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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.079080
Energy at 298.15K-267.084376
HF Energy-267.079080
Nuclear repulsion energy169.324520
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 BLYP/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' 3022 2998 4.67      
2 A' 3016 2991 37.72      
3 A' 1862 1847 369.57      
4 A' 1507 1495 2.92      
5 A' 1449 1437 7.09      
6 A' 1304 1294 17.04      
7 A' 1195 1185 10.13      
8 A' 1051 1042 137.55      
9 A' 981 973 0.57      
10 A' 876 869 70.28      
11 A' 851 844 13.11      
12 A' 719 713 1.66      
13 A' 466 462 2.95      
14 A" 3079 3054 25.54      
15 A" 3064 3039 4.49      
16 A" 1177 1167 0.09      
17 A" 1118 1109 0.25      
18 A" 1035 1026 2.67      
19 A" 788 782 1.92      
20 A" 498 494 2.31      
21 A" 180 179 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14618.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14500.4 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.40466 0.17010 0.12561

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.044 -0.273 0.000
C2 0.000 0.634 0.000
O3 -0.060 1.835 0.000
C4 1.099 -0.460 0.000
H5 1.732 -0.469 0.899
H6 1.732 -0.469 -0.899
C7 -0.120 -1.422 0.000
H8 -0.256 -2.036 -0.903
H9 -0.256 -2.036 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38222.32612.15042.92422.92421.47452.13132.1313
C21.38221.20271.55032.24162.24162.05922.82942.8294
O32.32611.20272.57063.05423.05423.25763.97933.9793
C42.15041.55032.57061.09951.09951.55272.26572.2657
H52.92422.24163.05421.09951.79722.26833.10662.5311
H62.92422.24163.05421.09951.79722.26832.53113.1066
C71.47452.05923.25761.55272.26832.26831.09991.0999
H82.13132.82943.97932.26573.10662.53111.09991.8052
H92.13132.82943.97932.26572.53113.10661.09991.8052

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 128.141 O1 C2 C4 94.155
O1 C7 C4 90.495 O1 C7 H8 110.927
O1 C7 H9 110.927 C2 O1 C7 92.192
C2 C4 H5 114.486 C2 C4 H6 114.486
C2 C4 C7 83.158 O3 C2 C4 137.704
C4 C7 H8 116.295 C4 C7 H9 116.295
H5 C4 H6 109.634 H5 C4 C7 116.539
H6 C4 C7 116.539 H8 C7 H9 110.294
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.404      
2 C 0.572      
3 O -0.400      
4 C -0.389      
5 H 0.173      
6 H 0.173      
7 C -0.028      
8 H 0.152      
9 H 0.152      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.963 -3.396 0.000 3.922
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.179 -0.051 0.000
y -0.051 -31.211 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.823
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.162 -0.051 0.000
y -0.051 -3.210 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.372
Polar
3z2-r26.744
x2-y22.032
xy-0.051
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.761 0.108 0.000
y 0.108 6.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.987


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 96.118
(<r2>)1/2 9.804