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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.682471
Energy at 298.15K-265.687216
Nuclear repulsion energy161.592153
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 B3LYP/3-21G
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3498 3375 23.87      
2 A' 3269 3155 3.37      
3 A' 3224 3111 1.54      
4 A' 3177 3065 3.68      
5 A' 1772 1710 196.94      
6 A' 1694 1634 17.19      
7 A' 1489 1437 22.18      
8 A' 1386 1337 28.88      
9 A' 1342 1295 2.70      
10 A' 1184 1142 102.98      
11 A' 1032 995 165.96      
12 A' 820 791 4.06      
13 A' 581 560 33.76      
14 A' 530 511 15.27      
15 A' 302 292 0.56      
16 A" 1061 1024 16.78      
17 A" 1027 991 51.08      
18 A" 839 810 41.09      
19 A" 598 577 119.76      
20 A" 499 482 23.39      
21 A" 144 139 1.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14732.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14215.8 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.35124 0.14623 0.10325

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.349 0.249 0.000
H2 1.864 1.101 0.000
O3 -0.403 1.727 0.000
C4 0.000 0.567 0.000
C5 -0.850 -0.639 0.000
H6 -1.913 -0.433 0.000
C7 -0.356 -1.876 0.000
H8 0.715 -2.040 0.000
H9 -1.000 -2.748 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.99602.29191.38572.37123.33242.72362.37493.8074
H20.99602.35201.93933.22424.07743.71333.34464.7977
O32.29192.35201.22802.40822.63653.60363.92994.5153
C41.38571.93931.22801.47562.15912.46892.70383.4629
C52.37123.22422.40821.47561.08281.33232.10112.1147
H63.33244.07742.63652.15911.08282.12313.08082.4887
C72.72363.71333.60362.46891.33232.12311.08331.0844
H82.37493.34463.92992.70382.10113.08081.08331.8553
H93.80744.79774.51533.46292.11472.48871.08441.8553

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 122.424 O1 C4 C5 111.893
H2 O1 C4 107.904 O3 C4 C5 125.682
C4 C5 H6 114.243 C4 C5 C7 123.022
C5 C7 H8 120.519 C5 C7 H9 121.766
H6 C5 C7 122.735 H8 C7 H9 117.716
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.563     -0.597
2 H 0.365     0.421
3 O -0.488     -0.517
4 C 0.621     0.770
5 C -0.251     -0.356
6 H 0.219     0.188
7 C -0.334     -0.243
8 H 0.227     0.165
9 H 0.204     0.168


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.808 -1.599 0.000 1.792
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.804 -1.620 0.000 1.809


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.053 5.069 0.000
y 5.069 -28.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.745
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.297 5.069 0.000
y 5.069 -1.556 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.741
Polar
3z2-r2-5.483
x2-y23.902
xy5.069
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.124 -0.068 0.000
y -0.068 7.624 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.612


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 110.001
(<r2>)1/2 10.488