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

using model chemistry: HF/STO-3G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-262.209464
Energy at 298.15K-262.214969
Nuclear repulsion energy169.748548
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 HF/STO-3G
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' 3627 2962 3.94      
2 A' 3591 2932 0.66      
3 A' 2221 1814 162.92      
4 A' 1813 1480 3.92      
5 A' 1767 1443 2.99      
6 A' 1602 1308 12.70      
7 A' 1499 1224 1.05      
8 A' 1355 1106 105.90      
9 A' 1265 1033 23.78      
10 A' 1177 961 0.42      
11 A' 1060 865 5.99      
12 A' 852 696 0.96      
13 A' 531 434 11.94      
14 A" 3756 3067 1.33      
15 A" 3713 3032 1.25      
16 A" 1407 1149 0.00      
17 A" 1305 1066 2.75      
18 A" 1204 983 7.84      
19 A" 911 743 1.57      
20 A" 551 450 6.61      
21 A" 190 155 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17699.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8165) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14451.2 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 HF/STO-3G
ABC
0.40721 0.17033 0.12584

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.047 -0.306 0.000
C2 0.000 0.643 0.000
O3 -0.084 1.843 0.000
C4 1.102 -0.443 0.000
H5 1.723 -0.460 0.891
H6 1.723 -0.460 -0.891
C7 -0.102 -1.416 0.000
H8 -0.199 -2.040 -0.892
H9 -0.199 -2.040 0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.41272.35482.15282.91402.91401.45822.12682.1268
C21.41271.20341.54642.23162.23162.06162.83442.8344
O32.35481.20342.57523.06053.06053.25963.98623.9862
C42.15281.54642.57521.08661.08661.54792.24482.2448
H52.91402.23163.06051.08661.78182.24483.06122.4882
H62.91402.23163.06051.08661.78182.24482.48823.0612
C71.45822.06163.25961.54792.24482.24481.09311.0931
H82.12682.83443.98622.24483.06122.48821.09311.7847
H92.12682.83443.98622.24482.48823.06121.09311.7847

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 128.161 O1 C2 C4 93.243
O1 C7 C4 91.422 O1 C7 H8 112.152
O1 C7 H9 112.152 C2 O1 C7 91.778
C2 C4 H5 114.766 C2 C4 H6 114.766
C2 C4 C7 83.557 O3 C2 C4 138.596
C4 C7 H8 115.341 C4 C7 H9 115.341
H5 C4 H6 110.154 H5 C4 C7 115.768
H6 C4 C7 115.768 H8 C7 H9 109.441
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.243      
2 C 0.320      
3 O -0.239      
4 C -0.148      
5 H 0.084      
6 H 0.084      
7 C -0.001      
8 H 0.072      
9 H 0.072      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.795 -2.360 0.000 2.965
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.866 -0.234 0.000
y -0.234 -29.430 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.045
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.629 -0.234 0.000
y -0.234 -2.974 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.603
Polar
3z2-r27.206
x2-y21.563
xy-0.234
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.261 -0.004 0.000
y -0.004 4.085 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.878


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 94.875
(<r2>)1/2 9.740