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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.752698
Energy at 298.15K-267.762635
Nuclear repulsion energy193.169242
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 PBEPBE/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 3333 3302 1.14      
2 A 3121 3093 56.16      
3 A 3076 3048 22.20      
4 A 3070 3042 32.77      
5 A 3065 3037 1.85      
6 A 2990 2963 17.84      
7 A 2975 2948 38.50      
8 A 2835 2809 86.23      
9 A 1523 1509 4.54      
10 A 1500 1487 6.94      
11 A 1491 1478 20.81      
12 A 1450 1437 82.79      
13 A 1405 1392 16.89      
14 A 1363 1351 31.78      
15 A 1347 1335 10.31      
16 A 1336 1324 24.64      
17 A 1295 1283 6.92      
18 A 1199 1188 13.97      
19 A 1126 1116 3.87      
20 A 1075 1065 14.13      
21 A 1037 1027 36.16      
22 A 961 953 40.11      
23 A 921 913 19.40      
24 A 888 880 17.91      
25 A 827 820 10.80      
26 A 752 746 129.68      
27 A 520 515 20.77      
28 A 462 458 25.67      
29 A 399 396 64.46      
30 A 354 350 12.31      
31 A 268 265 1.77      
32 A 219 217 0.29      
33 A 151 149 5.86      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 24166.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9909) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 23946.3 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 PBEPBE/3-21G
ABC
0.28597 0.12035 0.09316

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

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -0.279 1.383 -0.145
H2 0.741 1.397 -0.225
O3 1.920 -0.060 -0.049
H4 2.145 -0.066 0.935
C5 0.653 -0.834 -0.178
H6 0.517 -0.952 -1.265
H7 0.711 -1.826 0.308
C8 -0.488 0.038 0.384
H9 -0.428 0.012 1.500
C10 -1.865 -0.450 -0.066
H11 -1.903 -0.451 -1.168
H12 -2.072 -1.465 0.317
H13 -2.640 0.240 0.307

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 H4 C5 H6 H7 C8 H9 C10 H11 H12 H13
O11.02362.63203.02372.40542.70923.38831.45982.14662.42502.65513.39662.6617
H21.02361.88212.33602.23292.57803.26621.93022.50223.19793.36114.04893.6130
O32.63201.88211.00961.48982.05922.16942.44812.81403.80474.00284.24724.5836
H43.02372.33601.00962.01332.87612.35442.69172.63544.15044.57834.48524.8357
C52.40542.23291.48982.01331.10121.10611.54242.16862.54972.76842.84053.4978
H62.70922.57802.05922.87611.10121.80992.16983.07692.71342.47363.07663.7224
H73.38833.26622.16942.35441.10611.80992.21732.46862.94383.30222.80573.9362
C81.45981.93022.44812.69171.54242.16982.21731.11821.52882.15722.18482.1632
H92.14662.50222.81402.63542.16863.07692.46861.11822.17493.08432.50672.5239
C102.42503.19793.80474.15042.54972.71342.94381.52882.17491.10331.10421.1024
H112.65513.36114.00284.57832.76842.47363.30222.15723.08431.10331.80611.7875
H123.39664.04894.24724.48522.84053.07662.80572.18482.50671.10421.80611.7970
H132.66173.61304.58364.83573.49783.72243.93622.16322.52391.10241.78751.7970

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 106.459 O1 C8 H9 112.065
O1 C8 C10 108.445 H2 O1 C8 100.548
O3 C5 H6 104.256 O3 C5 H7 112.541
O3 C5 C8 107.664 H4 O3 C5 105.706
C5 C8 H9 108.125 C5 C8 C10 112.237
H6 C5 H7 110.163 H6 C5 C8 109.183
H7 C5 C8 112.648 C8 C10 H11 109.014
C8 C10 H12 111.129 C8 C10 H13 109.529
H9 C8 C10 109.521 H11 C10 H12 109.800
H11 C10 H13 108.269 H12 C10 H13 109.049
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.530      
2 H 0.323      
3 O -0.493      
4 H 0.340      
5 C -0.235      
6 H 0.238      
7 H 0.193      
8 C -0.043      
9 H 0.168      
10 C -0.591      
11 H 0.213      
12 H 0.190      
13 H 0.226      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.711 -2.065 1.539 2.672
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.541 1.827 3.218
y 1.827 -33.286 0.181
z 3.218 0.181 -29.664
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.066 1.827 3.218
y 1.827 -2.683 0.181
z 3.218 0.181 2.749
Polar
3z2-r25.497
x2-y21.745
xy1.827
xz3.218
yz0.181


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.440 0.239 0.195
y 0.239 5.653 -0.198
z 0.195 -0.198 5.311


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 132.672
(<r2>)1/2 11.518