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

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

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/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.759991
Energy at 298.15K-266.765487
HF Energy-265.738335
Nuclear repulsion energy172.386724
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/cc-pVTZ
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' 3158 2998 3.79      
2 A' 3152 2993 26.91      
3 A' 1923 1825 424.12      
4 A' 1553 1474 1.09      
5 A' 1477 1402 13.09      
6 A' 1369 1299 17.26      
7 A' 1234 1171 15.25      
8 A' 1129 1072 158.09      
9 A' 1045 992 0.29      
10 A' 972 923 101.64      
11 A' 916 870 5.82      
12 A' 757 718 2.45      
13 A' 505 480 3.37      
14 A" 3219 3056 5.99      
15 A" 3203 3041 5.94      
16 A" 1227 1165 0.00      
17 A" 1186 1126 0.98      
18 A" 1068 1014 2.26      
19 A" 811 770 2.07      
20 A" 523 497 3.05      
21 A" 180 171 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15303.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14529.3 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/cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.41852 0.17657 0.13032

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.032 -0.271 0.000
C2 0.000 0.620 0.000
O3 -0.058 1.805 0.000
C4 1.082 -0.450 0.000
H5 1.700 -0.453 0.888
H6 1.700 -0.453 -0.888
C7 -0.115 -1.398 0.000
H8 -0.243 -1.997 -0.891
H9 -0.243 -1.997 0.891

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.36322.29312.12192.87842.87841.45292.09652.0965
C21.36321.18651.52182.19742.19742.02042.77492.7749
O32.29311.18652.52672.99592.99593.20283.90923.9092
C42.12191.52182.52671.08151.08151.52642.22352.2235
H52.87842.19742.99591.08151.77562.22993.05352.4819
H62.87842.19742.99591.08151.77562.22992.48193.0535
C71.45292.02043.20281.52642.22992.22991.08161.0816
H82.09652.77493.90922.22353.05352.48191.08161.7819
H92.09652.77493.90922.22352.48193.05351.08161.7819

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 128.007 O1 C2 C4 94.539
O1 C7 C4 90.797 O1 C7 H8 110.771
O1 C7 H9 110.771 C2 O1 C7 91.631
C2 C4 H5 114.083 C2 C4 H6 114.083
C2 C4 C7 83.033 O3 C2 C4 137.453
C4 C7 H8 115.935 C4 C7 H9 115.935
H5 C4 H6 110.347 H5 C4 C7 116.494
H6 C4 C7 116.494 H8 C7 H9 110.926
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability