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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.070389
Energy at 298.15K-267.075843
HF Energy-267.070389
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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' 3132 2971 5.65      
2 A' 3127 2965 31.69      
3 A' 1989 1887 465.48      
4 A' 1552 1472 1.53      
5 A' 1485 1409 13.36      
6 A' 1381 1310 33.60      
7 A' 1258 1193 15.41      
8 A' 1161 1102 159.07      
9 A' 1043 989 10.23      
10 A' 1002 950 86.58      
11 A' 915 868 2.21      
12 A' 768 728 0.82      
13 A' 499 474 4.16      
14 A" 3200 3035 17.38      
15 A" 3186 3022 5.26      
16 A" 1220 1157 0.04      
17 A" 1175 1115 0.57      
18 A" 1080 1025 5.29      
19 A" 812 770 3.07      
20 A" 521 494 3.69      
21 A" 170 161 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15338.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14548.1 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
0.41673 0.17578 0.12980

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.032 -0.278 0.000
C2 0.000 0.623 0.000
O3 -0.071 1.811 0.000
C4 1.086 -0.445 0.000
H5 1.711 -0.442 0.894
H6 1.711 -0.442 -0.894
C7 -0.105 -1.405 0.000
H8 -0.242 -2.008 -0.899
H9 -0.242 -2.008 0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36932.29902.12382.88992.88991.45922.10392.1039
C21.36931.19031.52242.20522.20522.03082.79092.7909
O32.29901.19032.53473.00883.00883.21643.92733.9273
C42.12381.52242.53471.09161.09161.53022.23962.2396
H52.88992.20523.00881.09161.78882.24253.07982.5038
H62.88992.20523.00881.09161.78882.24252.50383.0798
C71.45922.03083.21641.53022.24252.24251.09101.0910
H82.10392.79093.92732.23963.07982.50381.09101.7979
H92.10392.79093.92732.23962.50383.07981.09101.7979

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 127.705 O1 C2 C4 94.370
O1 C7 C4 90.507 O1 C7 H8 110.339
O1 C7 H9 110.339 C2 O1 C7 91.716
C2 C4 H5 114.032 C2 C4 H6 114.032
C2 C4 C7 83.406 O3 C2 C4 137.925
C4 C7 H8 116.386 C4 C7 H9 116.386
H5 C4 H6 110.035 H5 C4 C7 116.593
H6 C4 C7 116.593 H8 C7 H9 110.968
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.456      
2 C 0.646      
3 O -0.441      
4 C -0.503      
5 H 0.220      
6 H 0.220      
7 C -0.069      
8 H 0.191      
9 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.085 -3.685 0.000 4.234
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.010 -0.042 0.000
y -0.042 -31.277 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.493
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.125 -0.042 0.000
y -0.042 -3.526 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.650
Polar
3z2-r27.301
x2-y22.267
xy-0.042
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.531 0.128 0.000
y 0.128 6.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.892


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 93.627
(<r2>)1/2 9.676