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

using model chemistry: MP2/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.658640
Energy at 298.15K-264.663964
HF Energy-264.138780
Nuclear repulsion energy166.900368
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 MP2/3-21G*
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' 3160 3006 17.88      
2 A' 3145 2992 5.98      
3 A' 1833 1744 246.71      
4 A' 1605 1527 3.93      
5 A' 1543 1468 11.09      
6 A' 1337 1272 3.10      
7 A' 1279 1217 23.06      
8 A' 1001 953 140.57      
9 A' 970 923 5.75      
10 A' 871 829 86.20      
11 A' 842 801 3.75      
12 A' 712 678 9.02      
13 A' 475 452 3.88      
14 A" 3232 3075 16.70      
15 A" 3208 3052 0.22      
16 A" 1253 1192 0.19      
17 A" 1144 1088 0.16      
18 A" 1077 1025 3.84      
19 A" 832 791 3.33      
20 A" 513 488 1.92      
21 A" 159 151 0.16      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15096.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9513) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14361.0 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 MP2/3-21G*
ABC
0.39354 0.16490 0.12170

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.082 -0.306 0.000
C2 0.000 0.654 0.000
O3 -0.090 1.866 0.000
C4 1.111 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.730 -0.435 0.899
H6 1.730 -0.435 -0.899
C7 -0.067 -1.460 0.000
H8 -0.170 -2.058 -0.903
H9 -0.170 -2.058 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.44702.38852.19732.95502.95501.53672.17212.1721
C21.44701.21561.56002.23302.23302.11502.86362.8636
O32.38851.21562.60143.06853.06853.32634.02784.0278
C42.19731.56002.60141.09151.09151.55732.25152.2515
H52.95502.23303.06851.09151.79822.25553.08062.4982
H62.95502.23303.06851.09151.79822.25552.49823.0806
C71.53672.11503.32631.55732.25552.25551.08821.0882
H82.17212.86364.02782.25153.08062.49821.08821.8066
H92.17212.86364.02782.25152.49823.08061.08821.8066

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 127.331 O1 C2 C4 93.819
O1 C7 C4 90.499 O1 C7 H8 110.517
O1 C7 H9 110.517 C2 O1 C7 90.234
C2 C4 H5 113.556 C2 C4 H6 113.556
C2 C4 C7 85.449 O3 C2 C4 138.850
C4 C7 H8 115.513 C4 C7 H9 115.513
H5 C4 H6 110.922 H5 C4 C7 115.634
H6 C4 C7 115.634 H8 C7 H9 112.209
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability