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All results from a given calculation for C3H8O2 (Propylene glycol)

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.970146
Energy at 298.15K-267.980006
Nuclear repulsion energy191.945549
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 BLYP/3-21G
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 3282 3264 2.06      
2 A 3131 3114 38.19      
3 A 3058 3041 41.99      
4 A 3053 3036 11.05      
5 A 3046 3029 17.33      
6 A 2982 2965 20.80      
7 A 2963 2946 42.97      
8 A 2829 2814 88.07      
9 A 1534 1526 3.93      
10 A 1513 1505 3.79      
11 A 1502 1494 6.92      
12 A 1443 1435 83.00      
13 A 1418 1411 10.93      
14 A 1365 1358 26.83      
15 A 1352 1344 10.29      
16 A 1341 1334 30.99      
17 A 1300 1293 9.51      
18 A 1199 1192 13.37      
19 A 1120 1113 1.84      
20 A 1073 1067 13.42      
21 A 1012 1007 35.83      
22 A 940 935 20.47      
23 A 912 907 37.54      
24 A 873 868 15.50      
25 A 808 804 11.28      
26 A 710 706 129.39      
27 A 511 508 19.41      
28 A 458 455 20.73      
29 A 391 389 62.57      
30 A 349 347 11.28      
31 A 262 261 2.35      
32 A 217 216 0.28      
33 A 147 146 5.19      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24046.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23914.5 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.28239 0.11833 0.09157

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.304 1.393 -0.146
H2 0.714 1.442 -0.218
O3 1.941 -0.055 -0.045
H4 2.167 -0.070 0.941
C5 0.666 -0.833 -0.185
H6 0.540 -0.947 -1.271
H7 0.726 -1.825 0.298
C8 -0.488 0.033 0.382
H9 -0.424 0.010 1.495
C10 -1.874 -0.465 -0.062
H11 -1.922 -0.470 -1.163
H12 -2.074 -1.479 0.324
H13 -2.648 0.221 0.315

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
O11.02172.67293.07032.42852.72983.40751.47032.14962.43472.66963.40632.6615
H21.02171.94302.39612.27612.61653.30751.94722.50673.21933.39164.07453.6170
O32.67291.94301.01191.50032.06392.17422.46812.82343.83734.04314.27604.6117
H43.07032.39611.01192.02532.88202.35982.71552.65124.18264.61614.51124.8647
C52.42852.27611.50032.02531.09891.10441.55042.17272.56962.79062.86063.5136
H62.72982.61652.06392.88201.09891.80672.17893.08112.74222.51023.10753.7471
H73.40753.30752.17422.35981.10441.80672.22102.47422.95593.31352.82123.9459
C81.47031.94722.46812.71551.55042.17892.22101.11541.53842.16702.19192.1693
H92.14962.50672.82342.65122.17273.08112.47421.11542.18023.08852.51192.5269
C102.43473.21933.83734.18262.56962.74222.95591.53842.18021.10161.10281.1010
H112.66963.39164.04314.61612.79062.51023.31352.16703.08851.10161.80271.7853
H123.40634.07454.27604.51122.86063.10752.82122.19192.51191.10281.80271.7944
H132.66153.61704.61174.86473.51363.74713.94592.16932.52691.10101.78531.7944

picture of Propylene glycol state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C8 C5 106.991 O1 C8 H9 111.744
O1 C8 C10 108.017 H2 O1 C8 101.241
O3 C5 H6 104.062 O3 C5 H7 112.285
O3 C5 C8 107.990 H4 O3 C5 105.805
C5 C8 H9 108.076 C5 C8 C10 112.592
H6 C5 H7 110.169 H6 C5 C8 109.480
H7 C5 C8 112.488 C8 C10 H11 109.218
C8 C10 H12 111.104 C8 C10 H13 109.433
H9 C8 C10 109.445 H11 C10 H12 109.724
H11 C10 H13 108.295 H12 C10 H13 109.017
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.521      
2 H 0.309      
3 O -0.483      
4 H 0.323      
5 C -0.181      
6 H 0.210      
7 H 0.166      
8 C 0.002      
9 H 0.141      
10 C -0.516      
11 H 0.186      
12 H 0.164      
13 H 0.198      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.673 -2.003 1.513 2.599
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.807 1.835 3.140
y 1.835 -33.197 0.205
z 3.140 0.205 -29.756
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.331 1.835 3.140
y 1.835 -2.416 0.205
z 3.140 0.205 2.747
Polar
3z2-r25.493
x2-y21.390
xy1.835
xz3.140
yz0.205


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 134.492
(<r2>)1/2 11.597