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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.373753
Energy at 298.15K-266.379202
HF Energy-265.636790
Nuclear repulsion energy170.980462
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3161 2981 1.71      
2 A' 3154 2974 27.98      
3 A' 1926 1816 371.82      
4 A' 1585 1494 2.51      
5 A' 1518 1431 11.91      
6 A' 1380 1301 20.07      
7 A' 1266 1193 14.89      
8 A' 1136 1071 169.10      
9 A' 1050 990 0.40      
10 A' 970 915 96.07      
11 A' 918 866 5.88      
12 A' 751 708 2.02      
13 A' 497 468 4.10      
14 A" 3234 3049 12.03      
15 A" 3220 3037 5.24      
16 A" 1237 1166 0.18      
17 A" 1182 1115 0.36      
18 A" 1087 1025 3.92      
19 A" 829 782 2.34      
20 A" 518 489 3.45      
21 A" 172 162 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15394.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14516.9 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
0.41255 0.17355 0.12817

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.043 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.625 0.000
O3 -0.066 1.824 0.000
C4 1.087 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.714 -0.448 0.894
H6 1.714 -0.448 -0.894
C7 -0.102 -1.411 0.000
H8 -0.234 -2.016 -0.898
H9 -0.234 -2.016 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38222.32182.13672.90322.90321.46992.11372.1137
C21.38221.20111.52742.21092.21092.03882.79962.7996
O32.32181.20112.54813.02173.02173.23573.94773.9477
C42.13671.52742.54811.09161.09161.53052.23922.2392
H52.90322.21093.02171.09161.78702.24183.07712.5017
H62.90322.21093.02171.09161.78702.24182.50173.0771
C71.46992.03883.23571.53052.24182.24181.09101.0910
H82.11372.79963.94772.23923.07712.50171.09101.7963
H92.11372.79963.94772.23922.50173.07711.09101.7963

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 127.846 O1 C2 C4 94.373
O1 C7 C4 90.793 O1 C7 H8 110.374
O1 C7 H9 110.374 C2 O1 C7 91.203
C2 C4 H5 114.135 C2 C4 H6 114.135
C2 C4 C7 83.631 O3 C2 C4 137.781
C4 C7 H8 116.330 C4 C7 H9 116.330
H5 C4 H6 109.877 H5 C4 C7 116.511
H6 C4 C7 116.511 H8 C7 H9 110.822
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability