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

using model chemistry: HF/6-311G**

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/6-311G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-265.708672
Energy at 298.15K-265.714376
Nuclear repulsion energy174.082772
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/6-311G**
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' 3242 2945 25.15      
2 A' 3232 2936 22.82      
3 A' 2108 1915 658.96      
4 A' 1657 1505 2.43      
5 A' 1581 1436 18.72      
6 A' 1498 1361 49.07      
7 A' 1356 1232 12.73      
8 A' 1250 1136 191.43      
9 A' 1108 1006 98.67      
10 A' 1078 979 49.83      
11 A' 974 885 3.78      
12 A' 832 756 0.19      
13 A' 548 498 5.83      
14 A" 3304 3001 35.71      
15 A" 3285 2985 0.38      
16 A" 1307 1188 0.02      
17 A" 1272 1156 2.77      
18 A" 1168 1061 8.69      
19 A" 858 779 3.46      
20 A" 574 521 9.13      
21 A" 188 171 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 16209.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9085) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14725.9 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/6-311G**
ABC
0.42638 0.17985 0.13283

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/6-311G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.012 -0.259 0.000
C2 0.000 0.622 0.000
O3 -0.053 1.786 0.000
C4 1.077 -0.450 0.000
H5 1.696 -0.454 0.887
H6 1.696 -0.454 -0.887
C7 -0.131 -1.393 0.000
H8 -0.272 -1.990 -0.889
H9 -0.272 -1.990 0.889

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.34112.25822.09762.85582.85581.43632.08232.0823
C21.34111.16561.51912.19502.19502.01932.77242.7724
O32.25821.16562.50512.97682.97683.18043.88573.8857
C42.09761.51912.50511.08141.08141.53332.23262.2326
H52.85582.19502.97681.08141.77402.23793.06402.4967
H62.85582.19502.97681.08141.77402.23792.49673.0640
C71.43632.01933.18041.53332.23792.23791.08001.0800
H82.08232.77243.88572.23263.06402.49671.08001.7782
H92.08232.77243.88572.23262.49673.06401.08001.7782

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 128.405 O1 C2 C4 94.136
O1 C7 C4 89.817 O1 C7 H8 110.897
O1 C7 H9 110.897 C2 O1 C7 93.213
C2 C4 H5 114.091 C2 C4 H6 114.091
C2 C4 C7 82.834 O3 C2 C4 137.459
C4 C7 H8 116.284 C4 C7 H9 116.284
H5 C4 H6 110.211 H5 C4 C7 116.653
H6 C4 C7 116.653 H8 C7 H9 110.817
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.394      
2 C 0.534      
3 O -0.405      
4 C -0.387      
5 H 0.152      
6 H 0.152      
7 C 0.131      
8 H 0.108      
9 H 0.108      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.238 -4.016 0.000 4.598
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.693 -0.018 0.000
y -0.018 -32.269 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.760
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.178 -0.018 0.000
y -0.018 -4.043 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.221
Polar
3z2-r28.442
x2-y22.576
xy-0.018
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.484 0.104 0.000
y 0.104 6.065 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.850


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 92.371
(<r2>)1/2 9.611