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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.605638
Energy at 298.15K-265.611032
Nuclear repulsion energy169.015552
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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
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' 3152 3009 15.97      
2 A' 3140 2997 5.75      
3 A' 1940 1852 332.78      
4 A' 1563 1492 0.40      
5 A' 1495 1427 17.10      
6 A' 1327 1267 2.87      
7 A' 1266 1209 29.40      
8 A' 1052 1004 141.52      
9 A' 999 953 10.72      
10 A' 909 867 77.44      
11 A' 879 839 1.69      
12 A' 739 706 2.42      
13 A' 483 461 3.86      
14 A" 3225 3079 11.30      
15 A" 3201 3055 0.66      
16 A" 1237 1181 0.03      
17 A" 1136 1085 0.28      
18 A" 1071 1023 4.50      
19 A" 813 776 6.03      
20 A" 521 497 1.15      
21 A" 169 161 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15157.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9546) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14469.6 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 mPW1PW91/3-21G
ABC
0.40551 0.16881 0.12497

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.059 -0.296 0.000
C2 0.000 0.645 0.000
O3 -0.088 1.843 0.000
C4 1.096 -0.439 0.000
H5 1.714 -0.432 0.898
H6 1.714 -0.432 -0.898
C7 -0.076 -1.444 0.000
H8 -0.184 -2.040 -0.903
H9 -0.184 -2.040 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.41712.34902.15972.91872.91871.51212.15012.1501
C21.41711.20081.54112.21512.21512.09072.83902.8390
O32.34901.20082.57013.03823.03823.28703.98763.9876
C42.15971.54112.57011.09081.09081.54372.24032.2403
H52.91872.21513.03821.09081.79672.24383.07172.4880
H62.91872.21513.03821.09081.79672.24382.48803.0717
C71.51212.09073.28701.54372.24382.24381.08741.0874
H82.15012.83903.98762.24033.07172.48801.08741.8062
H92.15012.83903.98762.24032.48803.07171.08741.8062

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 127.416 O1 C2 C4 93.695
O1 C7 C4 89.941 O1 C7 H8 110.551
O1 C7 H9 110.551 C2 O1 C7 91.026
C2 C4 H5 113.525 C2 C4 H6 113.525
C2 C4 C7 85.338 O3 C2 C4 138.889
C4 C7 H8 115.650 C4 C7 H9 115.650
H5 C4 H6 110.891 H5 C4 C7 115.726
H6 C4 C7 115.726 H8 C7 H9 112.297
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.469      
2 C 0.674      
3 O -0.463      
4 C -0.606      
5 H 0.277      
6 H 0.277      
7 C -0.191      
8 H 0.251      
9 H 0.251      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.498 -3.454 0.000 4.262
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.751 -0.175 0.000
y -0.175 -31.123 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.806
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.786 -0.175 0.000
y -0.175 -2.844 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.631
Polar
3z2-r27.262
x2-y21.372
xy-0.175
xz0.000
yz0.000


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> 96.452
(<r2>)1/2 9.821