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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.092607
Energy at 298.15K-267.098086
Nuclear repulsion energy172.115357
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
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' 3135 2983 1.64      
2 A' 3119 2967 33.04      
3 A' 1981 1885 458.23      
4 A' 1542 1467 1.46      
5 A' 1470 1398 13.08      
6 A' 1372 1306 31.07      
7 A' 1240 1180 16.36      
8 A' 1150 1094 156.41      
9 A' 1043 992 3.59      
10 A' 993 945 88.83      
11 A' 917 873 1.93      
12 A' 766 729 0.73      
13 A' 501 477 3.98      
14 A" 3201 3046 6.65      
15 A" 3181 3027 12.70      
16 A" 1211 1153 0.04      
17 A" 1173 1116 0.47      
18 A" 1070 1019 4.75      
19 A" 808 769 3.34      
20 A" 520 495 3.15      
21 A" 184 175 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15288.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14547.2 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.41766 0.17588 0.12991

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.031 -0.276 0.000
C2 0.000 0.623 0.000
O3 -0.068 1.811 0.000
C4 1.084 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.710 -0.446 0.892
H6 1.710 -0.446 -0.892
C7 -0.109 -1.403 0.000
H8 -0.242 -2.010 -0.896
H9 -0.242 -2.010 0.896

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36752.29852.12112.88742.88741.45612.10512.1051
C21.36751.19021.52242.20552.20552.02892.79152.7915
O32.29851.19022.53423.00893.00893.21453.92843.9284
C42.12111.52242.53421.09031.09031.52892.23722.2372
H52.88742.20553.00891.09031.78462.24073.07492.5012
H62.88742.20553.00891.09031.78462.24072.50123.0749
C71.45612.02893.21451.52892.24072.24071.09051.0905
H82.10512.79153.92842.23723.07492.50121.09051.7928
H92.10512.79153.92842.23722.50123.07491.09051.7928

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 127.827 O1 C2 C4 94.293
O1 C7 C4 90.535 O1 C7 H8 110.690
O1 C7 H9 110.690 C2 O1 C7 91.818
C2 C4 H5 114.141 C2 C4 H6 114.141
C2 C4 C7 83.355 O3 C2 C4 137.881
C4 C7 H8 116.317 C4 C7 H9 116.317
H5 C4 H6 109.847 H5 C4 C7 116.635
H6 C4 C7 116.635 H8 C7 H9 110.570
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.461      
2 C 0.640      
3 O -0.440      
4 C -0.428      
5 H 0.185      
6 H 0.185      
7 C 0.010      
8 H 0.155      
9 H 0.155      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.059 -3.627 0.000 4.170
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.943 -0.051 0.000
y -0.051 -31.179 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.523
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.092 -0.051 0.000
y -0.051 -3.446 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.538
Polar
3z2-r27.076
x2-y22.236
xy-0.051
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> 93.519
(<r2>)1/2 9.670