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

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.641250
Energy at 298.15K-265.646936
HF Energy-265.641250
Nuclear repulsion energy173.786143
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 HF/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' 3284 2951 28.24      
2 A' 3273 2940 18.44      
3 A' 2125 1909 614.84      
4 A' 1681 1511 4.73      
5 A' 1608 1445 13.71      
6 A' 1513 1359 53.01      
7 A' 1378 1238 8.48      
8 A' 1265 1136 195.44      
9 A' 1112 999 87.74      
10 A' 1084 974 55.72      
11 A' 980 881 4.36      
12 A' 831 746 0.58      
13 A' 543 488 6.16      
14 A" 3346 3006 33.92      
15 A" 3326 2988 0.18      
16 A" 1320 1186 0.04      
17 A" 1280 1150 1.96      
18 A" 1181 1061 10.37      
19 A" 867 779 2.89      
20 A" 574 515 10.57      
21 A" 190 171 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16378.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8985) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14716.2 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 HF/6-31G*
ABC
0.42581 0.17902 0.13231

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.013 -0.261 0.000
C2 0.000 0.621 0.000
O3 -0.053 1.792 0.000
C4 1.077 -0.450 0.000
H5 1.697 -0.457 0.886
H6 1.697 -0.457 -0.886
C7 -0.130 -1.395 0.000
H8 -0.272 -1.993 -0.888
H9 -0.272 -1.993 0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.34342.26612.09932.85842.85841.43792.08272.0827
C21.34341.17201.51942.19702.19702.02072.77402.7740
O32.26611.17202.51122.98412.98413.18813.89363.8936
C42.09931.51942.51121.08141.08141.53312.23342.2334
H52.85842.19702.98411.08141.77242.23713.06342.4975
H62.85842.19702.98411.08141.77242.23712.49753.0634
C71.43792.02073.18811.53312.23712.23711.07951.0795
H82.08272.77403.89362.23343.06342.49751.07951.7756
H92.08272.77403.89362.23342.49753.06341.07951.7756

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 128.420 O1 C2 C4 94.123
O1 C7 C4 89.855 O1 C7 H8 110.842
O1 C7 H9 110.842 C2 O1 C7 93.125
C2 C4 H5 114.228 C2 C4 H6 114.228
C2 C4 C7 82.896 O3 C2 C4 137.457
C4 C7 H8 116.412 C4 C7 H9 116.412
H5 C4 H6 110.064 H5 C4 C7 116.600
H6 C4 C7 116.600 H8 C7 H9 110.652
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.592      
2 C 0.802      
3 O -0.520      
4 C -0.527      
5 H 0.227      
6 H 0.227      
7 C -0.002      
8 H 0.193      
9 H 0.193      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.289 -4.051 0.000 4.653
CHELPG 2.290 -4.090 0.000 4.688
AIM -1.866 1.954 0.000 2.702
ESP 2.298 -4.090 0.000 4.692


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.633 -0.093 -0.004
y -0.093 -32.147 -0.007
z -0.004 -0.007 -26.782
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.168 -0.093 -0.004
y -0.093 -3.940 -0.007
z -0.004 -0.007 4.108
Polar
3z2-r28.216
x2-y22.514
xy-0.093
xz-0.004
yz-0.007


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.257 0.125 -0.000
y 0.125 5.876 0.001
z -0.000 0.001 3.747


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.600
(<r2>)1/2 9.623