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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2COOH (Propanoic Acid)

using model chemistry: mPW1PW91/STO-3G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-264.835245
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-264.835245
Nuclear repulsion energy173.758829
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/STO-3G
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' 3784 3326 14.32      
2 A' 3538 3110 0.22      
3 A' 3382 2972 2.37      
4 A' 3365 2957 1.03      
5 A' 1930 1696 67.22      
6 A' 1698 1492 5.82      
7 A' 1657 1457 4.08      
8 A' 1588 1395 1.53      
9 A' 1525 1341 20.42      
10 A' 1452 1277 2.91      
11 A' 1261 1108 113.06      
12 A' 1173 1031 34.94      
13 A' 1098 965 1.88      
14 A' 851 748 7.73      
15 A' 577 507 11.85      
16 A' 432 380 15.86      
17 A' 226 199 0.97      
18 A" 3540 3112 0.32      
19 A" 3485 3063 0.00      
20 A" 1691 1487 3.80      
21 A" 1387 1219 0.33      
22 A" 1184 1041 0.01      
23 A" 860 756 9.13      
24 A" 654 575 71.78      
25 A" 521 458 5.46      
26 A" 192 169 0.01      
27 A" 33i 29i 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21509.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8789) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18904.3 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/STO-3G
ABC
0.31550 0.12219 0.09110

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at mPW1PW91/STO-3G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.576 0.000
C2 -0.600 -0.859 0.000
C3 0.501 -1.939 0.000
O4 -1.042 1.531 0.000
O5 1.202 0.903 0.000
H6 -1.246 -0.964 0.886
H7 -1.246 -0.964 -0.886
H8 0.052 -2.940 0.000
H9 1.137 -1.841 -0.889
H10 1.137 -1.841 0.889
H11 -0.521 2.411 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.55522.56441.41341.24522.17042.17043.51682.81492.81491.9071
C21.55521.54222.43062.51951.10191.10192.18112.18422.18423.2704
C32.56441.54223.79772.92682.18822.18821.09761.09731.09734.4680
O41.41342.43063.79772.32972.65602.65604.60334.11184.11181.0220
O51.24522.51952.92682.32973.20353.20354.01142.88452.88452.2893
H62.17041.10192.18822.65603.20351.77222.52483.09812.53953.5638
H72.17041.10192.18822.65603.20351.77222.52482.53953.09813.5638
H83.51682.18111.09764.60334.01142.52482.52481.78241.78245.3815
H92.81492.18421.09734.11182.88453.09812.53951.78241.77724.6490
H102.81492.18421.09734.11182.88452.53953.09811.78241.77724.6490
H111.90713.27044.46801.02202.28933.56383.56385.38154.64904.6490

picture of Propanoic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.772 C1 C2 H6 108.330
C1 C2 H7 108.330 C1 O4 H11 101.887
C2 C1 O4 109.833 C2 C1 O5 127.895
C2 C3 H8 110.291 C2 C3 H9 110.556
C2 C3 H10 110.556 C3 C2 H6 110.595
C3 C2 H7 110.595 O4 C1 O5 122.272
H6 C2 H7 107.060 H8 C3 H9 108.607
H8 C3 H10 108.607 H9 C3 H10 108.156
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at mPW1PW91/STO-3G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.209      
2 C -0.159      
3 C -0.229      
4 O -0.230      
5 O -0.228      
6 H 0.091      
7 H 0.091      
8 H 0.081      
9 H 0.085      
10 H 0.085      
11 H 0.202      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.790 -0.041 0.000 0.791
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -31.231 -0.128 0.000
y -0.128 -23.777 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.778
Traceless
 xyz
x -5.953 -0.128 0.000
y -0.128 5.227 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.726
Polar
3z2-r21.451
x2-y2-7.453
xy-0.128
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.382 -0.026 0.000
y -0.026 3.865 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.913


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 127.383
(<r2>)1/2 11.286