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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.055859
Energy at 298.15K-267.060494
Nuclear repulsion energy162.589223
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3734 3572 66.56      
2 A' 3279 3137 4.30      
3 A' 3228 3088 1.87      
4 A' 3187 3049 4.77      
5 A' 1845 1765 313.01      
6 A' 1713 1639 11.64      
7 A' 1467 1403 39.91      
8 A' 1393 1333 54.38      
9 A' 1318 1261 1.17      
10 A' 1229 1176 177.73      
11 A' 1046 1001 69.09      
12 A' 849 813 8.32      
13 A' 584 559 43.48      
14 A' 533 510 7.95      
15 A' 278 266 0.93      
16 A" 1035 990 21.63      
17 A" 996 953 33.50      
18 A" 832 796 45.38      
19 A" 624 597 98.30      
20 A" 481 460 10.19      
21 A" 108 103 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14879.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14234.9 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.35917 0.14576 0.10368

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.335 0.342 0.000
H2 1.745 1.225 0.000
O3 -0.473 1.682 0.000
C4 0.000 0.565 0.000
C5 -0.807 -0.673 0.000
H6 -1.879 -0.495 0.000
C7 -0.293 -1.904 0.000
H8 0.780 -2.071 0.000
H9 -0.935 -2.781 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.97322.25061.35322.36993.32062.77402.47603.8606
H20.97322.26501.86533.17994.01103.73403.43404.8194
O32.25062.26501.21322.37832.59163.59083.95694.4872
C41.35321.86531.21321.47762.15732.48662.74913.4744
C52.36993.17992.37831.47761.08611.33442.11512.1125
H63.32064.01102.59162.15731.08612.12083.09022.4731
C72.77403.73403.59082.48661.33442.12081.08591.0866
H82.47603.43403.95692.74912.11513.09021.08591.8557
H93.86064.81944.48723.47442.11252.47311.08661.8557

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 122.458 O1 C4 C5 113.615
H2 O1 C4 105.438 O3 C4 C5 123.927
C4 C5 H6 113.715 C4 C5 C7 124.248
C5 C7 H8 121.490 C5 C7 H9 121.179
H6 C5 C7 122.037 H8 C7 H9 117.331
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.591     -0.552
2 H 0.425     0.414
3 O -0.476     -0.516
4 C 0.577     0.665
5 C -0.164     -0.214
6 H 0.194     0.151
7 C -0.356     -0.296
8 H 0.206     0.178
9 H 0.186     0.170


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.897 -1.813 0.000 2.023
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.892 -1.845 0.000 2.049


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.444 5.124 0.000
y 5.124 -28.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.491
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.368 5.124 0.000
y 5.124 -0.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.702
Polar
3z2-r2-5.405
x2-y22.690
xy5.124
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.544
(<r2>)1/2 10.466