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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.658640
Energy at 298.15K-264.663974
HF Energy-264.138780
Nuclear repulsion energy166.900367
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 MP2/3-21G
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' 3160 3016 17.88      
2 A' 3145 3002 5.98      
3 A' 1833 1750 246.71      
4 A' 1605 1532 3.93      
5 A' 1543 1473 11.09      
6 A' 1337 1277 3.10      
7 A' 1279 1221 23.06      
8 A' 1001 956 140.57      
9 A' 970 926 5.75      
10 A' 871 832 86.20      
11 A' 842 804 3.75      
12 A' 712 680 9.02      
13 A' 475 454 3.88      
14 A" 3232 3085 16.70      
15 A" 3208 3062 0.22      
16 A" 1253 1196 0.19      
17 A" 1144 1091 0.16      
18 A" 1077 1028 3.84      
19 A" 832 794 3.33      
20 A" 513 489 1.92      
21 A" 159 152 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15096.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9545) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14409.3 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 MP2/3-21G
ABC
0.39354 0.16490 0.12170

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.082 -0.306 0.000
C2 0.000 0.654 0.000
O3 -0.090 1.866 0.000
C4 1.111 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.730 -0.435 0.899
H6 1.730 -0.435 -0.899
C7 -0.067 -1.460 0.000
H8 -0.170 -2.058 -0.903
H9 -0.170 -2.058 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.44702.38852.19732.95502.95501.53672.17212.1721
C21.44701.21561.56002.23302.23302.11502.86362.8636
O32.38851.21562.60143.06853.06853.32634.02784.0278
C42.19731.56002.60141.09151.09151.55732.25152.2515
H52.95502.23303.06851.09151.79822.25553.08062.4982
H62.95502.23303.06851.09151.79822.25552.49823.0806
C71.53672.11503.32631.55732.25552.25551.08821.0882
H82.17212.86364.02782.25153.08062.49821.08821.8066
H92.17212.86364.02782.25152.49823.08061.08821.8066

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 127.331 O1 C2 C4 93.819
O1 C7 C4 90.499 O1 C7 H8 110.517
O1 C7 H9 110.517 C2 O1 C7 90.234
C2 C4 H5 113.556 C2 C4 H6 113.556
C2 C4 C7 85.449 O3 C2 C4 138.850
C4 C7 H8 115.513 C4 C7 H9 115.513
H5 C4 H6 110.922 H5 C4 C7 115.634
H6 C4 C7 115.634 H8 C7 H9 112.209
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at MP2/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.457     -0.470
2 C 0.641     0.762
3 O -0.420     -0.442
4 C -0.544     -0.507
5 H 0.243     0.166
6 H 0.243     0.166
7 C -0.134     0.213
8 H 0.215     0.056
9 H 0.215     0.056


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.514 -3.082 0.000 3.977
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 2.524 -3.096 0.000 3.994


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.669 -0.294 0.000
y -0.294 -31.444 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.549
Traceless
 xyz
x -1.172 -0.294 0.000
y -0.294 -2.335 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.507
Polar
3z2-r27.014
x2-y20.775
xy-0.294
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.113 0.103 0.000
y 0.103 6.355 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.429


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.963
(<r2>)1/2 9.948