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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (Crotonic Acid)

using model chemistry: CCD/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CCD/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-303.612927
Energy at 298.15K-303.619590
HF Energy-302.988939
Nuclear repulsion energy217.778775
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 CCD/3-21G*
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' 3558 3404 19.12      
2 A' 3180 3042 6.67      
3 A' 3175 3036 0.02      
4 A' 3102 2967 15.48      
5 A' 3032 2900 14.17      
6 A' 1821 1742 168.74      
7 A' 1726 1651 14.94      
8 A' 1573 1505 8.18      
9 A' 1484 1419 7.25      
10 A' 1423 1361 37.01      
11 A' 1374 1314 2.26      
12 A' 1343 1285 0.13      
13 A' 1189 1137 167.14      
14 A' 1100 1053 95.84      
15 A' 976 934 8.90      
16 A' 866 828 22.69      
17 A' 626 599 57.14      
18 A' 495 473 2.56      
19 A' 393 376 3.70      
20 A' 206 197 0.32      
21 A" 3085 2951 16.97      
22 A" 1565 1497 7.47      
23 A" 1128 1079 0.02      
24 A" 1019 975 46.92      
25 A" 867 829 8.83      
26 A" 683 653 49.41      
27 A" 558 533 132.52      
28 A" 204 195 0.52      
29 A" 188 180 0.56      
30 A" 108 103 0.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 21023.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9565) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20109.1 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 CCD/3-21G*
ABC
0.31960 0.06382 0.05373

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -1.119 -0.349 0.000
C2 0.000 0.633 0.000
C3 1.290 0.270 0.000
C4 2.454 1.248 0.000
O5 -0.659 -1.664 0.000
O6 -2.315 -0.074 0.000
H7 -0.313 1.677 0.000
H8 1.537 -0.792 0.000
H9 2.094 2.286 0.000
H10 3.084 1.095 0.889
H11 3.084 1.095 -0.889
H12 -1.448 -2.265 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 C4 O5 O6 H7 H8 H9 H10 H11 H12
C11.48892.48673.91311.39231.22722.18022.69254.15544.53204.53201.9441
C21.48891.34022.52962.38972.42031.08902.09632.66793.24283.24283.2401
C32.48671.34021.52032.74533.62082.13241.08982.17092.16572.16573.7309
C43.91312.52961.52034.26234.94832.79952.23581.09881.10011.10015.2500
O51.39232.38972.74534.26232.29473.35812.36344.81484.73424.73420.9917
O61.22722.42033.62084.94832.29472.65953.91815.00105.59505.59502.3563
H72.18021.08902.13242.79953.35812.65953.08462.48303.55913.55914.1020
H82.69252.09631.08982.23582.36343.91813.08463.12772.59642.59643.3289
H94.15542.66792.17091.09884.81485.00102.48303.12771.78561.78565.7672
H104.53203.24282.16571.10014.73425.59503.55912.59641.78561.77705.7112
H114.53203.24282.16571.10014.73425.59503.55912.59641.78561.77705.7112
H121.94413.24013.73095.25000.99172.35634.10203.32895.76725.71125.7112

picture of Crotonic Acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 122.955 C1 C2 H7 114.615
C1 O5 H12 108.094 C2 C1 O5 112.037
C2 C1 O6 125.754 C2 C3 C4 124.215
C2 C3 H8 118.874 C3 C2 H7 122.430
C3 C4 H9 110.942 C3 C4 H10 110.449
C3 C4 H11 110.449 C4 C3 H8 116.911
O5 C1 O6 122.208 H9 C4 H10 108.591
H9 C4 H11 108.591 H10 C4 H11 107.728
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability