0.312
C12 -2.433 -0.116 0.233

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 O5 O6 C7 H8 C9 H10 H11 C12
H11.78331.78441.09272.05513.77283.26334.33684.30676.34745.86175.5533
H21.78331.79501.09432.09133.12202.65383.67303.50485.32684.83124.5628
H31.78441.79501.09452.10372.55362.64344.42503.97855.89474.95624.9551
C41.09271.09431.09451.44782.77602.35493.70973.48795.48674.86594.6404
O52.05512.09132.10371.44782.24801.37032.56692.38464.45864.00663.6448
O63.77283.12202.55362.77602.24801.23113.23842.34013.84222.56662.8230
C73.26332.65382.64342.35491.37031.23112.12381.42453.35962.65572.4329
H84.33683.67304.42503.70972.56693.23842.12381.03072.38322.97822.0668
C94.30673.50483.97853.48792.38462.34011.42451.03072.07492.07961.3581
H106.34745.32685.89475.48674.45863.84223.35962.38322.07491.76051.0207
H115.86174.83124.95624.86594.00662.56662.65572.97822.07961.76051.0276
C125.55334.56284.95514.64043.64482.82302.43292.06681.35811.02071.0276

picture of 2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C4 H2 109.259 H1 C4 H3 109.332
H1 C4 O5 107.156 H2 C4 H3 110.184
H2 C4 O5 109.928 H3 C4 O5 110.918
C4 O5 C7 113.333 O5 C7 O6 119.476
O5 C7 C9 117.113 O6 C7 C9 123.403
C7 C9 H8 118.897 C7 C9 C12 121.915
H8 C9 C12 119.186 C9 C12 H10 120.783
C9 C12 H11 120.693 H10 C12 H11 118.524
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PM6 Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.156      
2 H 0.147      
3 H 0.149      
4 C -0.176      
5 O -0.435      
6 O -0.510      
7 C 0.628      
8 H 0.190      
9 C -0.285      
10 H 0.153      
11 H 0.165      
12 C -0.183      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.470 -1.490 -0.009 1.563
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.562 -1.007 0.013
y -1.007 6.399 0.002
z 0.013 0.002 1.770


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000