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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.860838
Energy at 298.15K-266.866311
HF Energy-266.860838
Nuclear repulsion energy172.096241
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 PBE1PBE/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' 3136 2980 1.31      
2 A' 3123 2968 32.93      
3 A' 1984 1885 455.68      
4 A' 1551 1474 1.55      
5 A' 1480 1407 13.22      
6 A' 1376 1308 31.16      
7 A' 1244 1182 16.66      
8 A' 1152 1095 155.97      
9 A' 1048 996 3.81      
10 A' 999 949 88.21      
11 A' 920 875 2.19      
12 A' 766 728 0.71      
13 A' 501 476 4.06      
14 A" 3200 3041 8.55      
15 A" 3182 3024 11.46      
16 A" 1215 1155 0.05      
17 A" 1176 1117 0.47      
18 A" 1075 1022 4.85      
19 A" 810 770 3.14      
20 A" 522 496 3.08      
21 A" 184 174 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15322.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9503) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14560.9 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 PBE1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.41737 0.17590 0.12992

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.030 -0.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.622 0.000
O3 -0.068 1.811 0.000
C4 1.084 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.712 -0.447 0.894
H6 1.712 -0.447 -0.894
C7 -0.109 -1.402 0.000
H8 -0.244 -2.010 -0.898
H9 -0.244 -2.010 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36732.29862.12122.88952.88951.45472.10422.1042
C21.36731.19071.52272.20792.20792.02762.79152.7915
O32.29861.19072.53503.01163.01163.21373.92863.9286
C42.12121.52272.53501.09241.09241.52862.23872.2387
H52.88952.20793.01161.09241.78782.24223.07842.5032
H62.88952.20793.01161.09241.78782.24222.50323.0784
C71.45472.02763.21371.52862.24222.24221.09231.0923
H82.10422.79153.92862.23873.07842.50321.09231.7958
H92.10422.79153.92862.23872.50323.07841.09231.7958

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 127.817 O1 C2 C4 94.292
O1 C7 C4 90.607 O1 C7 H8 110.604
O1 C7 H9 110.604 C2 O1 C7 91.810
C2 C4 H5 114.185 C2 C4 H6 114.185
C2 C4 C7 83.291 O3 C2 C4 137.891
C4 C7 H8 116.352 C4 C7 H9 116.352
H5 C4 H6 109.821 H5 C4 C7 116.638
H6 C4 C7 116.638 H8 C7 H9 110.583
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.448      
2 C 0.642      
3 O -0.434      
4 C -0.519      
5 H 0.225      
6 H 0.225      
7 C -0.084      
8 H 0.196      
9 H 0.196      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.039 -3.600 0.000 4.137
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.015 -0.044 0.000
y -0.044 -31.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.570
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.098 -0.044 0.000
y -0.044 -3.471 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.569
Polar
3z2-r27.138
x2-y22.248
xy-0.044
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.545 0.121 0.000
y 0.121 6.385 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.883


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 93.575
(<r2>)1/2 9.673