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

using model chemistry: QCISD/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 QCISD/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.682830
Energy at 298.15K-264.688147
HF Energy-264.139324
Nuclear repulsion energy166.940094
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/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' 3107 3012 17.35      
2 A' 3094 2999 7.82      
3 A' 1869 1812 264.33      
4 A' 1580 1532 2.78      
5 A' 1522 1475 10.12      
6 A' 1321 1280 3.14      
7 A' 1267 1228 19.76      
8 A' 1014 983 139.76      
9 A' 952 923 6.02      
10 A' 876 849 70.71      
11 A' 842 816 3.52      
12 A' 715 693 4.81      
13 A' 471 457 3.67      
14 A" 3173 3075 18.35      
15 A" 3151 3054 0.20      
16 A" 1234 1196 0.17      
17 A" 1133 1098 0.11      
18 A" 1070 1037 4.86      
19 A" 817 792 3.33      
20 A" 508 492 3.11      
21 A" 159 154 0.15      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14937.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14477.4 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/3-21G
ABC
0.39353 0.16502 0.12181

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.078 -0.302 0.000
C2 0.000 0.655 0.000
O3 -0.088 1.863 0.000
C4 1.113 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.734 -0.440 0.902
H6 1.734 -0.440 -0.902
C7 -0.076 -1.462 0.000
H8 -0.181 -2.061 -0.907
H9 -0.181 -2.061 0.907

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.44172.38052.19602.95622.95621.53332.17312.1731
C21.44171.21111.56342.24032.24032.11862.86952.8695
O32.38051.21112.59983.07213.07213.32524.02884.0288
C42.19601.56342.59981.09491.09491.56632.26242.2624
H52.95622.24033.07211.09491.80462.26533.09302.5089
H62.95622.24033.07211.09491.80462.26532.50893.0930
C71.53332.11863.32521.56632.26532.26531.09191.0919
H82.17312.86954.02882.26243.09302.50891.09191.8132
H92.17312.86954.02882.26242.50893.09301.09191.8132

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 127.415 O1 C2 C4 93.811
O1 C7 C4 90.214 O1 C7 H8 110.616
O1 C7 H9 110.616 C2 O1 C7 90.764
C2 C4 H5 113.695 C2 C4 H6 113.695
C2 C4 C7 85.210 O3 C2 C4 138.774
C4 C7 H8 115.507 C4 C7 H9 115.507
H5 C4 H6 110.991 H5 C4 C7 115.557
H6 C4 C7 115.557 H8 C7 H9 112.265
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability