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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (2-Propenoic acid)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.085896
Energy at 298.15K-267.090399
HF Energy-267.085896
Nuclear repulsion energy160.689063
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 BLYP/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' 3536 3507 34.51      
2 A' 3181 3155 7.18      
3 A' 3128 3102 3.90      
4 A' 3095 3070 6.43      
5 A' 1737 1723 246.12      
6 A' 1641 1628 11.67      
7 A' 1426 1414 16.52      
8 A' 1331 1320 34.28      
9 A' 1289 1278 1.39      
10 A' 1174 1165 156.74      
11 A' 1004 996 97.47      
12 A' 804 798 4.54      
13 A' 561 556 38.27      
14 A' 513 509 7.02      
15 A' 271 269 0.74      
16 A" 1004 996 16.86      
17 A" 948 940 25.88      
18 A" 792 786 33.01      
19 A" 605 600 88.58      
20 A" 464 460 6.92      
21 A" 104 104 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14304.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14188.1 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.34930 0.14262 0.10127

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.348 0.354 0.000
H2 1.775 1.237 0.000
O3 -0.498 1.696 0.000
C4 0.000 0.578 0.000
C5 -0.804 -0.685 0.000
H6 -1.882 -0.507 0.000
C7 -0.288 -1.929 0.000
H8 0.790 -2.104 0.000
H9 -0.932 -2.813 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.98062.28231.36672.39043.34372.80912.52073.9030
H20.98062.31911.89363.21704.05243.77913.48304.8719
O32.28232.31911.22382.40092.60253.63164.01254.5303
C41.36671.89361.22381.49772.17312.52402.79613.5173
C52.39043.21702.40091.49771.09261.34722.13452.1320
H63.34374.05242.60252.17311.09262.13653.11322.4939
C72.80913.77913.63162.52401.34722.13651.09211.0939
H82.52073.48304.01252.79612.13453.11321.09211.8629
H93.90304.87194.53033.51732.13202.49391.09391.8629

picture of 2-Propenoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C4 O3 123.439 O1 C4 C5 113.054
H2 O1 C4 106.384 O3 C4 C5 123.507
C4 C5 H6 113.131 C4 C5 C7 124.964
C5 C7 H8 121.748 C5 C7 H9 121.356
H6 C5 C7 121.905 H8 C7 H9 116.896
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.538      
2 H 0.386      
3 O -0.442      
4 C 0.511      
5 C -0.072      
6 H 0.134      
7 C -0.281      
8 H 0.160      
9 H 0.142      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.790 -1.725 0.000 1.897
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.827 4.924 0.000
y 4.924 -28.472 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.478
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.148 4.924 0.000
y 4.924 -0.820 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.328
Polar
3z2-r2-4.657
x2-y22.645
xy4.924
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.796 -0.019 0.000
y -0.019 8.496 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.340


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 111.845
(<r2>)1/2 10.576