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All results from a given calculation for C2H4O (Ethylene oxide)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.874065
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-152.874065
Nuclear repulsion energy76.328972
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 A1 3280 2960 10.54 190.66 0.10 0.19
2 A1 1694 1529 5.41 2.54 0.43 0.60
3 A1 1423 1284 16.92 27.93 0.17 0.29
4 A1 1303 1176 4.49 3.23 0.28 0.44
5 A1 990 893 83.62 13.07 0.73 0.84
6 A2 3352 3026 0.00 107.54 0.75 0.86
7 A2 1285 1160 0.00 3.89 0.75 0.86
8 A2 1149 1037 0.00 0.13 0.75 0.86
9 B1 3369 3041 65.90 11.94 0.75 0.86
10 B1 1284 1159 7.18 13.08 0.75 0.86
11 B1 883 797 0.02 6.55 0.75 0.86
12 B2 3266 2948 48.51 7.45 0.75 0.86
13 B2 1639 1479 1.08 5.40 0.75 0.86
14 B2 1290 1164 0.22 2.37 0.75 0.86
15 B2 975 880 10.99 8.95 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13589.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12266.2 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 HF/6-31G**
ABC
0.89263 0.75181 0.48678

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.835
C2 0.000 0.726 -0.364
C3 0.000 -0.726 -0.364
H4 0.910 1.262 -0.578
H5 -0.910 1.262 -0.578
H6 -0.910 -1.262 -0.578
H7 0.910 -1.262 -0.578

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7
O11.40141.40142.10142.10142.10142.1014
C21.40141.45271.07751.07752.19722.1972
C31.40141.45272.19722.19721.07751.0775
H42.10141.07752.19721.82013.11202.5242
H52.10141.07752.19721.82012.52423.1120
H62.10142.19721.07753.11202.52421.8201
H72.10142.19721.07752.52423.11201.8201

picture of Ethylene oxide state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C2 C3 58.782 O1 C2 H4 115.303
O1 C2 H5 115.303 O1 C3 C2 58.782
O1 C3 H6 115.303 O1 C3 H7 115.303
C2 O1 C3 62.436 C2 C3 H6 119.815
C2 C3 H7 119.815 C3 C2 H4 119.815
C3 C2 H5 119.815 H4 C2 H5 115.266
H6 C3 H7 115.266
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 -0.552      
2 C 0.015      
3 C 0.015      
4 H 0.131      
5 H 0.131      
6 H 0.131      
7 H 0.131      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.273 2.273
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.264 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -20.667
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.136 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.834 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.970
Polar
3z2-r2-7.940
x2-y2-1.133
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.156 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.082 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.555


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 35.768
(<r2>)1/2 5.981