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

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-265.581145
Energy at 298.15K-265.585880
Nuclear repulsion energy161.804884
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' 3545 3401 33.24      
2 A' 3278 3145 2.53      
3 A' 3233 3101 1.17      
4 A' 3181 3052 3.61      
5 A' 1783 1711 202.03      
6 A' 1697 1629 16.82      
7 A' 1484 1424 27.98      
8 A' 1392 1335 32.56      
9 A' 1339 1285 2.08      
10 A' 1185 1137 109.66      
11 A' 1037 995 157.99      
12 A' 828 794 4.60      
13 A' 582 558 34.83      
14 A' 531 510 15.42      
15 A' 299 287 0.68      
16 A" 1061 1018 16.67      
17 A" 1029 987 62.39      
18 A" 844 810 43.57      
19 A" 603 578 125.50      
20 A" 500 479 24.92      
21 A" 141 136 1.08      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14785.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9594) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14185.1 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
0.35258 0.14657 0.10353

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 1.345 0.253 0.000
H2 1.858 1.103 0.000
O3 -0.407 1.724 0.000
C4 0.000 0.566 0.000
C5 -0.847 -0.640 0.000
H6 -1.912 -0.437 0.000
C7 -0.349 -1.875 0.000
H8 0.723 -2.037 0.000
H9 -0.993 -2.749 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.99342.28731.38042.36643.32852.71992.37283.8049
H20.99342.34871.93443.21804.07243.70733.33904.7927
O32.28732.34871.22792.40442.63353.60003.92734.5114
C41.38041.93441.22791.47312.15872.46582.70133.4603
C52.36643.21802.40441.47311.08381.33232.10202.1144
H63.32854.07242.63352.15871.08382.12383.08262.4877
C72.71993.70733.60002.46581.33232.12381.08441.0855
H82.37283.33903.92732.70132.10203.08261.08441.8583
H93.80494.79274.51143.46032.11442.48771.08551.8583

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 122.444 O1 C4 C5 112.006
H2 O1 C4 108.047 O3 C4 C5 125.550
C4 C5 H6 114.322 C4 C5 C7 122.954
C5 C7 H8 120.521 C5 C7 H9 121.648
H6 C5 C7 122.724 H8 C7 H9 117.831
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 -0.576      
2 H 0.380      
3 O -0.495      
4 C 0.629      
5 C -0.288      
6 H 0.248      
7 C -0.378      
8 H 0.252      
9 H 0.228      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.861 -1.625 0.000 1.839
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.810 5.185 0.000
y 5.185 -28.767 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.853
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.501 5.185 0.000
y 5.185 -1.436 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -3.064
Polar
3z2-r2-6.129
x2-y23.958
xy5.185
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> 109.694
(<r2>)1/2 10.473