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

using model chemistry: B3LYP/6-31+G**

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-268.423610
Energy at 298.15K-268.430711
HF Energy-268.423610
Nuclear repulsion energy177.590798
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/6-31+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' 3756 3621 59.93      
2 A' 3127 3015 22.02      
3 A' 3057 2947 21.32      
4 A' 3049 2939 13.15      
5 A' 1818 1753 309.37      
6 A' 1507 1453 10.56      
7 A' 1465 1413 15.05      
8 A' 1428 1377 2.75      
9 A' 1406 1355 55.93      
10 A' 1298 1251 7.98      
11 A' 1166 1125 243.21      
12 A' 1085 1046 76.97      
13 A' 1013 977 1.16      
14 A' 815 786 9.49      
15 A' 610 588 18.25      
16 A' 465 449 20.92      
17 A' 250 241 2.78      
18 A" 3135 3022 22.10      
19 A" 3080 2969 3.67      
20 A" 1500 1446 7.93      
21 A" 1282 1236 0.02      
22 A" 1110 1071 0.26      
23 A" 813 784 16.82      
24 A" 654 631 97.33      
25 A" 519 500 26.29      
26 A" 212 204 0.01      
27 A" 38 36 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19827.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9642) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19117.5 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 B3LYP/6-31+G**
ABC
0.33706 0.12589 0.09486

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.573 0.000
C2 -0.596 -0.817 0.000
C3 0.453 -1.927 0.000
O4 -0.965 1.531 0.000
O5 1.181 0.848 0.000
H6 -1.257 -0.887 0.873
H7 -1.257 -0.887 -0.873
H8 -0.035 -2.906 0.000
H9 1.096 -1.862 -0.882
H10 1.096 -1.862 0.882
H11 -0.512 2.392 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.51212.54101.36001.21292.11562.11563.47972.81252.81251.8894
C21.51211.52762.37682.43541.09731.09732.16382.17592.17593.2095
C32.54101.52763.73792.86962.18342.18341.09411.09341.09344.4255
O41.36002.37683.73792.25232.58802.58804.53424.06734.06730.9723
O51.21292.43542.86962.25233.11793.11793.94712.85182.85182.2912
H62.11561.09732.18342.58803.11791.74552.51633.09312.54743.4742
H72.11561.09732.18342.58803.11791.74552.51632.54743.09313.4742
H83.47972.16381.09414.53423.94712.51632.51631.77421.77425.3197
H92.81252.17591.09344.06732.85183.09312.54741.77421.76354.6327
H102.81252.17591.09344.06732.85182.54743.09311.77421.76354.6327
H111.88943.20954.42550.97232.29123.47423.47425.31974.63274.6327

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 113.423 C1 C2 H6 107.270
C1 C2 H7 107.270 C1 O4 H11 107.039
C2 C1 O4 111.583 C2 C1 O5 126.336
C2 C3 H8 110.146 C2 C3 H9 111.152
C2 C3 H10 111.152 C3 C2 H6 111.521
C3 C2 H7 111.521 O4 C1 O5 122.081
H6 C2 H7 105.387 H8 C3 H9 108.397
H8 C3 H10 108.397 H9 C3 H10 107.489
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.406      
2 C -0.160      
3 C -0.517      
4 O -0.448      
5 O -0.468      
6 H 0.175      
7 H 0.175      
8 H 0.144      
9 H 0.165      
10 H 0.165      
11 H 0.363      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -1.585 -0.487 0.000 1.658
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -35.767 -0.594 0.000
y -0.594 -25.741 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.940
Traceless
 xyz
x -7.927 -0.594 0.000
y -0.594 7.113 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.814
Polar
3z2-r21.628
x2-y2-10.026
xy-0.594
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.910 -0.127 0.000
y -0.127 7.256 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.957


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 125.377
(<r2>)1/2 11.197