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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.551498
Energy at 298.15K-263.556493
Nuclear repulsion energy163.725254
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/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' 3242 2999 0.59      
2 A' 3195 2956 4.20      
3 A' 1873 1733 106.22      
4 A' 1600 1480 2.82      
5 A' 1573 1456 1.94      
6 A' 1345 1244 1.82      
7 A' 1269 1174 5.51      
8 A' 1038 960 65.17      
9 A' 1029 952 13.34      
10 A' 996 922 17.17      
11 A' 872 807 3.62      
12 A' 713 660 1.82      
13 A' 435 403 3.21      
14 A" 3364 3112 0.10      
15 A" 3309 3062 3.89      
16 A" 1236 1143 0.00      
17 A" 1121 1037 0.46      
18 A" 1035 958 1.88      
19 A" 817 756 1.93      
20 A" 457 423 0.50      
21 A" 184 170 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15352.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9252) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14203.8 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 BLYP/STO-3G
ABC
0.38133 0.15776 0.11679

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.094 -0.328 0.000
C2 0.000 0.668 0.000
O3 -0.101 1.917 0.000
C4 1.133 -0.458 0.000
H5 1.769 -0.475 0.911
H6 1.769 -0.475 -0.911
C7 -0.070 -1.470 0.000
H8 -0.173 -2.103 -0.916
H9 -0.173 -2.103 0.916

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.48012.45532.23073.00783.00781.53412.19892.1989
C21.48011.25301.59712.29462.29462.13992.92342.9234
O32.45531.25302.67643.17023.17023.38784.12344.1234
C42.23071.59712.67641.11101.11101.57242.29102.2910
H53.00782.29463.17021.11101.82172.28063.12322.5334
H63.00782.29463.17021.11101.82172.28062.53343.1232
C71.53412.13993.38781.57242.28062.28061.11741.1174
H82.19892.92344.12342.29103.12322.53341.11741.8312
H92.19892.92344.12342.29102.53343.12321.11741.8312

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 127.685 O1 C2 C4 92.843
O1 C7 C4 91.785 O1 C7 H8 111.086
O1 C7 H9 111.086 C2 O1 C7 90.444
C2 C4 H5 114.645 C2 C4 H6 114.645
C2 C4 C7 84.928 O3 C2 C4 139.472
C4 C7 H8 115.773 C4 C7 H9 115.773
H5 C4 H6 110.136 H5 C4 C7 115.324
H6 C4 C7 115.324 H8 C7 H9 110.053
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.135      
2 C 0.179      
3 O -0.171      
4 C -0.160      
5 H 0.089      
6 H 0.089      
7 C -0.058      
8 H 0.084      
9 H 0.084      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.305 -2.225 0.000 2.579
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.039 -0.184 0.000
y -0.184 -28.230 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.057
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.396 -0.184 0.000
y -0.184 -2.182 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.578
Polar
3z2-r25.156
x2-y21.191
xy-0.184
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.673 0.046 0.000
y 0.046 4.666 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.003


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 100.236
(<r2>)1/2 10.012