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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (2-Propenoic acid)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-311G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.123765
Energy at 298.15K-267.128441
Nuclear repulsion energy162.998393
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 B3PW91/6-311G*
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' 3773 3633 52.10      
2 A' 3254 3132 5.06      
3 A' 3206 3086 2.53      
4 A' 3159 3041 6.54      
5 A' 1831 1763 345.73      
6 A' 1700 1636 13.41      
7 A' 1454 1400 34.70      
8 A' 1380 1328 42.91      
9 A' 1314 1265 1.78      
10 A' 1230 1184 199.02      
11 A' 1042 1003 78.97      
12 A' 845 814 8.55      
13 A' 590 568 45.24      
14 A' 535 515 7.24      
15 A' 281 270 0.91      
16 A" 1032 994 25.27      
17 A" 993 956 38.41      
18 A" 843 812 48.88      
19 A" 630 606 104.22      
20 A" 485 467 14.30      
21 A" 111 107 0.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14842.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9627) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14289.3 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 B3PW91/6-311G*
ABC
0.36064 0.14647 0.10417

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.332 0.340 0.000
H2 1.757 1.209 0.000
O3 -0.468 1.678 0.000
C4 0.000 0.565 0.000
C5 -0.808 -0.670 0.000
H6 -1.878 -0.492 0.000
C7 -0.297 -1.899 0.000
H8 0.774 -2.066 0.000
H9 -0.939 -2.774 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.96672.24211.35122.36673.31692.76952.47053.8551
H20.96672.27311.87103.17934.01353.72543.41944.8099
O32.24212.27311.20652.37192.58813.58043.94424.4767
C41.35121.87101.20651.47592.15562.48202.74293.4691
C52.36673.17932.37191.47591.08501.33082.11012.1085
H63.31694.01352.58812.15561.08502.11613.08422.4676
C72.76953.72543.58042.48201.33082.11611.08451.0855
H82.47053.41943.94422.74292.11013.08421.08451.8539
H93.85514.80994.47673.46912.10852.46761.08551.8539

picture of 2-Propenoic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
O1 C4 O3 122.378 O1 C4 C5 113.610
H2 O1 C4 106.465 O3 C4 C5 124.012
C4 C5 H6 113.771 C4 C5 C7 124.252
C5 C7 H8 121.433 C5 C7 H9 121.189
H6 C5 C7 121.978 H8 C7 H9 117.378
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.529      
2 H 0.404      
3 O -0.351      
4 C 0.448      
5 C -0.317      
6 H 0.234      
7 C -0.371      
8 H 0.248      
9 H 0.233      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.902 -1.764 0.000 1.982
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.733 5.286 0.000
y 5.286 -28.553 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -30.058
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.572 5.286 0.000
y 5.286 -0.657 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.915
Polar
3z2-r2-5.830
x2-y22.819
xy5.286
xz0.000
yz0.000


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 109.404
(<r2>)1/2 10.460