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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.393896
Energy at 298.15K-266.399352
HF Energy-265.637120
Nuclear repulsion energy171.143617
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3162 2979 1.68      
2 A' 3155 2973 27.83      
3 A' 1931 1820 373.52      
4 A' 1585 1494 2.37      
5 A' 1518 1430 12.16      
6 A' 1381 1301 19.87      
7 A' 1267 1194 15.18      
8 A' 1138 1072 169.87      
9 A' 1052 991 0.36      
10 A' 972 916 95.66      
11 A' 920 867 5.75      
12 A' 753 710 2.02      
13 A' 498 469 4.09      
14 A" 3235 3048 11.82      
15 A" 3221 3035 5.23      
16 A" 1238 1166 0.17      
17 A" 1184 1116 0.36      
18 A" 1089 1026 3.98      
19 A" 830 782 2.40      
20 A" 521 491 3.39      
21 A" 172 162 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15411.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14520.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.41354 0.17384 0.12842

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.043 -0.284 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.067 1.823 0.000
C4 1.085 -0.445 0.000
H5 1.712 -0.442 0.893
H6 1.712 -0.442 -0.893
C7 -0.098 -1.412 0.000
H8 -0.231 -2.017 -0.898
H9 -0.231 -2.017 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38252.32192.13332.89972.89971.47092.11372.1137
C21.38251.20121.52272.20512.20512.03812.79852.7985
O32.32191.20122.54383.01523.01523.23523.94683.9468
C42.13331.52272.54381.09131.09131.52792.23752.2375
H52.89972.20513.01521.09131.78652.23943.07592.5005
H62.89972.20513.01521.09131.78652.23942.50053.0759
C71.47092.03813.23521.52792.23942.23941.09071.0907
H82.11372.79853.94682.23753.07592.50051.09071.7960
H92.11372.79853.94682.23752.50053.07591.09071.7960

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 127.834 O1 C2 C4 94.373
O1 C7 C4 90.673 O1 C7 H8 110.324
O1 C7 H9 110.324 C2 O1 C7 91.112
C2 C4 H5 114.024 C2 C4 H6 114.024
C2 C4 C7 83.842 O3 C2 C4 137.793
C4 C7 H8 116.407 C4 C7 H9 116.407
H5 C4 H6 109.869 H5 C4 C7 116.532
H6 C4 C7 116.532 H8 C7 H9 110.842
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability