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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2COOH (Propanoic Acid)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.675255
Energy at 298.15K-267.682426
HF Energy-266.864393
Nuclear repulsion energy178.007340
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 MP2=FULL/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' 3794 3563 71.39      
2 A' 3234 3037 17.22      
3 A' 3138 2947 3.55      
4 A' 3138 2947 24.43      
5 A' 1816 1706 255.06      
6 A' 1550 1456 9.19      
7 A' 1511 1419 12.66      
8 A' 1469 1380 2.30      
9 A' 1441 1353 63.77      
10 A' 1313 1234 17.01      
11 A' 1182 1110 196.71      
12 A' 1114 1046 120.61      
13 A' 1042 979 1.39      
14 A' 837 786 5.83      
15 A' 613 576 17.93      
16 A' 472 443 22.99      
17 A' 254 238 2.30      
18 A" 3243 3045 16.98      
19 A" 3189 2995 2.33      
20 A" 1542 1448 7.34      
21 A" 1311 1231 0.01      
22 A" 1136 1067 0.16      
23 A" 828 777 10.01      
24 A" 647 607 102.27      
25 A" 522 490 29.61      
26 A" 222 209 0.00      
27 A" 41 39 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20298.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9392) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19064.5 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 MP2=FULL/6-31+G**
ABC
0.33486 0.12773 0.09570

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.566 0.000
C2 -0.601 -0.813 0.000
C3 0.449 -1.910 0.000
O4 -0.967 1.527 0.000
O5 1.190 0.834 0.000
H6 -1.254 -0.881 0.871
H7 -1.254 -0.881 -0.871
H8 -0.031 -2.887 0.000
H9 1.086 -1.837 -0.878
H10 1.086 -1.837 0.878
H11 -0.504 2.382 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.50412.51651.36341.22002.10382.10383.45272.77902.77901.8843
C21.50411.51932.36812.43321.09091.09092.15102.16012.16013.1958
C32.51651.51933.71752.84212.17272.17271.08801.08701.08704.3963
O41.36342.36813.71752.26612.57682.57684.51194.03734.03730.9721
O51.22002.43322.84212.26613.11063.11063.91542.81312.81312.2948
H62.10381.09092.17272.57683.11061.74232.50593.07412.52783.4593
H72.10381.09092.17272.57683.11061.74232.50592.52783.07413.4593
H83.45272.15101.08804.51193.91542.50592.50591.76611.76615.2894
H92.77902.16011.08704.03732.81313.07412.52781.76611.75654.5927
H102.77902.16011.08704.03732.81312.52783.07411.76611.75654.5927
H111.88433.19584.39630.97212.29483.45933.45935.28944.59274.5927

picture of Propanoic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 112.680 C1 C2 H6 107.261
C1 C2 H7 107.261 C1 O4 H11 106.355
C2 C1 O4 111.251 C2 C1 O5 126.243
C2 C3 H8 110.081 C2 C3 H9 110.861
C2 C3 H10 110.861 C3 C2 H6 111.640
C3 C2 H7 111.640 O4 C1 O5 122.506
H6 C2 H7 105.987 H8 C3 H9 108.584
H8 C3 H10 108.584 H9 C3 H10 107.788
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability