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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.108894
Energy at 298.15K-267.114256
Nuclear repulsion energy167.999897
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/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' 3133 3011 29.95      
2 A' 3112 2991 8.38      
3 A' 1831 1760 432.91      
4 A' 1528 1469 0.04      
5 A' 1483 1426 21.42      
6 A' 1334 1282 2.34      
7 A' 1258 1209 27.14      
8 A' 1047 1006 170.95      
9 A' 1007 968 0.06      
10 A' 891 857 61.83      
11 A' 877 843 36.61      
12 A' 727 699 1.58      
13 A' 470 452 5.01      
14 A" 3216 3091 25.78      
15 A" 3184 3060 1.31      
16 A" 1205 1158 0.09      
17 A" 1121 1077 0.09      
18 A" 1069 1027 3.28      
19 A" 817 785 7.82      
20 A" 509 489 3.75      
21 A" 183 176 0.23      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14999.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9612) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14417.7 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 B3LYP/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.40198 0.16652 0.12336

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.068 -0.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.643 0.000
O3 -0.073 1.859 0.000
C4 1.095 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.724 -0.430 0.894
H6 1.724 -0.430 -0.894
C7 -0.080 -1.454 0.000
H8 -0.206 -2.052 -0.904
H9 -0.206 -2.052 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.42382.37582.16772.93412.93411.52042.15302.1530
C21.42381.21811.54152.21852.21852.09902.85042.8504
O32.37581.21812.58033.04423.04423.31334.01664.0166
C42.16771.54152.58031.09291.09291.55122.25922.2592
H52.93412.21853.04421.09291.78792.25873.09642.5212
H62.93412.21853.04421.09291.78792.25872.52123.0964
C71.52042.09903.31331.55122.25872.25871.09101.0910
H82.15302.85044.01662.25923.09642.52121.09101.8074
H92.15302.85044.01662.25922.52123.09641.09101.8074

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 127.964 O1 C2 C4 93.862
O1 C7 C4 89.772 O1 C7 H8 109.979
O1 C7 H9 109.979 C2 O1 C7 90.886
C2 C4 H5 113.640 C2 C4 H6 113.640
C2 C4 C7 85.479 O3 C2 C4 138.174
C4 C7 H8 116.448 C4 C7 H9 116.448
H5 C4 H6 109.770 H5 C4 C7 116.278
H6 C4 C7 116.278 H8 C7 H9 111.851
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.271      
2 C 0.236      
3 O -0.200      
4 C -0.496      
5 H 0.254      
6 H 0.254      
7 C -0.233      
8 H 0.228      
9 H 0.228      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.866 -4.096 0.000 4.999
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.428 -0.177 0.000
y -0.177 -32.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.009
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.833 -0.177 0.000
y -0.177 -3.463 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.296
Polar
3z2-r28.592
x2-y21.754
xy-0.177
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.621 0.097 0.000
y 0.097 6.876 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.635


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 97.813
(<r2>)1/2 9.890