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

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.546939
Energy at 298.15K-265.552582
Nuclear repulsion energy170.773170
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/LANL2DZ
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' 3324 2991 39.79      
2 A' 3288 2959 10.19      
3 A' 1999 1799 593.88      
4 A' 1669 1502 0.43      
5 A' 1618 1456 22.21      
6 A' 1470 1323 16.35      
7 A' 1396 1256 11.49      
8 A' 1186 1068 226.17      
9 A' 1075 967 4.79      
10 A' 1020 918 141.94      
11 A' 972 875 19.73      
12 A' 805 724 0.05      
13 A' 520 468 7.82      
14 A" 3404 3063 31.09      
15 A" 3363 3026 3.78      
16 A" 1321 1189 0.20      
17 A" 1239 1115 1.15      
18 A" 1184 1065 11.36      
19 A" 879 791 7.65      
20 A" 572 514 13.88      
21 A" 192 173 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16246.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14620.5 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/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.41699 0.17141 0.12727

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.038 -0.279 0.000
C2 0.000 0.637 0.000
O3 -0.055 1.830 0.000
C4 1.081 -0.446 0.000
H5 1.702 -0.445 0.881
H6 1.702 -0.445 -0.881
C7 -0.109 -1.436 0.000
H8 -0.242 -2.026 -0.889
H9 -0.242 -2.026 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38462.32762.12572.88312.88311.48372.11552.1155
C21.38461.19501.52952.20042.20042.07542.81752.8175
O32.32761.19502.54363.00633.00633.26673.96193.9619
C42.12571.52952.54361.07821.07821.54792.24452.2445
H52.88312.20043.00631.07821.76302.24463.06812.5059
H62.88312.20043.00631.07821.76302.24462.50593.0681
C71.48372.07543.26671.54792.24462.24461.07521.0752
H82.11552.81753.96192.24453.06812.50591.07521.7778
H92.11552.81753.96192.24452.50593.06811.07521.7778

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 128.776 O1 C2 C4 93.547
O1 C7 C4 89.012 O1 C7 H8 110.508
O1 C7 H9 110.508 C2 O1 C7 92.630
C2 C4 H5 113.967 C2 C4 H6 113.967
C2 C4 C7 84.811 O3 C2 C4 137.677
C4 C7 H8 116.501 C4 C7 H9 116.501
H5 C4 H6 109.677 H5 C4 C7 116.313
H6 C4 C7 116.313 H8 C7 H9 111.525
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.463      
2 C 0.485      
3 O -0.332      
4 C -0.502      
5 H 0.237      
6 H 0.237      
7 C -0.071      
8 H 0.204      
9 H 0.204      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.143 -4.620 0.000 5.588
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.235 -0.252 0.000
y -0.252 -33.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.275
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.871 -0.252 0.000
y -0.252 -4.199 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.070
Polar
3z2-r210.139
x2-y22.219
xy-0.252
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.221 0.063 0.000
y 0.063 6.291 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.479


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.943
(<r2>)1/2 9.795