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

using model chemistry: B1B95/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.574482
Energy at 298.15K-265.579845
Nuclear repulsion energy169.043239
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 B1B95/3-21G
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' 3145 3009 16.21      
2 A' 3132 2997 5.58      
3 A' 1930 1847 328.26      
4 A' 1556 1489 0.45      
5 A' 1487 1422 16.21      
6 A' 1321 1264 2.69      
7 A' 1256 1202 28.66      
8 A' 1045 1000 137.06      
9 A' 995 952 11.10      
10 A' 903 864 76.48      
11 A' 872 834 2.75      
12 A' 732 700 2.44      
13 A' 480 459 3.81      
14 A" 3218 3078 12.09      
15 A" 3193 3055 0.56      
16 A" 1229 1176 0.04      
17 A" 1129 1080 0.23      
18 A" 1062 1016 4.10      
19 A" 807 772 5.59      
20 A" 514 492 1.04      
21 A" 163 156 0.07      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15084.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14431.2 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 B1B95/3-21G
ABC
0.40546 0.16892 0.12502

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.060 -0.297 0.000
C2 0.000 0.645 0.000
O3 -0.090 1.842 0.000
C4 1.096 -0.438 0.000
H5 1.714 -0.431 0.898
H6 1.714 -0.431 -0.898
C7 -0.073 -1.444 0.000
H8 -0.181 -2.040 -0.902
H9 -0.181 -2.040 0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.41802.34882.16022.91862.91861.51242.15002.1500
C21.41801.20061.54042.21392.21392.08982.83782.8378
O32.34881.20062.56993.03783.03783.28583.98623.9862
C42.16021.54042.56991.09001.09001.54232.23842.2384
H52.91862.21393.03781.09001.79542.24193.06912.4858
H62.91862.21393.03781.09001.79542.24192.48583.0691
C71.51242.08983.28581.54232.24192.24191.08681.0868
H82.15002.83783.98622.23843.06912.48581.08681.8050
H92.15002.83783.98622.23842.48583.06911.08681.8050

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 127.327 O1 C2 C4 93.712
O1 C7 C4 90.005 O1 C7 H8 110.547
O1 C7 H9 110.547 C2 O1 C7 90.922
C2 C4 H5 113.524 C2 C4 H6 113.524
C2 C4 C7 85.361 O3 C2 C4 138.961
C4 C7 H8 115.641 C4 C7 H9 115.641
H5 C4 H6 110.883 H5 C4 C7 115.724
H6 C4 C7 115.724 H8 C7 H9 112.277
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.459      
2 C 0.652      
3 O -0.451      
4 C -0.583      
5 H 0.269      
6 H 0.269      
7 C -0.184      
8 H 0.244      
9 H 0.244      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.478 -3.396 0.000 4.204
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.700 -0.175 0.000
y -0.175 -31.023 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.799
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.789 -0.175 0.000
y -0.175 -2.773 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.562
Polar
3z2-r27.124
x2-y21.323
xy-0.175
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.113 0.093 0.000
y 0.093 6.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.448


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 96.385
(<r2>)1/2 9.818