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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.739181
Energy at 298.15K-265.744886
Nuclear repulsion energy174.280194
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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3235 2939 11.30      
2 A' 3226 2931 36.28      
3 A' 2089 1898 670.16      
4 A' 1657 1505 2.20      
5 A' 1584 1439 15.21      
6 A' 1496 1360 43.81      
7 A' 1356 1232 8.19      
8 A' 1252 1138 174.94      
9 A' 1101 1000 92.44      
10 A' 1074 976 62.85      
11 A' 971 882 4.44      
12 A' 829 753 0.30      
13 A' 546 496 5.38      
14 A" 3294 2993 23.69      
15 A" 3276 2977 3.59      
16 A" 1308 1189 0.08      
17 A" 1274 1157 2.63      
18 A" 1169 1062 6.75      
19 A" 856 778 3.18      
20 A" 574 522 9.65      
21 A" 192 174 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16179.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14700.3 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.42767 0.18017 0.13310

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.009 -0.258 0.000
C2 0.000 0.621 0.000
O3 -0.056 1.784 0.000
C4 1.077 -0.449 0.000
H5 1.694 -0.453 0.885
H6 1.694 -0.453 -0.885
C7 -0.130 -1.393 0.000
H8 -0.272 -1.989 -0.887
H9 -0.272 -1.989 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.33862.25412.09472.85152.85151.43522.08032.0803
C21.33861.16471.51772.19252.19252.01772.77022.7702
O32.25411.16472.50392.97512.97513.17773.88243.8824
C42.09471.51772.50391.07931.07931.53192.23122.2312
H52.85152.19252.97511.07931.77012.23483.06052.4950
H62.85152.19252.97511.07931.77012.23482.49503.0605
C71.43522.01773.17771.53192.23482.23481.07861.0786
H82.08032.77023.88242.23123.06052.49501.07861.7747
H92.08032.77023.88242.23122.49503.06051.07861.7747

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 128.304 O1 C2 C4 94.128
O1 C7 C4 89.754 O1 C7 H8 110.897
O1 C7 H9 110.897 C2 O1 C7 93.273
C2 C4 H5 114.118 C2 C4 H6 114.118
C2 C4 C7 82.845 O3 C2 C4 137.568
C4 C7 H8 116.372 C4 C7 H9 116.372
H5 C4 H6 110.179 H5 C4 C7 116.645
H6 C4 C7 116.645 H8 C7 H9 110.710
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.767      
2 C 1.445      
3 O -0.922      
4 C -0.663      
5 H 0.151      
6 H 0.151      
7 C 0.339      
8 H 0.132      
9 H 0.132      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.178 -4.138 0.000 4.677
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.691 0.034 0.000
y 0.034 -32.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.925
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.063 0.034 0.000
y 0.034 -4.276 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.213
Polar
3z2-r28.425
x2-y22.892
xy0.034
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.281 0.033 0.000
y 0.033 6.728 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.435


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000