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

using model chemistry: HSEh1PBE/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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.882908
Energy at 298.15K-266.888377
Nuclear repulsion energy172.070651
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 HSEh1PBE/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' 3133 2980 1.47      
2 A' 3123 2970 33.88      
3 A' 1981 1884 455.35      
4 A' 1551 1475 1.64      
5 A' 1480 1408 12.81      
6 A' 1375 1307 30.85      
7 A' 1244 1183 16.17      
8 A' 1150 1093 156.19      
9 A' 1046 994 3.02      
10 A' 994 945 89.87      
11 A' 919 874 2.07      
12 A' 765 728 0.71      
13 A' 500 476 4.01      
14 A" 3198 3041 10.72      
15 A" 3181 3025 10.35      
16 A" 1215 1156 0.05      
17 A" 1175 1117 0.47      
18 A" 1075 1023 4.81      
19 A" 810 770 3.07      
20 A" 521 496 3.12      
21 A" 183 174 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15309.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.951) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14559.4 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 HSEh1PBE/6-31G*
ABC
0.41736 0.17583 0.12987

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HSEh1PBE/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.030 -0.269 0.000
C2 0.000 0.622 0.000
O3 -0.059 1.810 0.000
C4 1.086 -0.454 0.000
H5 1.713 -0.462 0.894
H6 1.713 -0.462 -0.894
C7 -0.120 -1.400 0.000
H8 -0.256 -2.007 -0.898
H9 -0.256 -2.007 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36172.29442.12392.89152.89151.45152.10382.1038
C21.36171.18941.52822.21552.21552.02512.78962.7896
O32.29441.18942.53623.01643.01643.21003.92583.9258
C42.12391.52822.53621.09241.09241.53272.24052.2405
H52.89152.21553.01641.09241.78902.24473.07842.5028
H62.89152.21553.01641.09241.78902.24472.50283.0784
C71.45152.02513.21001.53272.24472.24471.09251.0925
H82.10382.78963.92582.24053.07842.50281.09251.7958
H92.10382.78963.92582.24052.50283.07841.09251.7958

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 128.024 O1 C2 C4 94.427
O1 C7 C4 90.705 O1 C7 H8 110.787
O1 C7 H9 110.787 C2 O1 C7 92.026
C2 C4 H5 114.404 C2 C4 H6 114.404
C2 C4 C7 82.842 O3 C2 C4 137.549
C4 C7 H8 116.176 C4 C7 H9 116.176
H5 C4 H6 109.939 H5 C4 C7 116.541
H6 C4 C7 116.541 H8 C7 H9 110.554
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HSEh1PBE/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.447      
2 C 0.640      
3 O -0.433      
4 C -0.512      
5 H 0.223      
6 H 0.223      
7 C -0.080      
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
  2.039 -3.598 0.000 4.136
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.021 -0.045 0.000
y -0.045 -31.264 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.571
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.104 -0.045 0.000
y -0.045 -3.467 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.571
Polar
3z2-r27.143
x2-y22.242
xy-0.045
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.549 0.120 0.000
y 0.120 6.395 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.886


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 93.601
(<r2>)1/2 9.675