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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.384690
Energy at 298.15K-266.390201
HF Energy-265.638945
Nuclear repulsion energy171.680907
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3162 2968 1.26      
2 A' 3153 2960 28.34      
3 A' 2011 1887 458.50      
4 A' 1588 1490 1.69      
5 A' 1521 1427 13.11      
6 A' 1402 1316 37.55      
7 A' 1276 1197 12.95      
8 A' 1178 1106 174.00      
9 A' 1056 991 7.04      
10 A' 1014 952 89.40      
11 A' 933 876 5.45      
12 A' 778 730 0.88      
13 A' 511 479 5.04      
14 A" 3226 3028 12.36      
15 A" 3212 3015 7.43      
16 A" 1237 1161 0.17      
17 A" 1194 1120 0.69      
18 A" 1099 1031 5.31      
19 A" 828 777 2.51      
20 A" 530 497 5.11      
21 A" 178 167 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 15541.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14587.1 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
0.41494 0.17517 0.12929

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.035 -0.275 0.000
C2 0.000 0.624 0.000
O3 -0.063 1.814 0.000
C4 1.086 -0.447 0.000
H5 1.713 -0.447 0.894
H6 1.713 -0.447 -0.894
C7 -0.111 -1.409 0.000
H8 -0.244 -2.014 -0.898
H9 -0.244 -2.014 0.898

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.37112.30382.12862.89512.89511.46302.11122.1112
C21.37111.19161.52502.20892.20892.03572.79742.7974
O32.30381.19162.53583.01063.01063.22293.93603.9360
C42.12861.52502.53581.09161.09161.53602.24392.2439
H52.89512.20893.01061.09161.78782.24733.08202.5075
H62.89512.20893.01061.09161.78782.24732.50753.0820
C71.46302.03573.22291.53602.24732.24731.09121.0912
H82.11122.79743.93602.24393.08202.50751.09121.7960
H92.11122.79743.93602.24392.50753.08201.09121.7960

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 127.915 O1 C2 C4 94.465
O1 C7 C4 90.399 O1 C7 H8 110.647
O1 C7 H9 110.647 C2 O1 C7 91.767
C2 C4 H5 114.145 C2 C4 H6 114.145
C2 C4 C7 83.369 O3 C2 C4 137.621
C4 C7 H8 116.296 C4 C7 H9 116.296
H5 C4 H6 109.946 H5 C4 C7 116.562
H6 C4 C7 116.562 H8 C7 H9 110.759
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability