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

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.139922
Energy at 298.15K-267.145399
HF Energy-267.139922
Nuclear repulsion energy172.399593
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 wB97X-D/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' 3110 2975 9.92      
2 A' 3104 2969 27.54      
3 A' 1974 1888 511.20      
4 A' 1525 1459 0.49      
5 A' 1454 1391 16.77      
6 A' 1367 1308 29.44      
7 A' 1239 1185 19.09      
8 A' 1147 1097 165.11      
9 A' 1036 991 6.47      
10 A' 991 948 94.76      
11 A' 911 871 1.97      
12 A' 770 737 0.51      
13 A' 505 483 4.00      
14 A" 3178 3040 18.68      
15 A" 3163 3026 3.35      
16 A" 1209 1156 0.00      
17 A" 1170 1119 1.10      
18 A" 1068 1021 4.31      
19 A" 804 769 3.37      
20 A" 521 498 3.34      
21 A" 172 164 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15207.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14546.2 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 wB97X-D/6-311G**
ABC
0.41796 0.17669 0.13040

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.030 -0.276 0.000
C2 0.000 0.623 0.000
O3 -0.071 1.805 0.000
C4 1.084 -0.443 0.000
H5 1.708 -0.437 0.893
H6 1.708 -0.437 -0.893
C7 -0.105 -1.404 0.000
H8 -0.239 -2.005 -0.898
H9 -0.239 -2.005 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36702.29082.12052.88422.88421.45922.10302.1030
C21.36701.18401.51992.19912.19912.02962.78742.7874
O32.29081.18402.52682.99762.99763.20883.91773.9177
C42.12051.51992.52681.08941.08941.52862.23562.2356
H52.88422.19912.99761.08941.78612.24013.07552.5000
H62.88422.19912.99761.08941.78612.24012.50003.0755
C71.45922.02963.20881.52862.24012.24011.08911.0891
H82.10302.78743.91772.23563.07552.50001.08911.7965
H92.10302.78743.91772.23562.50003.07551.08911.7965

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 127.647 O1 C2 C4 94.385
O1 C7 C4 90.394 O1 C7 H8 110.384
O1 C7 H9 110.384 C2 O1 C7 91.739
C2 C4 H5 113.854 C2 C4 H6 113.854
C2 C4 C7 83.483 O3 C2 C4 137.968
C4 C7 H8 116.298 C4 C7 H9 116.298
H5 C4 H6 110.123 H5 C4 C7 116.666
H6 C4 C7 116.666 H8 C7 H9 111.132
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.285      
2 C 0.368      
3 O -0.301      
4 C -0.405      
5 H 0.172      
6 H 0.172      
7 C 0.008      
8 H 0.136      
9 H 0.136      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.073 -3.674 0.000 4.218
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.370 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 -31.591 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.695
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.226 0.004 0.000
y 0.004 -3.559 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.785
Polar
3z2-r27.570
x2-y22.222
xy0.004
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.830 0.107 0.000
y 0.107 6.580 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.051


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 93.467
(<r2>)1/2 9.668