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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31+G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.069663
Energy at 298.15K-267.075116
Nuclear repulsion energy171.645231
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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
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' 3114 2990 1.90      
2 A' 3104 2980 32.65      
3 A' 1935 1858 525.68      
4 A' 1525 1464 1.08      
5 A' 1456 1398 14.55      
6 A' 1353 1299 26.44      
7 A' 1229 1180 16.43      
8 A' 1132 1087 163.14      
9 A' 1030 989 0.98      
10 A' 968 929 99.27      
11 A' 906 870 2.47      
12 A' 756 725 0.58      
13 A' 494 474 3.87      
14 A" 3182 3055 8.23      
15 A" 3166 3040 7.09      
16 A" 1200 1152 0.04      
17 A" 1160 1113 0.95      
18 A" 1063 1020 3.44      
19 A" 804 772 3.19      
20 A" 518 497 3.64      
21 A" 184 177 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15138.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9601) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14534.2 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 B3PW91/6-31+G**
ABC
0.41597 0.17482 0.12920

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.034 -0.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.068 1.816 0.000
C4 1.085 -0.446 0.000
H5 1.712 -0.443 0.894
H6 1.712 -0.443 -0.894
C7 -0.106 -1.410 0.000
H8 -0.243 -2.014 -0.899
H9 -0.243 -2.014 0.899

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37132.30532.12552.89262.89261.46432.10902.1090
C21.37131.19431.52392.20652.20652.03642.79692.7969
O32.30531.19432.53933.01203.01203.22623.93763.9376
C42.12551.52392.53931.09211.09211.53192.24252.2425
H52.89262.20653.01201.09211.78812.24483.08322.5080
H62.89262.20653.01201.09211.78812.24482.50803.0832
C71.46432.03643.22621.53192.24482.24481.09171.0917
H82.10902.79693.93762.24253.08322.50801.09171.7985
H92.10902.79693.93762.24252.50803.08321.09171.7985

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 127.799 O1 C2 C4 94.328
O1 C7 C4 90.346 O1 C7 H8 110.354
O1 C7 H9 110.354 C2 O1 C7 91.744
C2 C4 H5 114.001 C2 C4 H6 114.001
C2 C4 C7 83.581 O3 C2 C4 137.872
C4 C7 H8 116.465 C4 C7 H9 116.465
H5 C4 H6 109.904 H5 C4 C7 116.635
H6 C4 C7 116.635 H8 C7 H9 110.921
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31+G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.321      
2 C 0.351      
3 O -0.447      
4 C -0.243      
5 H 0.204      
6 H 0.204      
7 C -0.091      
8 H 0.172      
9 H 0.172      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.227 -3.915 0.000 4.504
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.757 -0.013 0.000
y -0.013 -32.165 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -27.013
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.168 -0.013 0.000
y -0.013 -3.780 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.948
Polar
3z2-r27.896
x2-y22.408
xy-0.013
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> 94.388
(<r2>)1/2 9.715