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All results from a given calculation for C4H6O2 (2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/3-21G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C1 1A
Energy calculated at B3LYP/3-21G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-304.781149
Energy at 298.15K-304.787672
Nuclear repulsion energy225.250049
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 B3LYP/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 3262 3147 3.72      
2 A 3232 3119 0.60      
3 A 3183 3071 13.22      
4 A 3168 3057 3.02      
5 A 3134 3024 22.23      
6 A 3070 2962 21.05      
7 A 1749 1688 90.44      
8 A 1698 1639 30.54      
9 A 1563 1508 10.07      
10 A 1544 1490 8.88      
11 A 1494 1442 28.04      
12 A 1478 1426 33.19      
13 A 1354 1307 27.32      
14 A 1200 1158 401.11      
15 A 1187 1145 16.24      
16 A 1161 1121 0.04      
17 A 1111 1072 3.81      
18 A 1052 1015 26.59      
19 A 1030 994 34.20      
20 A 990 956 15.75      
21 A 835 806 7.80      
22 A 833 804 33.83      
23 A 666 642 4.87      
24 A 544 525 0.07      
25 A 482 465 0.70      
26 A 329 317 22.08      
27 A 213 206 3.93      
28 A 213 205 4.76      
29 A 115 111 5.64      
30 A 65 63 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20976.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9649) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 20240.4 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 B3LYP/3-21G
ABC
0.33389 0.07644 0.06294

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/3-21G

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
H1 3.054 -0.896 -0.001
H2 2.448 0.546 0.889
H3 2.447 0.547 -0.887
C4 2.333 -0.080 0.000
O5 1.015 -0.744 0.000
O6 0.053 1.342 -0.000
C7 -0.065 0.118 -0.000
H8 -1.230 -1.733 -0.001
C9 -1.326 -0.655 -0.000
H10 -3.443 -0.536 0.000
H11 -2.510 1.072 0.001
C12 -2.493 -0.014 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  H1 H2 H3 C4 O5 O6 C7 H8 C9 H10 H11 C12
H11.79941.79951.08862.04483.74383.28024.36554.38716.50705.90245.6174
H21.79941.77581.09302.12252.67582.69974.41744.05926.05485.06455.0517
H31.79951.77581.09302.12262.67412.69884.41704.05876.05445.06395.0512
C41.08861.09301.09301.47572.68762.40683.92823.70455.79424.97894.8273
O52.04482.12252.12261.47572.29661.38192.45372.34304.46283.96553.5836
O63.74382.67582.67412.68762.29661.22913.33142.42683.96812.57742.8847
C73.28022.69972.69882.40681.38191.22912.18721.47943.44052.62462.4319
H84.36554.41744.41703.92822.45373.33142.18721.08172.51533.08282.1330
C94.38714.05924.05873.70452.34302.42681.47941.08172.11992.09401.3318
H106.50706.05486.05445.79424.46283.96813.44052.51532.11991.85881.0835
H115.90245.06455.06394.97893.96552.57742.62463.08282.09401.85881.0859
C125.61745.05175.05124.82733.58362.88472.43192.13301.33181.08351.0859

picture of 2-Propenoic acid, methyl ester state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
H1 C4 H2 111.143 H1 C4 H3 111.144
H1 C4 O5 104.754 H2 C4 H3 108.663
H2 C4 O5 110.559 H3 C4 O5 110.560
C4 O5 C7 114.709 O5 C7 O6 123.075
O5 C7 C9 109.896 O6 C7 C9 127.030
C7 C9 H8 116.435 C7 C9 C12 119.694
H8 C9 C12 123.870 C9 C12 H10 122.402
C9 C12 H11 119.677 H10 C12 H11 117.921
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/3-21G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 H 0.210     0.108
2 H 0.215     0.090
3 H 0.215     0.090
4 C -0.340     -0.057
5 O -0.516     -0.437
6 O -0.501     -0.507
7 C 0.655     0.846
8 H 0.215     0.197
9 C -0.250     -0.421
10 H 0.203     0.169
11 H 0.223     0.144
12 C -0.328     -0.223


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.178 -1.191 0.000 1.205
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP 0.184 -1.190 0.000 1.204


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.316 0.946 -0.001
y 0.946 -38.431 0.004
z -0.001 0.004 -36.028
Traceless
 xyz
x 11.914 0.946 -0.001
y 0.946 -7.759 0.004
z -0.001 0.004 -4.155
Polar
3z2-r2-8.309
x2-y213.115
xy0.946
xz-0.001
yz0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 10.165 -0.535 -0.000
y -0.535 6.193 0.003
z -0.000 0.003 3.067


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 179.509
(<r2>)1/2 13.398