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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.576068
Energy at 298.15K-265.581425
Nuclear repulsion energy168.616185
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 B3PW91/3-21G*
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' 3133 3005 16.47      
2 A' 3121 2994 6.74      
3 A' 1921 1843 322.34      
4 A' 1554 1491 0.49      
5 A' 1488 1427 16.34      
6 A' 1316 1262 2.64      
7 A' 1257 1206 28.61      
8 A' 1038 996 135.56      
9 A' 991 950 10.76      
10 A' 892 856 76.90      
11 A' 870 834 0.74      
12 A' 731 702 2.55      
13 A' 478 458 3.75      
14 A" 3205 3074 12.74      
15 A" 3181 3051 0.58      
16 A" 1229 1180 0.03      
17 A" 1126 1081 0.32      
18 A" 1063 1020 3.94      
19 A" 809 776 5.74      
20 A" 517 496 0.98      
21 A" 168 161 0.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15043.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14432.5 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 B3PW91/3-21G*
ABC
0.40353 0.16803 0.12437

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.063 -0.298 0.000
C2 0.000 0.647 0.000
O3 -0.089 1.847 0.000
C4 1.098 -0.439 0.000
H5 1.718 -0.432 0.900
H6 1.718 -0.432 -0.900
C7 -0.073 -1.448 0.000
H8 -0.182 -2.045 -0.904
H9 -0.182 -2.045 0.904

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.42222.35542.16542.92562.92561.51722.15552.1555
C21.42221.20331.54412.21892.21892.09582.84522.8452
O32.35541.20332.57573.04443.04443.29453.99633.9963
C42.16541.54412.57571.09241.09241.54542.24352.2435
H52.92562.21893.04441.09241.79902.24653.07602.4915
H62.92562.21893.04441.09241.79902.24652.49153.0760
C71.51722.09583.29451.54542.24652.24651.08911.0891
H82.15552.84523.99632.24353.07602.49151.08911.8088
H92.15552.84523.99632.24352.49153.07601.08911.8088

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 127.369 O1 C2 C4 93.685
O1 C7 C4 89.985 O1 C7 H8 110.509
O1 C7 H9 110.509 C2 O1 C7 90.898
C2 C4 H5 113.518 C2 C4 H6 113.518
C2 C4 C7 85.432 O3 C2 C4 138.946
C4 C7 H8 115.677 C4 C7 H9 115.677
H5 C4 H6 110.855 H5 C4 C7 115.718
H6 C4 C7 115.718 H8 C7 H9 112.282
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.456      
2 C 0.658      
3 O -0.455      
4 C -0.595      
5 H 0.272      
6 H 0.272      
7 C -0.190      
8 H 0.247      
9 H 0.247      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.468 -3.419 0.000 4.217
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.715 -0.172 0.000
y -0.172 -31.074 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.815
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.770 -0.172 0.000
y -0.172 -2.809 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.580
Polar
3z2-r27.159
x2-y21.359
xy-0.172
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> 96.799
(<r2>)1/2 9.839