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

using model chemistry: BLYP/cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.186914
Energy at 298.15K 
Nuclear repulsion energy169.901242
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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
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' 3013 3004 4.80      
2 A' 3005 2996 35.60      
3 A' 1836 1831 420.10      
4 A' 1483 1478 1.15      
5 A' 1423 1419 9.16      
6 A' 1289 1285 11.94      
7 A' 1186 1182 11.84      
8 A' 1037 1034 139.18      
9 A' 972 969 0.20      
10 A' 866 863 56.83      
11 A' 833 831 31.98      
12 A' 717 715 3.14      
13 A' 468 467 2.63      
14 A" 3067 3058 18.82      
15 A" 3051 3042 3.04      
16 A" 1171 1167 0.02      
17 A" 1112 1108 0.65      
18 A" 1028 1025 1.83      
19 A" 783 781 1.80      
20 A" 501 499 2.63      
21 A" 185 184 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14512.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.997) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14469.2 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 BLYP/cc-pVTZ
See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.050 -0.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.637 0.000
O3 -0.076 1.832 0.000
C4 1.094 -0.445 0.000
H5 1.724 -0.440 0.894
H6 1.724 -0.440 -0.894
C7 -0.092 -1.430 0.000
H8 -0.226 -2.034 -0.902
H9 -0.226 -2.034 0.902

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.39712.33002.15012.91902.91901.49392.13362.1336
C21.39711.19761.53842.22062.22062.06902.82762.8276
O32.33001.19762.55983.03333.03333.26223.97223.9722
C42.15011.53842.55981.09391.09391.54142.25352.2535
H52.91902.22063.03331.09391.78842.25313.09312.5183
H62.91902.22063.03331.09391.78842.25312.51833.0931
C71.49392.06903.26221.54142.25312.25311.09331.0933
H82.13362.82763.97222.25353.09312.51831.09331.8034
H92.13362.82763.97222.25352.51833.09311.09331.8034

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 127.623 O1 C2 C4 94.060
O1 C7 C4 90.192 O1 C7 H8 110.149
O1 C7 H9 110.149 C2 O1 C7 91.335
C2 C4 H5 113.976 C2 C4 H6 113.976
C2 C4 C7 84.412 O3 C2 C4 138.317
C4 C7 H8 116.569 C4 C7 H9 116.569
H5 C4 H6 109.650 H5 C4 C7 116.485
H6 C4 C7 116.485 H8 C7 H9 111.132
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.221      
2 C 0.258      
3 O -0.226      
4 C -0.243      
5 H 0.111      
6 H 0.111      
7 C 0.038      
8 H 0.086      
9 H 0.086      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.977 -3.508 0.000 4.027
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.885 -0.016 0.000
y -0.016 -31.965 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.358
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.223 -0.016 0.000
y -0.016 -3.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.567
Polar
3z2-r27.134
x2-y22.080
xy-0.016
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> 95.992
(<r2>)1/2 9.798