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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31+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 B97D3/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.010516
Energy at 298.15K-267.015858
HF Energy-267.010516
Nuclear repulsion energy170.204032
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 B97D3/6-31+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' 3049 2997 5.41      
2 A' 3042 2990 39.34      
3 A' 1867 1835 480.12      
4 A' 1495 1470 1.82      
5 A' 1433 1408 10.99      
6 A' 1308 1285 18.04      
7 A' 1196 1176 13.74      
8 A' 1067 1049 150.30      
9 A' 992 975 0.36      
10 A' 894 879 86.49      
11 A' 864 849 12.23      
12 A' 732 719 1.83      
13 A' 473 465 3.16      
14 A" 3117 3063 19.19      
15 A" 3102 3049 3.89      
16 A" 1176 1156 0.09      
17 A" 1126 1106 0.75      
18 A" 1037 1019 2.22      
19 A" 790 776 2.31      
20 A" 500 491 3.05      
21 A" 180 177 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14720.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9828) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14466.8 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 B97D3/6-31+G**
ABC
0.40965 0.17173 0.12696

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.046 -0.283 0.000
C2 0.000 0.631 0.000
O3 -0.072 1.831 0.000
C4 1.092 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.721 -0.442 0.897
H6 1.721 -0.442 -0.897
C7 -0.097 -1.425 0.000
H8 -0.235 -2.028 -0.904
H9 -0.235 -2.028 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38932.32812.14362.91312.91311.48452.12562.1256
C21.38931.20211.53432.21812.21812.05882.81852.8185
O32.32811.20212.55813.03153.03153.25663.96703.9670
C42.14361.53432.55811.09591.09591.53952.25312.2531
H52.91312.21813.03151.09591.79392.25323.09582.5180
H62.91312.21813.03151.09591.79392.25322.51803.0958
C71.48452.05883.25661.53952.25322.25321.09531.0953
H82.12562.81853.96702.25313.09582.51801.09531.8082
H92.12562.81853.96702.25312.51803.09581.09531.8082

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 127.947 O1 C2 C4 93.981
O1 C7 C4 90.146 O1 C7 H8 110.278
O1 C7 H9 110.278 C2 O1 C7 91.740
C2 C4 H5 113.907 C2 C4 H6 113.907
C2 C4 C7 84.132 O3 C2 C4 138.073
C4 C7 H8 116.562 C4 C7 H9 116.562
H5 C4 H6 109.796 H5 C4 C7 116.567
H6 C4 C7 116.567 H8 C7 H9 110.993
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.310      
2 C 0.340      
3 O -0.424      
4 C -0.238      
5 H 0.191      
6 H 0.191      
7 C -0.078      
8 H 0.164      
9 H 0.164      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.206 -3.816 0.000 4.407
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.999 -0.025 0.000
y -0.025 -32.186 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.220
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.296 -0.025 0.000
y -0.025 -3.576 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.872
Polar
3z2-r27.745
x2-y22.187
xy-0.025
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.799 0.062 0.000
y 0.062 7.727 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.595


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.754
(<r2>)1/2 9.785