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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (2-Propenoic acid)

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-267.098186
Energy at 298.15K-267.102858
Nuclear repulsion energy163.008654
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' 3839 3653 77.27      
2 A' 3296 3136 2.80      
3 A' 3246 3088 1.38      
4 A' 3198 3043 3.32      
5 A' 1866 1775 325.00      
6 A' 1724 1640 10.99      
7 A' 1467 1395 53.82      
8 A' 1397 1330 58.66      
9 A' 1315 1251 1.23      
10 A' 1228 1168 169.78      
11 A' 1048 998 62.30      
12 A' 856 815 9.56      
13 A' 588 560 44.43      
14 A' 536 510 8.30      
15 A' 282 268 0.90      
16 A" 1040 989 20.30      
17 A" 1007 958 33.08      
18 A" 838 797 45.12      
19 A" 618 588 97.44      
20 A" 484 461 11.64      
21 A" 110 105 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14991.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9515) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14263.9 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G**
ABC
0.36101 0.14653 0.10423

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 1.330 0.341 0.000
H2 1.742 1.216 0.000
O3 -0.472 1.679 0.000
C4 0.000 0.564 0.000
C5 -0.807 -0.672 0.000
H6 -1.877 -0.496 0.000
C7 -0.290 -1.899 0.000
H8 0.782 -2.057 0.000
H9 -0.926 -2.777 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.96692.24411.34842.36503.31432.76402.45913.8482
H20.96692.26131.85943.17174.00313.71853.40994.8017
O32.24412.26131.21032.37422.58933.58213.94014.4783
C41.34841.85941.21031.47632.15592.48002.73503.4668
C52.36503.17172.37421.47631.08391.33182.10842.1082
H63.31434.00312.58932.15591.08392.11813.08342.4705
C72.76403.71853.58212.48001.33182.11811.08381.0842
H82.45913.40993.94012.73502.10843.08341.08381.8543
H93.84824.80174.47833.46682.10822.47051.08421.8543

picture of 2-Propenoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C4 O3 122.480 O1 C4 C5 113.628
H2 O1 C4 105.672 O3 C4 C5 123.892
C4 C5 H6 113.842 C4 C5 C7 123.971
C5 C7 H8 121.233 C5 C7 H9 121.180
H6 C5 C7 122.187 H8 C7 H9 117.587
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 -0.515      
2 H 0.339      
3 O -0.482      
4 C 0.587      
5 C -0.136      
6 H 0.157      
7 C -0.265      
8 H 0.167      
9 H 0.149      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.919 -1.838 0.000 2.055
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.409 5.094 0.000
y 5.094 -28.194 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.438
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.407 5.094 0.000
y 5.094 -0.770 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.637
Polar
3z2-r2-5.274
x2-y22.785
xy5.094
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> 109.046
(<r2>)1/2 10.443