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

using model chemistry: B1B95/CEP-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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-51.244229
Energy at 298.15K-51.249647
Nuclear repulsion energy91.699612
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 B1B95/CEP-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' 3138 3004 3.42      
2 A' 3118 2985 45.84      
3 A' 1958 1874 520.42      
4 A' 1517 1452 1.04      
5 A' 1452 1390 19.44      
6 A' 1361 1303 30.31      
7 A' 1222 1170 21.81      
8 A' 1143 1094 161.03      
9 A' 1037 993 4.49      
10 A' 1001 958 85.48      
11 A' 913 874 3.72      
12 A' 752 720 0.26      
13 A' 493 472 4.29      
14 A" 3211 3074 13.06      
15 A" 3181 3045 21.39      
16 A" 1187 1136 0.02      
17 A" 1158 1108 0.38      
18 A" 1041 996 4.23      
19 A" 787 753 6.10      
20 A" 505 484 2.12      
21 A" 182 174 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15178.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9572) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14528.4 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 B1B95/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.41058 0.17280 0.12768

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.036 -0.281 0.000
C2 0.000 0.626 0.000
O3 -0.074 1.828 0.000
C4 1.098 -0.452 0.000
H5 1.724 -0.448 0.901
H6 1.724 -0.448 -0.901
C7 -0.110 -1.414 0.000
H8 -0.247 -2.023 -0.905
H9 -0.247 -2.023 0.905

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37662.31792.14002.90772.90771.46292.11582.1158
C21.37661.20451.53842.22232.22232.04312.81032.8103
O32.31791.20452.56373.03793.03793.24253.96003.9600
C42.14001.53842.56371.09751.09751.54422.25712.2571
H52.90772.22233.03791.09751.80252.26023.10242.5223
H62.90772.22233.03791.09751.80252.26022.52233.1024
C71.46292.04313.24251.54422.26022.26021.09951.0995
H82.11582.81033.96002.25713.10242.52231.09951.8104
H92.11582.81033.96002.25712.52233.10241.09951.8104

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 127.678 O1 C2 C4 94.303
O1 C7 C4 90.697 O1 C7 H8 110.522
O1 C7 H9 110.522 C2 O1 C7 91.977
C2 C4 H5 113.885 C2 C4 H6 113.885
C2 C4 C7 83.022 O3 C2 C4 138.018
C4 C7 H8 116.239 C4 C7 H9 116.239
H5 C4 H6 110.412 H5 C4 C7 116.634
H6 C4 C7 116.634 H8 C7 H9 110.833
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.064      
2 C -0.288      
3 O -0.041      
4 C -0.016      
5 H 0.185      
6 H 0.185      
7 C -0.323      
8 H 0.181      
9 H 0.181      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.184 -3.840 0.000 4.417
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -29.135 -0.011 0.000
y -0.011 -31.420 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.381
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.235 -0.011 0.000
y -0.011 -3.662 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.897
Polar
3z2-r27.793
x2-y22.285
xy-0.011
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.813 0.118 0.000
y 0.118 6.646 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.750


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000