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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (Crotonic Acid)

using model chemistry: HF/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 HF/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-302.993525
Energy at 298.15K-303.000575
HF Energy-302.993525
Nuclear repulsion energy221.332635
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/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' 3888 3509 88.30      
2 A' 3389 3059 2.95      
3 A' 3372 3043 0.27      
4 A' 3274 2955 14.06      
5 A' 3193 2882 13.77      
6 A' 1958 1768 454.31      
7 A' 1860 1679 9.49      
8 A' 1654 1493 16.62      
9 A' 1583 1428 10.01      
10 A' 1498 1352 91.60      
11 A' 1469 1326 11.69      
12 A' 1446 1305 0.42      
13 A' 1273 1149 191.88      
14 A' 1187 1072 107.91      
15 A' 1035 934 7.40      
16 A' 941 849 21.05      
17 A' 675 609 67.29      
18 A' 539 486 7.51      
19 A' 423 382 4.94      
20 A' 220 199 0.77      
21 A" 3237 2922 15.22      
22 A" 1653 1492 11.57      
23 A" 1233 1113 0.00      
24 A" 1141 1030 74.31      
25 A" 1000 903 20.59      
26 A" 776 700 70.75      
27 A" 587 530 161.13      
28 A" 227 205 0.26      
29 A" 207 187 0.77      
30 A" 129 117 0.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 22532.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9026) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20338.2 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.33191 0.06565 0.05536

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.099 -0.344 0.000
C2 0.000 0.625 0.000
C3 1.268 0.266 0.000
C4 2.424 1.227 0.000
O5 -0.668 -1.635 0.000
O6 -2.273 -0.071 0.000
H7 -0.311 1.650 0.000
H8 1.508 -0.780 0.000
H9 2.088 2.256 0.000
H10 3.046 1.065 0.875
H11 3.046 1.065 -0.875
H12 -1.411 -2.255 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.46512.44463.85691.36141.20532.14402.64354.11284.46464.46461.9363
C21.46511.31842.49732.35702.37731.07082.06132.64943.19983.19983.2071
C32.44461.31841.50272.71373.55752.09971.07292.15212.13632.13633.6790
C43.85692.49731.50274.21314.87282.76672.20571.08221.08581.08585.1797
O51.36142.35702.71374.21312.24103.30452.33844.76834.67454.67450.9676
O61.20532.37733.55754.87282.24102.61033.84724.94315.50925.50922.3475
H72.14401.07082.09972.76673.30452.61033.03512.47393.51793.51794.0569
H82.64352.06131.07292.20572.33843.84723.03513.09062.55592.55593.2710
H94.11282.64942.15211.08224.76834.94312.47393.09061.76121.76125.7089
H104.46463.19982.13631.08584.67455.50923.51792.55591.76121.74905.6262
H114.46463.19982.13631.08584.67455.50923.51792.55591.76121.74905.6262
H121.93633.20713.67905.17970.96762.34754.05693.27105.70895.62625.6262

picture of Crotonic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 122.784 C1 C2 H7 114.548
C1 O5 H12 111.363 C2 C1 O5 112.952
C2 C1 O6 125.523 C2 C3 C4 124.430
C2 C3 H8 118.730 C3 C2 H7 122.668
C3 C4 H9 111.694 C3 C4 H10 110.201
C3 C4 H11 110.201 C4 C3 H8 116.840
O5 C1 O6 121.525 H9 C4 H10 108.659
H9 C4 H11 108.659 H10 C4 H11 107.304
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.882      
2 C -0.372      
3 C -0.154      
4 C -0.637      
5 O -0.732      
6 O -0.625      
7 H 0.262      
8 H 0.277      
9 H 0.225      
10 H 0.230      
11 H 0.230      
12 H 0.413      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.768 -0.481 0.000 2.809
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -38.724 5.065 0.000
y 5.065 -30.652 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -36.490
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.153 5.065 0.000
y 5.065 6.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -1.802
Polar
3z2-r2-3.604
x2-y2-8.072
xy5.065
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 9.731 0.308 0.000
y 0.308 5.815 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.955


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 197.615
(<r2>)1/2 14.058