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

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.084560
Energy at 298.15K-267.089860
Nuclear repulsion energy169.343596
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/6-31G**
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' 3021 2998 4.42      
2 A' 3010 2987 36.88      
3 A' 1862 1848 370.41      
4 A' 1494 1483 2.70      
5 A' 1433 1422 6.94      
6 A' 1299 1289 17.59      
7 A' 1187 1178 9.97      
8 A' 1050 1041 136.89      
9 A' 978 971 0.58      
10 A' 875 868 68.81      
11 A' 848 842 13.38      
12 A' 719 713 1.73      
13 A' 466 462 2.89      
14 A" 3079 3056 19.56      
15 A" 3063 3040 8.31      
16 A" 1170 1161 0.08      
17 A" 1114 1105 0.24      
18 A" 1027 1019 2.57      
19 A" 783 777 2.05      
20 A" 496 492 2.25      
21 A" 180 179 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14576.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14463.9 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/6-31G**
ABC
0.40484 0.17012 0.12563

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.053 -0.286 0.000
C2 0.000 0.636 0.000
O3 -0.077 1.840 0.000
C4 1.099 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.733 -0.446 0.898
H6 1.733 -0.446 -0.898
C7 -0.095 -1.430 0.000
H8 -0.228 -2.041 -0.904
H9 -0.228 -2.041 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.39982.33962.15752.93092.93091.49182.13892.1389
C21.39981.20591.54402.23202.23202.06902.83482.8348
O32.33961.20592.57243.05083.05083.27033.98733.9873
C42.15751.54402.57241.09931.09931.54602.26142.2614
H52.93092.23203.05081.09931.79622.26183.10402.5270
H62.93092.23203.05081.09931.79622.26182.52703.1040
C71.49182.06903.27031.54602.26182.26181.09901.0990
H82.13892.83483.98732.26143.10402.52701.09901.8086
H92.13892.83483.98732.26142.52703.10401.09901.8086

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 127.605 O1 C2 C4 94.129
O1 C7 C4 90.486 O1 C7 H8 110.378
O1 C7 H9 110.378 C2 O1 C7 91.316
C2 C4 H5 114.155 C2 C4 H6 114.155
C2 C4 C7 84.068 O3 C2 C4 138.266
C4 C7 H8 116.494 C4 C7 H9 116.494
H5 C4 H6 109.570 H5 C4 C7 116.513
H6 C4 C7 116.513 H8 C7 H9 110.743
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.412      
2 C 0.561      
3 O -0.400      
4 C -0.301      
5 H 0.133      
6 H 0.133      
7 C 0.059      
8 H 0.113      
9 H 0.113      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.965 -3.399 0.000 3.926
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.153 -0.058 0.000
y -0.058 -31.178 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.851
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.138 -0.058 0.000
y -0.058 -3.176 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.314
Polar
3z2-r26.628
x2-y22.025
xy-0.058
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 96.093
(<r2>)1/2 9.803