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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/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 B3LYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.169984
Energy at 298.15K-267.174629
Nuclear repulsion energy162.340856
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 B3LYP/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' 3768 3620 63.18      
2 A' 3264 3136 4.27      
3 A' 3214 3088 2.09      
4 A' 3170 3046 3.90      
5 A' 1828 1757 302.49      
6 A' 1703 1636 10.67      
7 A' 1458 1401 32.89      
8 A' 1380 1326 55.49      
9 A' 1314 1262 1.42      
10 A' 1214 1167 172.99      
11 A' 1039 999 75.85      
12 A' 841 808 7.07      
13 A' 583 561 42.48      
14 A' 532 511 8.00      
15 A' 281 270 0.85      
16 A" 1034 994 17.87      
17 A" 997 958 27.56      
18 A" 826 794 40.63      
19 A" 613 588 95.43      
20 A" 481 462 9.79      
21 A" 111 106 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14825.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9608) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14244.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G**
ABC
0.35740 0.14535 0.10333

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.339 0.341 0.000
H2 1.751 1.221 0.000
O3 -0.472 1.685 0.000
C4 0.000 0.566 0.000
C5 -0.810 -0.673 0.000
H6 -1.880 -0.494 0.000
C7 -0.298 -1.906 0.000
H8 0.774 -2.074 0.000
H9 -0.940 -2.781 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.97142.25561.35822.37653.32602.78052.48023.8661
H20.97142.27131.86973.18544.01593.73873.43654.8230
O32.25562.27131.21452.38242.59433.59543.95984.4908
C41.35821.86971.21451.48042.15832.49012.75083.4769
C52.37653.18542.38241.48041.08521.33482.11382.1120
H63.32604.01592.59432.15831.08522.12053.08832.4727
C72.78053.73873.59542.49011.33482.12051.08471.0856
H82.48023.43653.95982.75082.11383.08831.08471.8543
H93.86614.82304.49083.47692.11202.47271.08561.8543

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 122.409 O1 C4 C5 113.624
H2 O1 C4 105.553 O3 C4 C5 123.967
C4 C5 H6 113.649 C4 C5 C7 124.299
C5 C7 H8 121.429 C5 C7 H9 121.181
H6 C5 C7 122.052 H8 C7 H9 117.390
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.498      
2 H 0.323      
3 O -0.470      
4 C 0.562      
5 C -0.079      
6 H 0.118      
7 C -0.210      
8 H 0.137      
9 H 0.118      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.872 -1.817 0.000 2.016
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.702 5.037 0.000
y 5.037 -28.445 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.398
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.220 5.037 0.000
y 5.037 -0.895 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.325
Polar
3z2-r2-4.650
x2-y22.743
xy5.037
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.533 -0.173 0.000
y -0.173 8.197 -0.000
z 0.000 -0.000 2.359


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.938
(<r2>)1/2 10.485