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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.128563
Energy at 298.15K-267.134043
Nuclear repulsion energy171.876588
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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3125 2995 2.25      
2 A' 3113 2983 33.76      
3 A' 1937 1856 518.62      
4 A' 1513 1449 0.40      
5 A' 1443 1383 14.57      
6 A' 1343 1287 28.03      
7 A' 1217 1166 14.51      
8 A' 1129 1082 141.69      
9 A' 1038 995 0.44      
10 A' 972 931 101.28      
11 A' 914 876 3.67      
12 A' 760 728 0.81      
13 A' 498 478 3.97      
14 A" 3195 3062 8.08      
15 A" 3179 3046 7.29      
16 A" 1197 1147 0.00      
17 A" 1155 1107 1.09      
18 A" 1056 1012 2.65      
19 A" 796 763 2.62      
20 A" 519 497 3.91      
21 A" 186 178 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15141.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9583) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14509.7 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 mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.41723 0.17532 0.12964

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.031 -0.279 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.074 1.812 0.000
C4 1.084 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.711 -0.435 0.897
H6 1.711 -0.435 -0.897
C7 -0.102 -1.409 0.000
H8 -0.238 -2.013 -0.902
H9 -0.238 -2.013 0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37072.29992.12122.88882.88881.46242.10892.1089
C21.37071.19031.52062.20292.20292.03552.79732.7973
O32.29991.19032.53433.00643.00643.22103.93353.9335
C42.12121.52062.53431.09391.09391.53002.24282.2428
H52.88882.20293.00641.09391.79302.24473.08612.5080
H62.88882.20293.00641.09391.79302.24472.50803.0861
C71.46242.03553.22101.53002.24472.24471.09411.0941
H82.10892.79733.93352.24283.08612.50801.09411.8037
H92.10892.79733.93352.24282.50803.08611.09411.8037

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 127.673 O1 C2 C4 94.244
O1 C7 C4 90.254 O1 C7 H8 110.329
O1 C7 H9 110.329 C2 O1 C7 91.797
C2 C4 H5 113.822 C2 C4 H6 113.822
C2 C4 C7 83.705 O3 C2 C4 138.083
C4 C7 H8 116.459 C4 C7 H9 116.459
H5 C4 H6 110.075 H5 C4 C7 116.636
H6 C4 C7 116.636 H8 C7 H9 111.026
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.623      
2 C 0.659      
3 O -0.521      
4 C 0.409      
5 H -0.217      
6 H -0.217      
7 C 1.134      
8 H -0.313      
9 H -0.313      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.081 -3.806 0.000 4.337
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.647 0.039 0.000
y 0.039 -32.215 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.001
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.039 0.039 0.000
y 0.039 -3.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.930
Polar
3z2-r27.860
x2-y22.569
xy0.039
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.920 0.020 0.000
y 0.020 7.621 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.782


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.157
(<r2>)1/2 9.703