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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/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 PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.953675
Energy at 298.15K-266.959029
Nuclear repulsion energy170.722623
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-pVTZ
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' 3026 3005 3.21      
2 A' 3008 2987 33.58      
3 A' 1865 1852 424.93      
4 A' 1467 1457 0.52      
5 A' 1400 1391 11.69      
6 A' 1290 1281 16.09      
7 A' 1173 1165 15.03      
8 A' 1065 1058 133.37      
9 A' 997 990 0.74      
10 A' 897 891 82.69      
11 A' 868 862 2.41      
12 A' 727 722 1.67      
13 A' 476 473 2.93      
14 A" 3083 3062 7.13      
15 A" 3061 3040 10.22      
16 A" 1162 1154 0.01      
17 A" 1114 1106 0.60      
18 A" 1019 1012 1.87      
19 A" 775 770 2.23      
20 A" 498 494 1.93      
21 A" 184 183 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14577.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9931) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14477.0 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-pVTZ
ABC
0.41123 0.17308 0.12784

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.044 -0.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.630 0.000
O3 -0.077 1.824 0.000
C4 1.089 -0.443 0.000
H5 1.720 -0.437 0.896
H6 1.720 -0.437 -0.896
C7 -0.093 -1.418 0.000
H8 -0.226 -2.025 -0.903
H9 -0.226 -2.025 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38782.31982.13892.90962.90961.47822.12422.1242
C21.38781.19651.52912.21382.21382.04942.81332.8133
O32.31981.19652.54963.02423.02423.24143.95633.9563
C42.13891.52912.54961.09601.09601.53252.24662.2466
H52.90962.21383.02421.09601.79232.24833.08972.5119
H62.90962.21383.02421.09601.79232.24832.51193.0897
C71.47822.04943.24141.53252.24832.24831.09641.0964
H82.12422.81333.95632.24663.08972.51191.09641.8060
H92.12422.81333.95632.24662.51193.08971.09641.8060

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 127.541 O1 C2 C4 94.195
O1 C7 C4 90.519 O1 C7 H8 110.311
O1 C7 H9 110.311 C2 O1 C7 91.245
C2 C4 H5 113.963 C2 C4 H6 113.963
C2 C4 C7 84.041 O3 C2 C4 138.264
C4 C7 H8 116.446 C4 C7 H9 116.446
H5 C4 H6 109.700 H5 C4 C7 116.615
H6 C4 C7 116.615 H8 C7 H9 110.897
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.183      
2 C 0.223      
3 O -0.218      
4 C -0.248      
5 H 0.114      
6 H 0.114      
7 C 0.026      
8 H 0.086      
9 H 0.086      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.914 -3.478 0.000 3.970
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.538 0.009 0.000
y 0.009 -31.751 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.137
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.094 0.009 0.000
y 0.009 -3.413 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.507
Polar
3z2-r27.013
x2-y22.213
xy0.009
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.606 0.058 0.000
y 0.058 7.454 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.576


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.062
(<r2>)1/2 9.750