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

using model chemistry: PBEPBE/6-311G*

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/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.920511
Energy at 298.15K-266.925858
Nuclear repulsion energy170.594155
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/6-311G*
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' 3025 2993 4.76      
2 A' 3014 2983 40.21      
3 A' 1878 1858 422.62      
4 A' 1486 1470 0.44      
5 A' 1419 1405 13.60      
6 A' 1301 1287 14.88      
7 A' 1182 1170 18.87      
8 A' 1064 1053 145.23      
9 A' 1002 992 1.06      
10 A' 901 891 80.97      
11 A' 872 863 2.20      
12 A' 730 722 1.01      
13 A' 478 473 3.31      
14 A" 3086 3054 20.80      
15 A" 3069 3037 7.41      
16 A" 1173 1160 0.04      
17 A" 1127 1116 0.49      
18 A" 1030 1020 2.47      
19 A" 783 775 2.51      
20 A" 500 495 1.58      
21 A" 181 179 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14650.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9896) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14497.7 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/6-311G*
ABC
0.40991 0.17297 0.12767

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBEPBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.044 -0.284 0.000
C2 0.000 0.630 0.000
O3 -0.076 1.825 0.000
C4 1.091 -0.446 0.000
H5 1.725 -0.442 0.897
H6 1.725 -0.442 -0.897
C7 -0.096 -1.417 0.000
H8 -0.231 -2.025 -0.905
H9 -0.231 -2.025 0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38832.32082.14192.91562.91561.47712.12332.1233
C21.38831.19671.53282.22062.22062.04942.81442.8144
O32.32081.19672.55303.03083.03083.24153.95723.9572
C42.14191.53282.55301.09861.09861.53372.24942.2494
H52.91562.22063.03081.09861.79482.25213.09512.5164
H62.91562.22063.03081.09861.79482.25212.51643.0951
C71.47712.04943.24151.53372.25212.25211.09831.0983
H82.12332.81443.95722.24943.09512.51641.09831.8093
H92.12332.81443.95722.24942.51643.09511.09831.8093

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 127.583 O1 C2 C4 94.186
O1 C7 C4 90.678 O1 C7 H8 110.202
O1 C7 H9 110.202 C2 O1 C7 91.265
C2 C4 H5 114.086 C2 C4 H6 114.086
C2 C4 C7 83.871 O3 C2 C4 138.231
C4 C7 H8 116.463 C4 C7 H9 116.463
H5 C4 H6 109.538 H5 C4 C7 116.677
H6 C4 C7 116.677 H8 C7 H9 110.915
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.237      
2 C 0.370      
3 O -0.262      
4 C -0.621      
5 H 0.256      
6 H 0.256      
7 C -0.218      
8 H 0.227      
9 H 0.227      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.970 -3.425 0.000 3.951
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.550 -0.008 0.000
y -0.008 -31.571 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.003
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.263 -0.008 0.000
y -0.008 -3.294 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.557
Polar
3z2-r27.115
x2-y22.021
xy-0.008
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.064 0.094 0.000
y 0.094 6.970 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.166


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.119
(<r2>)1/2 9.753