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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-52.449201
Energy at 298.15K-52.456159
HF Energy-52.449201
Nuclear repulsion energy97.544392
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 B3LYP/CEP-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' 3656 3541 27.86      
2 A' 3138 3039 48.58      
3 A' 3061 2965 9.37      
4 A' 3052 2956 39.35      
5 A' 1692 1639 218.76      
6 A' 1513 1465 12.34      
7 A' 1480 1433 26.38      
8 A' 1435 1390 7.95      
9 A' 1395 1351 47.45      
10 A' 1278 1237 11.15      
11 A' 1130 1094 114.92      
12 A' 1065 1031 188.12      
13 A' 1020 988 26.18      
14 A' 801 775 2.43      
15 A' 584 565 15.22      
16 A' 446 432 28.80      
17 A' 241 233 2.61      
18 A" 3148 3049 60.64      
19 A" 3104 3006 5.75      
20 A" 1504 1456 10.11      
21 A" 1277 1237 0.02      
22 A" 1117 1082 0.00      
23 A" 808 783 20.50      
24 A" 630 610 151.28      
25 A" 512 496 30.02      
26 A" 190 184 0.04      
27 A" 25 24 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19651.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9684) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19030.6 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G
ABC
0.31993 0.12207 0.09139

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.567 0.000
C2 -0.604 -0.838 0.000
C3 0.475 -1.950 0.000
O4 -1.004 1.550 0.000
O5 1.212 0.873 0.000
H6 -1.264 -0.913 0.882
H7 -1.264 -0.913 -0.882
H8 -0.007 -2.943 0.000
H9 1.123 -1.874 -0.889
H10 1.123 -1.874 0.889
H11 -0.601 2.453 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.52942.56181.40541.25022.13692.13693.50982.83022.83021.9796
C21.52941.54992.42162.49531.10431.10432.18792.20132.20133.2911
C32.56181.54993.80042.91792.20932.20931.10341.10231.10234.5331
O41.40542.42163.80042.31752.62922.62924.60244.12804.12800.9886
O51.25022.49532.91792.31753.17813.17814.00582.88892.88892.4052
H62.13691.10432.20932.62923.17811.76422.54563.12382.57333.5422
H72.13691.10432.20932.62923.17811.76422.54562.57333.12383.5422
H83.50982.18791.10344.60244.00582.54562.54561.79101.79105.4285
H92.83022.20131.10234.12802.88893.12382.57331.79101.77794.7421
H102.83022.20131.10234.12802.88892.57333.12381.79101.77794.7421
H111.97963.29114.53310.98862.40523.54223.54225.42854.74214.7421

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 112.592 C1 C2 H6 107.358
C1 C2 H7 107.358 C1 O4 H11 110.344
C2 C1 O4 111.130 C2 C1 O5 127.437
C2 C3 H8 109.950 C2 C3 H9 111.067
C2 C3 H10 111.067 C3 C2 H6 111.579
C3 C2 H7 111.579 O4 C1 O5 121.433
H6 C2 H7 106.021 H8 C3 H9 108.583
H8 C3 H10 108.583 H9 C3 H10 107.501
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.205      
2 C -0.085      
3 C -0.448      
4 O -0.323      
5 O -0.101      
6 H 0.157      
7 H 0.157      
8 H 0.159      
9 H 0.157      
10 H 0.157      
11 H 0.374      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.596 -0.640 0.000 1.719
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -36.388 -0.709 0.000
y -0.709 -24.652 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.447
Traceless
 xyz
x -9.338 -0.709 0.000
y -0.709 8.265 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.073
Polar
3z2-r22.146
x2-y2-11.735
xy-0.709
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.087 -0.172 0.000
y -0.172 6.518 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.029


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 106.957
(<r2>)1/2 10.342