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

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.088054
Energy at 298.15K-267.092716
Nuclear repulsion energy162.938373
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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
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' 3770 3575 73.69      
2 A' 3300 3130 3.42      
3 A' 3250 3082 1.74      
4 A' 3207 3041 3.97      
5 A' 1868 1771 328.48      
6 A' 1727 1638 11.02      
7 A' 1476 1400 44.83      
8 A' 1404 1331 57.00      
9 A' 1324 1256 1.23      
10 A' 1239 1175 176.59      
11 A' 1053 999 65.07      
12 A' 857 813 9.21      
13 A' 588 558 44.43      
14 A' 536 509 8.06      
15 A' 281 267 0.94      
16 A" 1042 988 21.89      
17 A" 1006 954 34.12      
18 A" 839 795 46.78      
19 A" 624 592 99.28      
20 A" 485 460 10.94      
21 A" 110 104 0.12      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14993.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9483) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14218.4 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 mPW1PW91/6-31G*
ABC
0.36084 0.14642 0.10416

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 1.331 0.339 0.000
H2 1.744 1.218 0.000
O3 -0.470 1.680 0.000
C4 0.000 0.564 0.000
C5 -0.808 -0.671 0.000
H6 -1.878 -0.495 0.000
C7 -0.292 -1.899 0.000
H8 0.780 -2.062 0.000
H9 -0.930 -2.777 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 H2 O3 C4 C5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O10.97072.24471.34952.36533.31532.76492.46333.8498
H20.97072.26191.86243.17494.00653.72293.41804.8068
O32.24472.26191.21022.37462.59043.58323.94454.4800
C41.34951.86241.21021.47612.15612.48092.73943.4682
C52.36533.17492.37461.47611.08431.33232.11102.1095
H63.31534.00652.59042.15611.08432.11843.08552.4711
C72.76493.72293.58322.48091.33232.11841.08431.0849
H82.46333.41803.94452.73942.11103.08551.08431.8535
H93.84984.80684.48003.46822.10952.47111.08491.8535

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 122.455 O1 C4 C5 113.593
H2 O1 C4 105.617 O3 C4 C5 123.952
C4 C5 H6 113.849 C4 C5 C7 124.022
C5 C7 H8 121.402 C5 C7 H9 121.203
H6 C5 C7 122.129 H8 C7 H9 117.396
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.599      
2 H 0.428      
3 O -0.481      
4 C 0.587      
5 C -0.174      
6 H 0.199      
7 C -0.361      
8 H 0.210      
9 H 0.191      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.901 -1.834 0.000 2.043
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.417 5.122 0.000
y 5.122 -28.145 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -29.502
Traceless
 xyz
x 3.406 5.122 0.000
y 5.122 -0.685 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -2.721
Polar
3z2-r2-5.442
x2-y22.728
xy5.122
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> 109.127
(<r2>)1/2 10.446