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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.158937
Energy at 298.15K-267.164253
Nuclear repulsion energy169.674352
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/6-311G**
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' 3007 2995 5.83      
2 A' 3001 2990 36.75      
3 A' 1847 1840 412.88      
4 A' 1482 1477 0.89      
5 A' 1422 1416 10.36      
6 A' 1291 1286 11.74      
7 A' 1183 1178 14.63      
8 A' 1033 1029 147.63      
9 A' 973 969 0.37      
10 A' 867 863 55.05      
11 A' 836 833 28.87      
12 A' 718 716 2.23      
13 A' 469 467 2.94      
14 A" 3065 3053 26.07      
15 A" 3050 3038 2.01      
16 A" 1167 1163 0.04      
17 A" 1113 1109 0.59      
18 A" 1026 1022 2.16      
19 A" 783 780 2.13      
20 A" 499 498 2.27      
21 A" 182 181 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14507.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14450.5 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.40608 0.17085 0.12613

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.052 -0.284 0.000
C2 0.000 0.638 0.000
O3 -0.075 1.834 0.000
C4 1.097 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.728 -0.443 0.897
H6 1.728 -0.443 -0.897
C7 -0.094 -1.431 0.000
H8 -0.228 -2.035 -0.904
H9 -0.228 -2.035 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.39852.33172.15462.92512.92511.49402.13612.1361
C21.39851.19791.54312.22692.22692.07092.83132.8313
O32.33171.19792.56443.03953.03953.26443.97613.9761
C42.15461.54312.56441.09671.09671.54442.25712.2571
H52.92512.22693.03951.09671.79362.25843.09932.5225
H62.92512.22693.03951.09671.79362.25842.52253.0993
C71.49402.07093.26441.54442.25842.25841.09581.0958
H82.13612.83133.97612.25713.09932.52251.09581.8080
H92.13612.83133.97612.25712.52253.09931.09581.8080

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 127.641 O1 C2 C4 94.058
O1 C7 C4 90.310 O1 C7 H8 110.188
O1 C7 H9 110.188 C2 O1 C7 91.383
C2 C4 H5 113.971 C2 C4 H6 113.971
C2 C4 C7 84.249 O3 C2 C4 138.301
C4 C7 H8 116.466 C4 C7 H9 116.466
H5 C4 H6 109.710 H5 C4 C7 116.517
H6 C4 C7 116.517 H8 C7 H9 111.175
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.267      
2 C 0.301      
3 O -0.252      
4 C -0.327      
5 H 0.148      
6 H 0.148      
7 C 0.002      
8 H 0.124      
9 H 0.124      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.003 -3.427 0.000 3.969
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.816 -0.024 0.000
y -0.024 -31.682 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.205
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.373 -0.024 0.000
y -0.024 -3.171 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.544
Polar
3z2-r27.089
x2-y21.866
xy-0.024
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.144 0.090 0.000
y 0.090 7.075 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.222


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 96.094
(<r2>)1/2 9.803