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

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.100766
Energy at 298.15K-267.106060
Nuclear repulsion energy169.190228
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 BLYP/6-31+G**
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' 3019 3003 8.06      
2 A' 3016 3000 30.65      
3 A' 1827 1817 466.34      
4 A' 1483 1475 1.67      
5 A' 1425 1418 10.38      
6 A' 1289 1282 15.56      
7 A' 1186 1179 12.39      
8 A' 1043 1037 149.32      
9 A' 974 969 0.08      
10 A' 869 865 63.10      
11 A' 839 834 30.38      
12 A' 714 710 2.24      
13 A' 463 461 3.04      
14 A" 3083 3066 19.64      
15 A" 3067 3051 0.82      
16 A" 1165 1159 0.09      
17 A" 1109 1103 0.73      
18 A" 1027 1021 1.97      
19 A" 783 779 2.27      
20 A" 497 494 3.13      
21 A" 181 180 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14528.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9947) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14451.5 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 BLYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.40474 0.16971 0.12542

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.054 -0.286 0.000
C2 0.000 0.636 0.000
O3 -0.075 1.842 0.000
C4 1.098 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.731 -0.442 0.899
H6 1.731 -0.442 -0.899
C7 -0.093 -1.436 0.000
H8 -0.233 -2.040 -0.907
H9 -0.233 -2.040 0.907

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.39942.34162.15762.93022.93021.49852.13842.1384
C21.39941.20841.54222.22812.22812.07322.83412.8341
O32.34161.20842.57193.04643.04643.27723.98873.9887
C42.15761.54222.57191.09961.09961.54742.26422.2642
H52.93022.22813.04641.09961.79832.26343.10952.5314
H62.93022.22813.04641.09961.79832.26342.53143.1095
C71.49852.07323.27721.54742.26342.26341.09831.0983
H82.13842.83413.98872.26423.10952.53141.09831.8135
H92.13842.83413.98872.26422.53143.10951.09831.8135

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 127.620 O1 C2 C4 94.230
O1 C7 C4 90.189 O1 C7 H8 109.912
O1 C7 H9 109.912 C2 O1 C7 91.288
C2 C4 H5 113.951 C2 C4 H6 113.951
C2 C4 C7 84.293 O3 C2 C4 138.150
C4 C7 H8 116.669 C4 C7 H9 116.669
H5 C4 H6 109.711 H5 C4 C7 116.517
H6 C4 C7 116.517 H8 C7 H9 111.290
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.315      
2 C 0.387      
3 O -0.432      
4 C -0.259      
5 H 0.180      
6 H 0.180      
7 C -0.047      
8 H 0.154      
9 H 0.154      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.236 -3.824 0.000 4.429
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.445 -0.030 0.000
y -0.030 -32.622 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.606
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.331 -0.030 0.000
y -0.030 -3.596 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.927
Polar
3z2-r27.854
x2-y22.176
xy-0.030
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> 96.931
(<r2>)1/2 9.845