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

using model chemistry: BLYP/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.602719
Energy at 298.15K-265.607915
Nuclear repulsion energy166.345643
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 BLYP/3-21G*
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' 3041 3021 20.88      
2 A' 3029 3010 9.88      
3 A' 1827 1815 264.43      
4 A' 1521 1512 1.77      
5 A' 1465 1455 10.18      
6 A' 1261 1253 3.18      
7 A' 1213 1205 19.34      
8 A' 963 957 94.78      
9 A' 944 938 19.94      
10 A' 824 819 18.38      
11 A' 799 794 49.01      
12 A' 686 682 4.76      
13 A' 448 445 3.28      
14 A" 3107 3086 21.84      
15 A" 3081 3061 0.01      
16 A" 1197 1190 0.05      
17 A" 1077 1070 0.39      
18 A" 1026 1019 1.73      
19 A" 788 783 3.41      
20 A" 497 494 0.53      
21 A" 165 164 0.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14478.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9935) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14384.5 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 BLYP/3-21G*
ABC
0.39239 0.16353 0.12092

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.084 -0.308 0.000
C2 0.000 0.659 0.000
O3 -0.098 1.871 0.000
C4 1.111 -0.440 0.000
H5 1.736 -0.431 0.904
H6 1.736 -0.431 -0.904
C7 -0.059 -1.469 0.000
H8 -0.165 -2.070 -0.910
H9 -0.165 -2.070 0.910

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.45282.39202.19902.96352.96351.54762.18482.1848
C21.45281.21581.56352.24072.24072.12872.88152.8815
O32.39201.21582.60883.07953.07953.34004.04514.0451
C42.19901.56352.60881.09891.09891.55832.26132.2613
H52.96352.24073.07951.09891.80852.26203.09692.5097
H62.96352.24073.07951.09891.80852.26202.50973.0969
C71.54762.12873.34001.55832.26202.26201.09591.0959
H82.18482.88154.04512.26133.09692.50971.09591.8205
H92.18482.88154.04512.26132.50973.09691.09591.8205

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 127.137 O1 C2 C4 93.541
O1 C7 C4 90.146 O1 C7 H8 110.312
O1 C7 H9 110.312 C2 O1 C7 90.331
C2 C4 H5 113.469 C2 C4 H6 113.469
C2 C4 C7 85.982 O3 C2 C4 139.321
C4 C7 H8 115.757 C4 C7 H9 115.757
H5 C4 H6 110.743 H5 C4 C7 115.611
H6 C4 C7 115.611 H8 C7 H9 112.321
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.392      
2 C 0.575      
3 O -0.412      
4 C -0.491      
5 H 0.227      
6 H 0.227      
7 C -0.151      
8 H 0.209      
9 H 0.209      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.271 -3.138 0.000 3.873
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.675 -0.168 0.000
y -0.168 -30.892 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.042
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.708 -0.168 0.000
y -0.168 -2.533 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.242
Polar
3z2-r26.483
x2-y21.217
xy-0.168
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> 98.939
(<r2>)1/2 9.947