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

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.828749
Energy at 298.15K-267.835959
HF Energy-266.877859
Nuclear repulsion energy178.687130
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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
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' 3835 3633 62.16      
2 A' 3179 3012 17.03      
3 A' 3101 2938 2.67      
4 A' 3099 2936 20.74      
5 A' 1874 1775 239.57      
6 A' 1532 1452 11.26      
7 A' 1497 1418 10.69      
8 A' 1457 1381 24.14      
9 A' 1444 1368 37.40      
10 A' 1343 1273 0.85      
11 A' 1205 1141 238.16      
12 A' 1111 1053 41.42      
13 A' 1029 975 1.70      
14 A' 837 793 8.68      
15 A' 621 589 23.83      
16 A' 471 446 19.06      
17 A' 252 239 2.61      
18 A" 3187 3019 15.76      
19 A" 3139 2974 2.88      
20 A" 1525 1445 5.29      
21 A" 1303 1234 0.07      
22 A" 1131 1071 0.55      
23 A" 824 780 16.73      
24 A" 670 635 86.96      
25 A" 531 503 21.66      
26 A" 215 204 0.00      
27 A" 56 53 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20232.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9474) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19168.1 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 QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
0.33946 0.12825 0.09638

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.571 0.000
C2 -0.607 -0.811 0.000
C3 0.454 -1.906 0.000
O4 -0.956 1.525 0.000
O5 1.176 0.826 0.000
H6 -1.263 -0.881 0.873
H7 -1.263 -0.881 -0.873
H8 -0.016 -2.892 0.000
H9 1.093 -1.826 -0.880
H10 1.093 -1.826 0.880
H11 -0.485 2.367 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.50952.51861.35041.20352.11372.11373.46322.77772.77771.8599
C21.50951.52502.36172.42091.09431.09432.16372.16742.16743.1799
C32.51861.52503.70952.82642.18202.18201.09181.09111.09114.3749
O41.35042.36173.70952.24362.57822.57824.51614.02524.02520.9646
O51.20352.42092.82642.24363.10313.10313.90472.79552.79552.2653
H62.11371.09432.18202.57823.10311.74582.52233.08552.53913.4523
H72.11371.09432.18202.57823.10311.74582.52232.53913.08553.4523
H83.46322.16371.09184.51613.90472.52232.52231.77261.77265.2797
H92.77772.16741.09114.02522.79553.08552.53911.77261.76034.5654
H102.77772.16741.09114.02522.79552.53913.08551.77261.76034.5654
H111.85993.17994.37490.96462.26533.45233.45235.27974.56544.5654

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 112.192 C1 C2 H6 107.470
C1 C2 H7 107.470 C1 O4 H11 105.707
C2 C1 O4 111.219 C2 C1 O5 125.964
C2 C3 H8 110.459 C2 C3 H9 110.792
C2 C3 H10 110.792 C3 C2 H6 111.770
C3 C2 H7 111.770 O4 C1 O5 122.818
H6 C2 H7 105.823 H8 C3 H9 108.584
H8 C3 H10 108.584 H9 C3 H10 107.537
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability