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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G**

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/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.647721
Energy at 298.15K-265.653413
Nuclear repulsion energy173.783835
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/6-31G**
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' 3260 2942 12.71      
2 A' 3252 2935 34.54      
3 A' 2124 1917 617.54      
4 A' 1666 1504 3.87      
5 A' 1592 1437 15.68      
6 A' 1506 1359 52.84      
7 A' 1369 1236 9.70      
8 A' 1263 1140 192.93      
9 A' 1109 1001 86.59      
10 A' 1082 977 55.31      
11 A' 978 883 4.19      
12 A' 830 749 0.58      
13 A' 543 490 6.09      
14 A" 3323 2999 29.37      
15 A" 3307 2985 3.39      
16 A" 1313 1185 0.04      
17 A" 1273 1149 1.86      
18 A" 1174 1059 10.21      
19 A" 863 779 3.14      
20 A" 572 516 10.32      
21 A" 191 172 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16294.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14707.0 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.42588 0.17902 0.13232

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.014 -0.260 0.000
C2 0.000 0.621 0.000
O3 -0.053 1.792 0.000
C4 1.077 -0.450 0.000
H5 1.696 -0.456 0.887
H6 1.696 -0.456 -0.887
C7 -0.130 -1.395 0.000
H8 -0.270 -1.994 -0.888
H9 -0.270 -1.994 0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.34332.26592.09912.85822.85821.43842.08522.0852
C21.34331.17201.51892.19622.19622.02052.77502.7750
O32.26591.17202.51062.98292.98293.18803.89473.8947
C42.09911.51892.51061.08171.08171.53282.23302.2330
H52.85822.19622.98291.08171.77312.23723.06332.4966
H62.85822.19622.98291.08171.77312.23722.49663.0633
C71.43842.02053.18801.53282.23722.23721.08041.0804
H82.08522.77503.89472.23303.06332.49661.08041.7768
H92.08522.77503.89472.23302.49663.06331.08041.7768

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 128.413 O1 C2 C4 94.144
O1 C7 C4 89.842 O1 C7 H8 110.962
O1 C7 H9 110.962 C2 O1 C7 93.100
C2 C4 H5 114.187 C2 C4 H6 114.187
C2 C4 C7 82.915 O3 C2 C4 137.444
C4 C7 H8 116.334 C4 C7 H9 116.334
H5 C4 H6 110.094 H5 C4 C7 116.611
H6 C4 C7 116.611 H8 C7 H9 110.623
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.600 -0.529    
2 C 0.794 0.905    
3 O -0.521 -0.599    
4 C -0.424 -0.465    
5 H 0.179 0.136    
6 H 0.179 0.136    
7 C 0.106 0.439    
8 H 0.144 -0.012    
9 H 0.144 -0.012    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.294 -4.066 0.000 4.668
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.604 -0.094 0.000
y -0.094 -32.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.763
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.162 -0.094 0.000
y -0.094 -3.938 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.100
Polar
3z2-r28.200
x2-y22.517
xy-0.094
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.304 0.125 0.000
y 0.125 5.927 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.784


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.581
(<r2>)1/2 9.622