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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.972293
Energy at 298.15K-266.976988
Nuclear repulsion energy161.301463
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 B3PW91/6-31G
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' 3664 3509 46.81      
2 A' 3295 3156 4.61      
3 A' 3238 3101 1.92      
4 A' 3193 3058 4.82      
5 A' 1766 1692 220.16      
6 A' 1693 1622 69.08      
7 A' 1481 1418 26.94      
8 A' 1392 1333 59.85      
9 A' 1340 1283 3.47      
10 A' 1192 1142 119.52      
11 A' 1042 998 144.83      
12 A' 843 808 2.71      
13 A' 583 558 37.66      
14 A' 536 514 16.46      
15 A' 282 270 1.10      
16 A" 1051 1007 3.47      
17 A" 1039 995 70.90      
18 A" 826 791 40.72      
19 A" 614 588 155.51      
20 A" 489 468 15.91      
21 A" 127 122 0.35      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14842.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9577) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14215.0 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 B3PW91/6-31G
ABC
0.34970 0.14491 0.10245

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.355 0.303 0.000
H2 1.850 1.147 0.000
O3 -0.445 1.712 0.000
C4 0.000 0.558 0.000
C5 -0.828 -0.654 0.000
H6 -1.895 -0.456 0.000
C7 -0.335 -1.899 0.000
H8 0.734 -2.082 0.000
H9 -0.991 -2.764 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.97882.28521.37832.38293.33652.77562.46423.8609
H20.97882.36361.94193.22744.07363.74903.41634.8340
O32.28522.36361.23682.39682.60833.61273.97264.5092
C41.37831.94191.23681.46762.14882.47962.73973.4664
C52.38293.22742.39681.46761.08491.33892.11592.1163
H63.33654.07362.60832.14881.08492.12443.09052.4785
C72.77563.74903.61272.47961.33892.12441.08461.0853
H82.46423.41633.97262.73972.11593.09051.08461.8547
H93.86094.83404.50923.46642.11632.47851.08531.8547

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 121.723 O1 C4 C5 113.681
H2 O1 C4 109.784 O3 C4 C5 124.595
C4 C5 H6 113.828 C4 C5 C7 124.080
C5 C7 H8 121.282 C5 C7 H9 121.258
H6 C5 C7 122.092 H8 C7 H9 117.459
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.584      
2 H 0.401      
3 O -0.429      
4 C 0.472      
5 C -0.119      
6 H 0.195      
7 C -0.314      
8 H 0.204      
9 H 0.174      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.835 -2.004 0.000 2.171
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.413 5.783 0.000
y 5.783 -29.133 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.826
Traceless
 xyz
x 4.066 5.783 0.000
y 5.783 -1.513 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.553
Polar
3z2-r2-5.105
x2-y23.720
xy5.783
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> 110.893
(<r2>)1/2 10.531