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

using model chemistry: B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.153537
Energy at 298.15K-267.158973
Nuclear repulsion energy171.180552
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 B3LYPultrafine/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' 3108 2977 2.98      
2 A' 3100 2970 35.07      
3 A' 1946 1864 431.76      
4 A' 1551 1486 2.42      
5 A' 1487 1425 9.47      
6 A' 1361 1304 25.95      
7 A' 1240 1188 11.73      
8 A' 1121 1074 155.23      
9 A' 1021 978 1.82      
10 A' 953 913 93.67      
11 A' 898 860 1.39      
12 A' 755 723 0.84      
13 A' 491 470 3.53      
14 A" 3167 3034 19.72      
15 A" 3153 3020 5.77      
16 A" 1212 1161 0.08      
17 A" 1165 1116 0.50      
18 A" 1072 1027 4.23      
19 A" 809 775 2.43      
20 A" 520 498 3.58      
21 A" 186 178 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15157.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.958) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14520.9 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 B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.41348 0.17383 0.12842

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.037 -0.278 0.000
C2 0.000 0.629 0.000
O3 -0.070 1.820 0.000
C4 1.089 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.718 -0.449 0.894
H6 1.718 -0.449 -0.894
C7 -0.106 -1.414 0.000
H8 -0.242 -2.020 -0.898
H9 -0.242 -2.020 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37722.31062.13282.90142.90141.46822.11492.1149
C21.37721.19401.53162.21642.21642.04512.80712.8071
O32.31061.19402.54753.02433.02433.23443.94783.9478
C42.13281.53162.54751.09281.09281.53682.24722.2472
H52.90142.21643.02431.09281.78732.24903.08572.5120
H62.90142.21643.02431.09281.78732.24902.51203.0857
C71.46822.04513.23441.53682.24902.24901.09221.0922
H82.11492.80713.94782.24723.08572.51201.09221.7968
H92.11492.80713.94782.24722.51203.08571.09221.7968

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 127.820 O1 C2 C4 94.166
O1 C7 C4 90.398 O1 C7 H8 110.519
O1 C7 H9 110.519 C2 O1 C7 91.843
C2 C4 H5 114.205 C2 C4 H6 114.205
C2 C4 C7 83.593 O3 C2 C4 138.014
C4 C7 H8 116.448 C4 C7 H9 116.448
H5 C4 H6 109.723 H5 C4 C7 116.562
H6 C4 C7 116.562 H8 C7 H9 110.681
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYPultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.442      
2 C 0.623      
3 O -0.427      
4 C -0.439      
5 H 0.193      
6 H 0.193      
7 C -0.036      
8 H 0.168      
9 H 0.168      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.039 -3.564 0.000 4.106
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.150 -0.052 0.000
y -0.052 -31.327 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.669
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.152 -0.052 0.000
y -0.052 -3.417 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.569
Polar
3z2-r27.138
x2-y22.176
xy-0.052
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.575 0.117 0.000
y 0.117 6.461 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.893


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.463
(<r2>)1/2 9.719