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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.059593
Energy at 298.15K-267.065047
Nuclear repulsion energy171.719191
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 B3PW91/6-31G**
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' 3116 2986 2.04      
2 A' 3099 2970 34.24      
3 A' 1962 1881 445.03      
4 A' 1532 1469 1.54      
5 A' 1462 1401 12.13      
6 A' 1360 1303 28.25      
7 A' 1230 1179 15.68      
8 A' 1135 1088 154.53      
9 A' 1033 990 2.36      
10 A' 975 935 88.53      
11 A' 908 870 1.59      
12 A' 759 727 0.76      
13 A' 496 475 3.79      
14 A" 3181 3048 7.73      
15 A" 3160 3029 13.02      
16 A" 1203 1153 0.04      
17 A" 1163 1115 0.40      
18 A" 1063 1018 4.41      
19 A" 805 771 3.22      
20 A" 517 495 2.92      
21 A" 184 176 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15170.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9584) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14539.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.41586 0.17505 0.12930

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.034 -0.278 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.069 1.815 0.000
C4 1.086 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.714 -0.446 0.893
H6 1.714 -0.446 -0.893
C7 -0.107 -1.407 0.000
H8 -0.240 -2.015 -0.898
H9 -0.240 -2.015 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37192.30442.12602.89382.89381.46072.10992.1099
C21.37191.19271.52522.20942.20942.03412.79772.7977
O32.30441.19272.53973.01523.01523.22223.93723.9372
C42.12601.52522.53971.09201.09201.53102.24082.2408
H52.89382.20943.01521.09201.78662.24383.07952.5051
H62.89382.20943.01521.09201.78662.24382.50513.0795
C71.46072.03413.22221.53102.24382.24381.09221.0922
H82.10992.79773.93722.24083.07952.50511.09221.7954
H92.10992.79773.93722.24082.50513.07951.09221.7954

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 127.796 O1 C2 C4 94.268
O1 C7 C4 90.541 O1 C7 H8 110.654
O1 C7 H9 110.654 C2 O1 C7 91.741
C2 C4 H5 114.152 C2 C4 H6 114.152
C2 C4 C7 83.450 O3 C2 C4 137.937
C4 C7 H8 116.350 C4 C7 H9 116.350
H5 C4 H6 109.787 H5 C4 C7 116.626
H6 C4 C7 116.626 H8 C7 H9 110.561
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.453      
2 C 0.630      
3 O -0.436      
4 C -0.418      
5 H 0.181      
6 H 0.181      
7 C 0.010      
8 H 0.153      
9 H 0.153      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.048 -3.602 0.000 4.143
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.946 -0.050 0.000
y -0.050 -31.162 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.542
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.093 -0.050 0.000
y -0.050 -3.418 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.512
Polar
3z2-r27.023
x2-y22.217
xy-0.050
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> 93.865
(<r2>)1/2 9.688