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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31+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 MP2/6-31+G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-267.653556
Energy at 298.15K-267.660713
HF Energy-266.864121
Nuclear repulsion energy177.820886
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 MP2/6-31+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' 3793 3567 71.15      
2 A' 3230 3038 17.51      
3 A' 3135 2949 3.44      
4 A' 3135 2949 24.79      
5 A' 1812 1705 254.00      
6 A' 1548 1456 9.10      
7 A' 1510 1420 12.41      
8 A' 1467 1380 2.28      
9 A' 1439 1353 63.04      
10 A' 1312 1234 16.49      
11 A' 1181 1111 197.12      
12 A' 1112 1046 121.22      
13 A' 1041 979 1.37      
14 A' 835 786 5.67      
15 A' 612 576 17.90      
16 A' 471 443 23.03      
17 A' 253 238 2.28      
18 A" 3238 3046 17.32      
19 A" 3185 2996 2.39      
20 A" 1539 1448 7.19      
21 A" 1308 1230 0.02      
22 A" 1134 1067 0.16      
23 A" 826 777 9.63      
24 A" 645 606 102.89      
25 A" 520 489 29.06      
26 A" 221 208 0.00      
27 A" 39 37 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20269.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9406) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19065.6 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 MP2/6-31+G**
ABC
0.33419 0.12744 0.09549

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31+G**

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.567 0.000
C2 -0.602 -0.814 0.000
C3 0.450 -1.912 0.000
O4 -0.968 1.528 0.000
O5 1.191 0.835 0.000
H6 -1.255 -0.882 0.872
H7 -1.255 -0.882 -0.872
H8 -0.031 -2.890 0.000
H9 1.087 -1.839 -0.879
H10 1.087 -1.839 0.879
H11 -0.504 2.383 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11
C11.50582.51941.36491.22112.10622.10623.45632.78232.78231.8854
C21.50581.52102.37072.43601.09201.09202.15292.16242.16243.1985
C32.51941.52103.72172.84562.17502.17501.08911.08821.08824.4003
O41.36492.37073.72172.26822.57962.57964.51644.04194.04190.9727
O51.22112.43602.84562.26823.11393.11393.92002.81682.81682.2960
H62.10621.09202.17502.57963.11391.74422.50803.07732.53023.4625
H72.10621.09202.17502.57963.11391.74422.50802.53023.07733.4625
H83.45632.15291.08914.51643.92002.50802.50801.76811.76815.2941
H92.78232.16241.08824.04192.81683.07732.53021.76811.75864.5970
H102.78232.16241.08824.04192.81682.53023.07731.76811.75864.5970
H111.88543.19854.40030.97272.29603.46253.46255.29414.59704.5970

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 112.685 C1 C2 H6 107.261
C1 C2 H7 107.261 C1 O4 H11 106.308
C2 C1 O4 111.249 C2 C1 O5 126.260
C2 C3 H8 110.046 C2 C3 H9 110.858
C2 C3 H10 110.858 C3 C2 H6 111.633
C3 C2 H7 111.633 O4 C1 O5 122.491
H6 C2 H7 105.996 H8 C3 H9 108.594
H8 C3 H10 108.594 H9 C3 H10 107.812
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability