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

using model chemistry: MP2/cc-pVDZ

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/cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.422793
Energy at 298.15K-266.428242
HF Energy-265.656760
Nuclear repulsion energy170.794655
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/cc-pVDZ
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3145 2996 2.01      
2 A' 3130 2981 34.56      
3 A' 1927 1835 396.20      
4 A' 1524 1452 1.52      
5 A' 1450 1381 14.31      
6 A' 1357 1293 25.01      
7 A' 1225 1167 14.97      
8 A' 1121 1068 154.08      
9 A' 1039 990 0.60      
10 A' 971 925 96.59      
11 A' 912 868 5.25      
12 A' 753 717 2.58      
13 A' 498 474 3.53      
14 A" 3224 3070 7.01      
15 A" 3203 3051 12.51      
16 A" 1206 1149 0.06      
17 A" 1166 1110 0.95      
18 A" 1054 1004 2.83      
19 A" 801 763 2.05      
20 A" 515 491 2.48      
21 A" 172 164 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15196.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9525) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14474.3 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 MP2/cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.41046 0.17341 0.12800

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.042 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.628 0.000
O3 -0.070 1.824 0.000
C4 1.092 -0.449 0.000
H5 1.721 -0.446 0.902
H6 1.721 -0.446 -0.902
C7 -0.105 -1.411 0.000
H8 -0.235 -2.023 -0.905
H9 -0.235 -2.023 0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38342.31992.14032.91042.91041.46652.12092.1209
C21.38341.19801.53402.22002.22002.04202.81092.8109
O32.31991.19802.55293.02873.02873.23553.95533.9553
C42.14031.53402.55291.09941.09941.53622.24892.2489
H52.91042.22003.02871.09941.80412.25383.09462.5122
H62.91042.22003.02871.09941.80412.25382.51223.0946
C71.46652.04203.23551.53622.25382.25381.09981.0998
H82.12092.81093.95532.24893.09462.51221.09981.8098
H92.12092.81093.95532.24892.51223.09461.09981.8098

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 127.820 O1 C2 C4 94.242
O1 C7 C4 90.891 O1 C7 H8 110.652
O1 C7 H9 110.652 C2 O1 C7 91.486
C2 C4 H5 113.900 C2 C4 H6 113.900
C2 C4 C7 83.381 O3 C2 C4 137.938
C4 C7 H8 116.119 C4 C7 H9 116.119
H5 C4 H6 110.270 H5 C4 C7 116.571
H6 C4 C7 116.571 H8 C7 H9 110.719
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability