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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-263.647717
Energy at 298.15K-263.652882
Nuclear repulsion energy165.866880
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/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' 3351 2991 1.90      
2 A' 3305 2950 2.11      
3 A' 1966 1754 128.82      
4 A' 1649 1472 2.27      
5 A' 1616 1442 2.90      
6 A' 1411 1259 3.25      
7 A' 1324 1182 5.25      
8 A' 1124 1003 102.24      
9 A' 1092 974 7.23      
10 A' 1058 944 3.23      
11 A' 928 828 3.97      
12 A' 753 672 1.60      
13 A' 464 414 4.82      
14 A" 3476 3102 0.19      
15 A" 3422 3054 2.14      
16 A" 1276 1138 0.00      
17 A" 1170 1044 0.76      
18 A" 1077 961 3.04      
19 A" 840 750 2.29      
20 A" 485 433 1.34      
21 A" 188 168 0.04      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15987.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8924) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14267.1 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.39084 0.16213 0.11999

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.077 -0.319 0.000
C2 0.000 0.657 0.000
O3 -0.096 1.891 0.000
C4 1.121 -0.453 0.000
H5 1.751 -0.471 0.904
H6 1.751 -0.471 -0.904
C7 -0.081 -1.451 0.000
H8 -0.182 -2.080 -0.908
H9 -0.182 -2.080 0.908

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.45312.41782.20142.97282.97281.50772.17392.1739
C21.45311.23771.57762.27082.27082.10942.88932.8893
O32.41781.23772.64113.13173.13173.34184.07434.0743
C42.20141.57762.64111.10261.10261.56142.27312.2731
H52.97282.27083.13171.10261.80872.26583.10012.5152
H62.97282.27083.13171.10261.80872.26582.51523.1001
C71.50772.10943.34181.56142.26582.26581.10931.1093
H82.17392.88934.07432.27313.10012.51521.10931.8161
H92.17392.88934.07432.27312.51523.10011.10931.8161

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 127.752 O1 C2 C4 93.072
O1 C7 C4 91.641 O1 C7 H8 111.430
O1 C7 H9 111.430 C2 O1 C7 90.845
C2 C4 H5 114.673 C2 C4 H6 114.673
C2 C4 C7 84.442 O3 C2 C4 139.176
C4 C7 H8 115.631 C4 C7 H9 115.631
H5 C4 H6 110.204 H5 C4 C7 115.457
H6 C4 C7 115.457 H8 C7 H9 109.885
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.163      
2 C 0.215      
3 O -0.191      
4 C -0.167      
5 H 0.093      
6 H 0.093      
7 C -0.054      
8 H 0.087      
9 H 0.087      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.450 -2.311 0.000 2.729
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -27.205 -0.194 0.000
y -0.194 -28.506 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.977
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.463 -0.194 0.000
y -0.194 -2.415 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.879
Polar
3z2-r25.757
x2-y21.301
xy-0.194
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 2.534 0.048 0.000
y 0.048 4.459 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.956


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 98.171
(<r2>)1/2 9.908