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

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 C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-269.462308
Energy at 298.15K-269.472172
Nuclear repulsion energy195.314938
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A 3774 3611 18.11      
2 A 3708 3548 47.71      
3 A 3153 3017 19.68      
4 A 3143 3007 34.24      
5 A 3124 2989 23.18      
6 A 3065 2932 19.96      
7 A 3037 2905 48.30      
8 A 2932 2805 86.35      
9 A 1527 1461 2.11      
10 A 1518 1452 2.98      
11 A 1511 1445 5.55      
12 A 1468 1405 33.66      
13 A 1432 1370 39.50      
14 A 1412 1351 16.88      
15 A 1399 1339 6.54      
16 A 1370 1311 52.11      
17 A 1312 1255 44.62      
18 A 1237 1184 17.60      
19 A 1196 1144 24.90      
20 A 1105 1057 36.47      
21 A 1101 1053 4.82      
22 A 1067 1021 115.52      
23 A 952 911 3.13      
24 A 934 893 16.58      
25 A 861 824 11.85      
26 A 569 544 156.46      
27 A 524 502 18.49      
28 A 483 462 6.41      
29 A 364 348 42.69      
30 A 348 333 50.27      
31 A 250 239 2.93      
32 A 228 218 0.32      
33 A 156 149 3.94      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 25129.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24041.3 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
0.28997 0.12095 0.09362

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.403 1.373 -0.156
H2 0.546 1.586 -0.183
O3 1.932 -0.055 -0.004
H4 2.138 -0.116 0.940
C5 0.707 -0.748 -0.223
H6 0.604 -0.826 -1.311
H7 0.736 -1.765 0.195
C8 -0.465 0.051 0.342
H9 -0.369 0.059 1.447
C10 -1.812 -0.542 -0.027
H11 -1.922 -0.588 -1.116
H12 -1.926 -1.552 0.384
H13 -2.618 0.084 0.368

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
O10.97282.74173.14282.39452.68033.35671.41382.07312.38102.66003.34142.6155
H20.97282.15552.58742.33932.66273.37711.91082.41353.17983.41854.03423.5449
O32.74172.15550.96851.42512.01612.09652.42452.72283.77634.04714.15714.5676
H43.14282.58740.96851.94972.81452.28852.67592.56334.08914.57564.34614.7943
C52.39452.33931.42511.94971.09501.10021.52662.14382.53482.78092.81903.4776
H62.68032.66272.01612.81451.09501.77982.15523.05512.75122.54543.13113.7457
H73.35673.37712.09652.28851.10021.77982.18222.47212.83523.18922.67763.8337
C81.41381.91082.42452.67591.52662.15522.18221.10891.51782.15852.16962.1534
H92.07312.41352.72282.56332.14383.05512.47211.10892.14883.06602.47982.4947
C102.38103.17983.77634.08912.53482.75122.83521.51782.14881.09551.09601.0942
H112.66003.41854.04714.57562.78092.54543.18922.15853.06601.09551.78271.7716
H123.34144.03424.15714.34612.81903.13112.67762.16962.47981.09601.78271.7759
H132.61553.54494.56764.79433.47763.74573.83372.15342.49471.09421.77161.7759

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 108.989 O1 C8 H9 109.943
O1 C8 C10 108.571 H2 O1 C8 104.880
O3 C5 H6 105.513 O3 C5 H7 111.587
O3 C5 C8 110.400 H4 O3 C5 107.550
C5 C8 H9 107.809 C5 C8 C10 112.732
H6 C5 H7 108.334 H6 C5 C8 109.490
H7 C5 C8 111.315 C8 C10 H11 110.330
C8 C10 H12 111.184 C8 C10 H13 110.003
H9 C8 C10 108.780 H11 C10 H12 108.872
H11 C10 H13 108.008 H12 C10 H13 108.362
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 O -0.639     -0.613
2 H 0.412     0.373
3 O -0.629     -0.592
4 H 0.408     0.387
5 C -0.111     0.090
6 H 0.183     0.083
7 H 0.150     0.012
8 C 0.094     0.397
9 H 0.123     -0.039
10 C -0.518     -0.480
11 H 0.177     0.123
12 H 0.161     0.097
13 H 0.189     0.161


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.558 -1.692 1.541 2.356
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.541 -1.683 1.530 2.338


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -32.346 2.109 2.981
y 2.109 -32.216 0.154
z 2.981 0.154 -29.338
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.569 2.109 2.981
y 2.109 -1.374 0.154
z 2.981 0.154 2.943
Polar
3z2-r25.886
x2-y2-0.131
xy2.109
xz2.981
yz0.154


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 131.715
(<r2>)1/2 11.477