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

using model chemistry: HF/aug-cc-pVTZ

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/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.744600
Energy at 298.15K-265.750305
Nuclear repulsion energy174.166237
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/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3237 2947 10.21      
2 A' 3228 2939 38.37      
3 A' 2083 1896 667.51      
4 A' 1656 1507 2.29      
5 A' 1582 1441 14.68      
6 A' 1495 1361 43.60      
7 A' 1354 1233 8.00      
8 A' 1250 1138 174.81      
9 A' 1099 1000 91.06      
10 A' 1073 976 64.63      
11 A' 969 882 4.63      
12 A' 827 753 0.29      
13 A' 545 496 5.31      
14 A" 3296 3000 22.94      
15 A" 3278 2985 4.68      
16 A" 1308 1190 0.05      
17 A" 1271 1157 2.65      
18 A" 1169 1064 6.50      
19 A" 856 780 3.18      
20 A" 572 521 9.35      
21 A" 191 174 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16168.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9104) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14719.9 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/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.42737 0.17988 0.13291

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.010 -0.260 0.000
C2 0.000 0.621 0.000
O3 -0.057 1.786 0.000
C4 1.077 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.694 -0.451 0.885
H6 1.694 -0.451 -0.885
C7 -0.128 -1.394 0.000
H8 -0.269 -1.990 -0.887
H9 -0.269 -1.990 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.34072.25712.09572.85212.85211.43652.08132.0813
C21.34071.16611.51762.19172.19172.01902.77142.7714
O32.25711.16612.50542.97582.97583.18043.88503.8850
C42.09571.51762.50541.07901.07901.53172.23082.2308
H52.85212.19172.97581.07901.76972.23443.05982.4945
H62.85212.19172.97581.07901.76972.23442.49453.0598
C71.43652.01903.18041.53172.23442.23441.07841.0784
H82.08132.77143.88502.23083.05982.49451.07841.7742
H92.08132.77143.88502.23082.49453.05981.07841.7742

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 128.282 O1 C2 C4 94.105
O1 C7 C4 89.768 O1 C7 H8 110.899
O1 C7 H9 110.899 C2 O1 C7 93.205
C2 C4 H5 114.079 C2 C4 H6 114.079
C2 C4 C7 82.921 O3 C2 C4 137.612
C4 C7 H8 116.371 C4 C7 H9 116.371
H5 C4 H6 110.192 H5 C4 C7 116.642
H6 C4 C7 116.642 H8 C7 H9 110.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.420      
2 C 0.511      
3 O -0.616      
4 C -0.464      
5 H 0.311      
6 H 0.311      
7 C -0.314      
8 H 0.341      
9 H 0.341      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.168 -4.120 0.000 4.656
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.698 0.017 0.000
y 0.017 -32.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.897
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.042 0.017 0.000
y 0.017 -4.285 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.243
Polar
3z2-r28.486
x2-y22.884
xy0.017
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.360 0.033 0.000
y 0.033 6.792 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.490


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.404
(<r2>)1/2 9.613