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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (2-Propenoic acid)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.609248
Energy at 298.15K-265.613849
Nuclear repulsion energy159.941911
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 BLYP/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' 3321 3303 7.49      
2 A' 3186 3168 5.38      
3 A' 3137 3120 2.86      
4 A' 3094 3077 5.20      
5 A' 1685 1675 149.38      
6 A' 1629 1620 21.34      
7 A' 1449 1441 15.18      
8 A' 1336 1328 14.45      
9 A' 1302 1295 3.37      
10 A' 1143 1137 76.67      
11 A' 982 976 170.82      
12 A' 780 776 3.28      
13 A' 556 553 29.95      
14 A' 507 504 13.03      
15 A' 292 291 0.44      
16 A" 1024 1018 21.21      
17 A" 973 968 38.56      
18 A" 802 798 31.67      
19 A" 584 581 107.11      
20 A" 481 479 16.18      
21 A" 136 135 1.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14198.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14120.7 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 BLYP/3-21G
ABC
0.34319 0.14350 0.10119

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.368 0.238 0.000
H2 1.875 1.111 0.000
O3 -0.400 1.748 0.000
C4 0.000 0.574 0.000
C5 -0.858 -0.639 0.000
H6 -1.927 -0.427 0.000
C7 -0.370 -1.891 0.000
H8 0.706 -2.066 0.000
H9 -1.026 -2.764 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.01032.32541.40852.39243.36162.74852.39663.8397
H21.01032.36261.95073.24584.10193.74953.38544.8413
O32.32542.36261.24112.43142.65813.64003.97134.5560
C41.40851.95071.24111.48582.17162.49262.73213.4921
C52.39243.24582.43141.48581.09031.34362.11662.1315
H63.36164.10192.65812.17161.09032.13753.10162.5051
C72.74853.74953.64002.49261.34362.13751.09031.0918
H82.39663.38543.97132.73212.11663.10161.09031.8676
H93.83974.84134.55603.49212.13152.50511.09181.8676

picture of 2-Propenoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C4 O3 122.598 O1 C4 C5 111.477
H2 O1 C4 106.339 O3 C4 C5 125.925
C4 C5 H6 114.036 C4 C5 C7 123.445
C5 C7 H8 120.482 C5 C7 H9 121.805
H6 C5 C7 122.519 H8 C7 H9 117.713
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.505      
2 H 0.342      
3 O -0.451      
4 C 0.547      
5 C -0.211      
6 H 0.196      
7 C -0.312      
8 H 0.208      
9 H 0.187      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.750 -1.475 0.000 1.654
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.114 4.844 0.000
y 4.844 -28.924 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.764
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.230 4.844 0.000
y 4.844 -1.485 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.745
Polar
3z2-r2-5.489
x2-y23.810
xy4.844
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> 111.844
(<r2>)1/2 10.576