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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.871222
Energy at 298.15K-266.876553
Nuclear repulsion energy170.168883
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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3025 3008 2.78      
2 A' 3002 2985 34.14      
3 A' 1883 1872 402.88      
4 A' 1442 1434 0.59      
5 A' 1372 1365 12.10      
6 A' 1285 1278 23.60      
7 A' 1164 1157 13.99      
8 A' 1066 1060 126.36      
9 A' 1003 997 0.92      
10 A' 906 901 78.74      
11 A' 876 871 0.74      
12 A' 728 724 1.09      
13 A' 474 472 2.97      
14 A" 3091 3073 5.77      
15 A" 3064 3046 14.17      
16 A" 1148 1141 0.04      
17 A" 1102 1095 0.42      
18 A" 1007 1001 1.97      
19 A" 770 766 2.72      
20 A" 494 491 1.08      
21 A" 180 179 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14540.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9942) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14456.5 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 PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.40839 0.17208 0.12712

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.044 -0.289 0.000
C2 0.000 0.631 0.000
O3 -0.083 1.830 0.000
C4 1.094 -0.444 0.000
H5 1.732 -0.438 0.904
H6 1.732 -0.438 -0.904
C7 -0.094 -1.418 0.000
H8 -0.225 -2.035 -0.910
H9 -0.225 -2.035 0.910

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.39122.32662.14422.92342.92341.47572.13252.1325
C21.39121.20241.53392.22702.22702.05042.82552.8255
O32.32661.20242.56093.04243.04243.24783.97323.9732
C42.14421.53392.56091.10641.10641.53602.25832.2583
H52.92342.22703.04241.10641.80832.26053.10992.5260
H62.92342.22703.04241.10641.80832.26052.52603.1099
C71.47572.05043.24781.53602.26052.26051.10731.1073
H82.13252.82553.97322.25833.10992.52601.10731.8197
H92.13252.82553.97322.25832.52603.10991.10731.8197

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 127.406 O1 C2 C4 94.156
O1 C7 C4 90.764 O1 C7 H8 110.479
O1 C7 H9 110.479 C2 O1 C7 91.269
C2 C4 H5 114.037 C2 C4 H6 114.037
C2 C4 C7 83.811 O3 C2 C4 138.437
C4 C7 H8 116.438 C4 C7 H9 116.438
H5 C4 H6 109.621 H5 C4 C7 116.692
H6 C4 C7 116.692 H8 C7 H9 110.506
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.217      
2 C 0.155      
3 O -0.165      
4 C -0.129      
5 H 0.068      
6 H 0.068      
7 C 0.119      
8 H 0.051      
9 H 0.051      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.849 -3.243 0.000 3.733
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.157 0.023 0.000
y 0.023 -31.131 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.890
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.147 0.023 0.000
y 0.023 -3.107 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.254
Polar
3z2-r26.507
x2-y21.974
xy0.023
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.952 0.093 0.000
y 0.093 6.853 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.128


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.312
(<r2>)1/2 9.763