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

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.623331
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.623331
Nuclear repulsion energy75.449869
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 PBE1PBE/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 A1 3130 2990 13.80 215.31 0.09 0.17
2 A1 1554 1484 4.98 3.03 0.38 0.55
3 A1 1331 1271 15.37 30.85 0.14 0.25
4 A1 1165 1112 0.00 1.11 0.22 0.36
5 A1 928 887 78.88 11.30 0.73 0.84
6 A2 3211 3068 0.00 114.48 0.75 0.86
7 A2 1177 1124 0.00 2.59 0.75 0.86
8 A2 1049 1002 0.00 0.26 0.75 0.86
9 B1 3225 3081 41.29 23.28 0.75 0.86
10 B1 1177 1124 3.63 6.38 0.75 0.86
11 B1 821 784 0.18 4.70 0.75 0.86
12 B2 3122 2983 33.20 11.01 0.75 0.86
13 B2 1507 1440 0.00 6.57 0.75 0.86
14 B2 1159 1107 1.48 1.54 0.75 0.86
15 B2 901 861 11.59 4.77 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12728.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12159.5 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 PBE1PBE/6-31+G**
ABC
0.86506 0.74004 0.47606

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-31+G**

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 0.000 0.000 0.848
C2 0.000 0.732 -0.370
C3 0.000 -0.732 -0.370
H4 0.922 1.269 -0.587
H5 -0.922 1.269 -0.587
H6 -0.922 -1.269 -0.587
H7 0.922 -1.269 -0.587

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 C3 H4 H5 H6 H7
O11.42111.42112.12652.12652.12652.1265
C21.42111.46391.08921.08922.21412.2141
C31.42111.46392.21412.21411.08921.0892
H42.12651.08922.21411.84433.13762.5383
H52.12651.08922.21411.84432.53833.1376
H62.12652.21411.08923.13762.53831.8443
H72.12652.21411.08922.53833.13761.8443

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 58.998 O1 C2 H4 115.166
O1 C2 H5 115.166 O1 C3 C2 58.998
O1 C3 H6 115.166 O1 C3 H7 115.166
C2 O1 C3 62.004 C2 C3 H6 119.554
C2 C3 H7 119.554 C3 C2 H4 119.554
C3 C2 H5 119.554 H4 C2 H5 115.699
H6 C3 H7 115.699
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.318      
2 C -0.165      
3 C -0.165      
4 H 0.162      
5 H 0.162      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.162      


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 -2.081 2.081
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.408 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -16.401 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -21.061
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.323 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 2.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -4.156
Polar
3z2-r2-8.312
x2-y2-1.007
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.576 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 4.481 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.315


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.475
(<r2>)1/2 6.039