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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.364479
Energy at 298.15K-306.371132
HF Energy-306.364479
Nuclear repulsion energy219.943913
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3734 3572 68.17      
2 A' 3217 3077 5.44      
3 A' 3194 3056 5.03      
4 A' 3148 3012 12.06      
5 A' 3047 2915 14.69      
6 A' 1842 1762 382.79      
7 A' 1734 1659 27.46      
8 A' 1507 1442 16.58      
9 A' 1432 1370 10.21      
10 A' 1408 1347 97.12      
11 A' 1342 1284 2.96      
12 A' 1308 1251 5.91      
13 A' 1219 1166 219.15      
14 A' 1133 1084 27.84      
15 A' 986 943 14.85      
16 A' 893 854 19.93      
17 A' 627 600 56.22      
18 A' 501 479 3.71      
19 A' 384 367 3.31      
20 A' 190 182 1.03      
21 A" 3104 2970 12.61      
22 A" 1500 1435 9.35      
23 A" 1080 1033 0.98      
24 A" 1018 974 33.90      
25 A" 864 827 13.90      
26 A" 705 674 56.79      
27 A" 593 568 75.11      
28 A" 211 201 0.16      
29 A" 192 184 0.59      
30 A" 103 98 0.24      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21106.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20192.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.32955 0.06445 0.05445

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.099 -0.375 0.000
C2 0.000 0.606 0.000
C3 1.300 0.285 0.000
C4 2.421 1.271 0.000
O5 -0.682 -1.665 0.000
O6 -2.276 -0.079 0.000
H7 -0.333 1.640 0.000
H8 1.574 -0.769 0.000
H9 2.060 2.304 0.000
H10 3.063 1.127 0.879
H11 3.063 1.127 -0.879
H12 -1.497 -2.197 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.47242.48793.88491.35641.21412.15562.70164.14114.51054.51051.8657
C21.47241.33912.51042.37122.37691.08702.08992.66943.22883.22883.1775
C32.48791.33911.49222.78103.59492.12221.08932.15652.14192.14193.7397
C43.88492.51041.49224.27164.88692.77842.20851.09411.09811.09815.2319
O51.35642.37122.78104.27162.24923.32422.42744.82394.75314.75310.9730
O61.21412.37693.59494.88692.24922.59473.91164.94745.54355.54352.2574
H72.15561.08702.12222.77843.32422.59473.07282.48303.54503.54504.0103
H82.70162.08991.08932.20852.42743.91163.07283.11082.56592.56593.3865
H94.14112.66942.15651.09414.82394.94742.48303.11081.77851.77855.7364
H104.51053.22882.14191.09814.75315.54353.54502.56591.77851.75835.7106
H114.51053.22882.14191.09814.75315.54353.54502.56591.77851.75835.7106
H121.86573.17753.73975.23190.97302.25744.01033.38655.73645.71065.7106

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 124.415 C1 C2 H7 113.909
C1 O5 H12 105.248 C2 C1 O5 113.850
C2 C1 O6 124.160 C2 C3 C4 124.828
C2 C3 H8 118.401 C3 C2 H7 121.677
C3 C4 H9 112.070 C3 C4 H10 110.648
C3 C4 H11 110.648 C4 C3 H8 116.771
O5 C1 O6 121.991 H9 C4 H10 108.445
H9 C4 H11 108.445 H10 C4 H11 106.383
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.581      
2 C -0.217      
3 C -0.092      
4 C -0.567      
5 O -0.597      
6 O -0.486      
7 H 0.183      
8 H 0.196      
9 H 0.189      
10 H 0.194      
11 H 0.194      
12 H 0.422      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.615 -0.398 0.000 2.645
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.862 4.688 0.000
y 4.688 -30.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -35.624
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.980 4.688 0.000
y 4.688 6.103 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.123
Polar
3z2-r2-4.246
x2-y2-6.722
xy4.688
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.885 0.873 0.000
y 0.873 6.997 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.837


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 199.871
(<r2>)1/2 14.138