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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-306.150208
Energy at 298.15K-306.156827
HF Energy-305.863564
Nuclear repulsion energy227.198857
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 B2PLYP/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 3301 3133 3.51      
2 A 3244 3080 3.73      
3 A 3222 3059 17.38      
4 A 3207 3044 3.85      
5 A 3191 3029 20.43      
6 A 3109 2951 28.34      
7 A 1805 1714 155.89      
8 A 1717 1630 27.38      
9 A 1545 1466 7.61      
10 A 1534 1456 5.70      
11 A 1510 1433 15.89      
12 A 1469 1394 69.67      
13 A 1353 1285 79.89      
14 A 1255 1191 356.58      
15 A 1228 1166 39.06      
16 A 1198 1137 0.95      
17 A 1099 1043 3.21      
18 A 1044 991 18.69      
19 A 1035 982 29.62      
20 A 993 943 16.09      
21 A 878 833 9.98      
22 A 816 775 27.90      
23 A 673 639 5.59      
24 A 532 505 0.33      
25 A 478 454 1.34      
26 A 346 328 17.11      
27 A 225 213 3.86      
28 A 201 191 4.57      
29 A 141 134 0.23      
30 A 97 92 2.95      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21221.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20143.7 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
0.34124 0.07753 0.06394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 3.053 -0.739 0.097
H2 1.913 -0.442 1.428
H3 2.386 0.891 0.342
C4 2.172 -0.174 0.401
O5 1.098 -0.527 -0.483
O6 -0.058 1.367 -0.114
C7 -0.046 0.141 -0.205
H8 -1.108 -1.697 -0.123
C9 -1.197 -0.657 -0.039
H10 -3.232 -0.744 0.367
H11 -2.504 0.912 0.316
C12 -2.399 -0.127 0.234

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 O5 O6 C7 H8 C9 H10 H11 C12
H11.77781.77881.09032.05103.76313.23644.27594.25306.29075.80165.4884
H21.77781.78321.09262.07933.08742.61593.62043.44485.26134.75164.4851
H31.77881.78321.08792.08572.53102.60314.37273.92125.85034.88994.8928
C41.09031.09261.08791.43532.75902.32103.65423.43155.43364.80124.5743
O52.05102.07932.08571.43532.24881.35362.52262.34064.41713.95973.5917
O63.76313.08742.53102.75902.24881.22913.23842.32353.84112.52482.7982
C73.23642.61592.60312.32101.35361.22912.12401.40993.35472.62772.4080
H84.27593.62044.37273.65422.52263.23842.12401.04672.37872.99092.0639
C94.25303.44483.92123.43152.34062.32351.40991.04672.07672.07281.3422
H106.29075.26135.85035.43364.41713.84113.35472.37872.07671.80861.0447
H115.80164.75164.88994.80123.95972.52482.62772.99092.07281.80861.0466
C125.48844.48514.89284.57433.59172.79822.40802.06391.34221.04471.0466

picture of 2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C4 H2 109.063 H1 C4 H3 109.499
H1 C4 O5 107.821 H2 C4 H3 109.726
H2 C4 O5 109.938 H3 C4 O5 110.754
C4 O5 C7 112.625 O5 C7 O6 121.013
O5 C7 C9 115.747 O6 C7 C9 123.239
C7 C9 H8 118.928 C7 C9 C12 122.058
H8 C9 C12 119.012 C9 C12 H10 120.410
C9 C12 H11 119.876 H10 C12 H11 119.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.173      
2 H 0.179      
3 H 0.179      
4 C -0.206      
5 O -0.537      
6 O -0.539      
7 C 0.691      
8 H 0.185      
9 C -0.184      
10 H 0.177      
11 H 0.203      
12 C -0.320      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.272 -0.516 -0.000
y -0.516 6.680 0.000
z -0.000 0.000 3.736


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 177.129
(<r2>)1/2 13.309