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

using model chemistry: HF/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.498187
Energy at 298.15K-265.503834
Nuclear repulsion energy171.377768
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 HF/6-31G
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' 3303 2982 20.63      
2 A' 3269 2952 4.76      
3 A' 2020 1824 528.53      
4 A' 1678 1515 1.01      
5 A' 1616 1459 16.71      
6 A' 1472 1329 14.75      
7 A' 1402 1266 14.21      
8 A' 1199 1083 218.46      
9 A' 1068 965 1.45      
10 A' 1005 908 130.19      
11 A' 960 866 19.33      
12 A' 808 730 0.42      
13 A' 525 474 6.46      
14 A" 3378 3050 17.31      
15 A" 3329 3006 0.44      
16 A" 1328 1199 0.24      
17 A" 1242 1122 0.65      
18 A" 1193 1077 12.87      
19 A" 883 798 5.60      
20 A" 559 505 12.52      
21 A" 192 174 0.11      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16215.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9029) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14640.9 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 HF/6-31G
ABC
0.41996 0.17278 0.12830

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.035 -0.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.633 0.000
O3 -0.055 1.823 0.000
C4 1.075 -0.442 0.000
H5 1.697 -0.441 0.882
H6 1.697 -0.441 -0.882
C7 -0.107 -1.431 0.000
H8 -0.240 -2.021 -0.888
H9 -0.240 -2.021 0.888

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37822.31692.11702.87612.87611.48162.11272.1127
C21.37821.19091.52062.19372.19372.06682.80892.8089
O32.31691.19092.53132.99562.99563.25413.94923.9492
C42.11701.52062.53131.07941.07941.54082.23872.2387
H52.87612.19372.99561.07941.76442.23863.06342.4998
H62.87612.19372.99561.07941.76442.23862.49983.0634
C71.48162.06683.25411.54082.23862.23861.07481.0748
H82.11272.80893.94922.23873.06342.49981.07481.7769
H92.11272.80893.94922.23872.49983.06341.07481.7769

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 128.650 O1 C2 C4 93.692
O1 C7 C4 88.900 O1 C7 H8 110.459
O1 C7 H9 110.459 C2 O1 C7 92.484
C2 C4 H5 113.998 C2 C4 H6 113.998
C2 C4 C7 84.925 O3 C2 C4 137.658
C4 C7 H8 116.593 C4 C7 H9 116.593
H5 C4 H6 109.629 H5 C4 C7 116.269
H6 C4 C7 116.269 H8 C7 H9 111.510
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.657 -0.671    
2 C 0.764 1.088    
3 O -0.500 -0.673    
4 C -0.498 -0.516    
5 H 0.235 0.150    
6 H 0.235 0.150    
7 C 0.015 0.468    
8 H 0.204 0.002    
9 H 0.204 0.002    


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  3.065 -4.462 0.000 5.413
CHELPG 3.054 -4.488 0.000 5.429
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -30.960 -0.281 0.000
y -0.281 -32.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.167
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.899 -0.281 0.000
y -0.281 -3.891 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.790
Polar
3z2-r29.579
x2-y21.995
xy-0.281
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.098 0.085 0.000
y 0.085 6.228 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.514


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.187
(<r2>)1/2 9.756