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

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.853844
Energy at 298.15K-266.859176
HF Energy-266.853844
Nuclear repulsion energy170.229979
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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3041 2991 2.54      
2 A' 3027 2977 34.68      
3 A' 1893 1861 381.68      
4 A' 1499 1474 1.62      
5 A' 1434 1411 10.34      
6 A' 1309 1287 19.51      
7 A' 1189 1170 14.86      
8 A' 1078 1060 136.07      
9 A' 1006 989 1.08      
10 A' 914 899 78.94      
11 A' 877 863 0.61      
12 A' 728 716 0.93      
13 A' 474 466 3.28      
14 A" 3102 3050 10.75      
15 A" 3083 3032 11.96      
16 A" 1172 1153 0.07      
17 A" 1124 1106 0.19      
18 A" 1031 1014 2.92      
19 A" 786 773 2.55      
20 A" 499 490 1.64      
21 A" 182 179 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14723.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14480.2 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
0.40848 0.17216 0.12711

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.041 -0.273 0.000
C2 0.000 0.628 0.000
O3 -0.060 1.827 0.000
C4 1.095 -0.458 0.000
H5 1.728 -0.467 0.900
H6 1.728 -0.467 -0.900
C7 -0.118 -1.412 0.000
H8 -0.254 -2.025 -0.904
H9 -0.254 -2.025 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37622.31742.14372.91752.91751.46582.12282.1228
C21.37621.20071.54172.23452.23452.04272.81382.8138
O32.31741.20072.56003.04443.04443.23903.96113.9611
C42.14371.54172.56001.10021.10021.54312.25662.2566
H52.91752.23453.04441.10021.80002.26023.09962.5205
H62.91752.23453.04441.10021.80002.26022.52053.0996
C71.46582.04273.23901.54312.26022.26021.10081.1008
H82.12282.81383.96112.25663.09962.52051.10081.8081
H92.12282.81383.96112.25662.52053.09961.10081.8081

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 127.993 O1 C2 C4 94.387
O1 C7 C4 90.834 O1 C7 H8 110.802
O1 C7 H9 110.802 C2 O1 C7 91.847
C2 C4 H5 114.485 C2 C4 H6 114.485
C2 C4 C7 82.932 O3 C2 C4 137.620
C4 C7 H8 116.188 C4 C7 H9 116.188
H5 C4 H6 109.777 H5 C4 C7 116.537
H6 C4 C7 116.537 H8 C7 H9 110.423
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.397      
2 C 0.575      
3 O -0.398      
4 C -0.467      
5 H 0.204      
6 H 0.204      
7 C -0.081      
8 H 0.180      
9 H 0.180      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.941 -3.401 0.000 3.916
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.997 -0.038 -0.004
y -0.038 -31.105 -0.005
z -0.004 -0.005 -26.714
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.087 -0.038 -0.004
y -0.038 -3.249 -0.005
z -0.004 -0.005 3.337
Polar
3z2-r26.673
x2-y22.108
xy-0.038
xz-0.004
yz-0.005


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.750 0.111 -0.000
y 0.111 6.727 0.001
z -0.000 0.001 3.987


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.184
(<r2>)1/2 9.756