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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.425835
Energy at 298.15K-266.431296
HF Energy-265.643936
Nuclear repulsion energy171.293048
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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3190 2981 1.55      
2 A' 3178 2969 31.54      
3 A' 1934 1807 371.73      
4 A' 1585 1481 3.48      
5 A' 1515 1415 10.28      
6 A' 1384 1293 21.73      
7 A' 1267 1184 12.98      
8 A' 1135 1061 166.20      
9 A' 1051 982 0.57      
10 A' 974 910 94.98      
11 A' 919 859 6.03      
12 A' 753 703 2.29      
13 A' 498 465 4.01      
14 A" 3267 3052 8.63      
15 A" 3250 3037 10.38      
16 A" 1239 1158 0.15      
17 A" 1184 1107 0.48      
18 A" 1084 1012 3.74      
19 A" 825 771 1.90      
20 A" 518 484 3.73      
21 A" 170 159 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15459.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9344) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14445.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G**
ABC
0.41446 0.17401 0.12855

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.042 -0.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.067 1.823 0.000
C4 1.084 -0.445 0.000
H5 1.706 -0.442 0.890
H6 1.706 -0.442 -0.890
C7 -0.098 -1.411 0.000
H8 -0.227 -2.014 -0.894
H9 -0.227 -2.014 0.894

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38292.32242.13242.89332.89331.46932.11012.1101
C21.38291.20071.52252.19992.19992.03722.79422.7942
O32.32241.20072.54333.01103.01103.23383.94253.9425
C42.13241.52252.54331.08601.08601.52672.23132.2313
H52.89332.19993.01101.08601.78022.23323.06442.4914
H62.89332.19993.01101.08601.78022.23322.49143.0644
C71.46932.03723.23381.52672.23322.23321.08601.0860
H82.11012.79423.94252.23133.06442.49141.08601.7883
H92.11012.79423.94252.23132.49143.06441.08601.7883

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 127.886 O1 C2 C4 94.312
O1 C7 C4 90.733 O1 C7 H8 110.440
O1 C7 H9 110.440 C2 O1 C7 91.113
C2 C4 H5 113.949 C2 C4 H6 113.949
C2 C4 C7 83.841 O3 C2 C4 137.802
C4 C7 H8 116.285 C4 C7 H9 116.285
H5 C4 H6 110.096 H5 C4 C7 116.454
H6 C4 C7 116.454 H8 C7 H9 110.845
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability