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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2COOH (Propanoic Acid)

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-268.079868
Energy at 298.15K-268.086877
HF Energy-268.079868
Nuclear repulsion energy176.934428
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' 3560 3501 26.09      
2 A' 3082 3031 19.48      
3 A' 3005 2955 19.26      
4 A' 2988 2938 11.83      
5 A' 1793 1763 221.32      
6 A' 1483 1459 10.41      
7 A' 1440 1416 13.88      
8 A' 1395 1372 3.70      
9 A' 1378 1355 47.24      
10 A' 1282 1261 0.56      
11 A' 1143 1124 207.59      
12 A' 1066 1048 64.86      
13 A' 996 980 3.15      
14 A' 800 787 11.88      
15 A' 592 582 16.99      
16 A' 452 445 21.21      
17 A' 244 240 2.75      
18 A" 3086 3035 18.85      
19 A" 3021 2971 4.78      
20 A" 1477 1452 6.82      
21 A" 1251 1231 0.05      
22 A" 1080 1062 0.10      
23 A" 794 781 20.36      
24 A" 672 661 86.91      
25 A" 505 497 18.47      
26 A" 202 198 0.01      
27 A" 42 42 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19413.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19093.3 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
0.33181 0.12613 0.09462

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)
C1 0.000 0.572 0.000
C2 -0.606 -0.818 0.000
C3 0.452 -1.921 0.000
O4 -0.971 1.537 0.000
O5 1.192 0.839 0.000
H6 -1.273 -0.894 0.879
H7 -1.273 -0.894 -0.879
H8 -0.025 -2.915 0.000
H9 1.101 -1.845 -0.887
H10 1.101 -1.845 0.887
H11 -0.476 2.388 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.51692.53421.36821.22142.13142.13143.48762.80052.80051.8773
C21.51691.52792.38302.44501.10611.10612.17572.18002.18003.2094
C32.53421.52793.73892.85772.19182.19181.10231.10181.10184.4082
O41.36822.38303.73892.27252.60182.60184.55104.06374.06370.9855
O51.22142.44502.85772.27253.13883.13883.94642.82862.82862.2761
H62.13141.10612.19182.60183.13881.75712.53323.10782.55743.4901
H72.13141.10612.19182.60183.13881.75712.53322.55743.10783.4901
H83.48762.17571.10234.55103.94642.53322.53321.78831.78835.3226
H92.80052.18001.10184.06372.82863.10782.55741.78831.77474.6037
H102.80052.18001.10184.06372.82862.55743.10781.78831.77474.6037
H111.87733.20944.40820.98552.27613.49013.49015.32264.60374.6037

picture of Propanoic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 112.670 C1 C2 H6 107.669
C1 C2 H7 107.669 C1 O4 H11 104.623
C2 C1 O4 111.268 C2 C1 O5 126.143
C2 C3 H8 110.586 C2 C3 H9 110.956
C2 C3 H10 110.956 C3 C2 H6 111.632
C3 C2 H7 111.632 O4 C1 O5 122.588
H6 C2 H7 105.177 H8 C3 H9 108.467
H8 C3 H10 108.467 H9 C3 H10 107.295
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 C 0.526      
2 C -0.380      
3 C -0.479      
4 O -0.532      
5 O -0.427      
6 H 0.190      
7 H 0.190      
8 H 0.158      
9 H 0.177      
10 H 0.177      
11 H 0.398      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.383 -0.185 0.000 1.395
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -34.046 -0.438 0.000
y -0.438 -24.922 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.116
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.027 -0.438 0.000
y -0.438 6.659 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.368
Polar
3z2-r20.736
x2-y2-9.124
xy-0.438
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.006 -0.112 0.000
y -0.112 6.755 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.225


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 124.938
(<r2>)1/2 11.178