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

using model chemistry: B97D3/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B97D3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-266.992956
Energy at 298.15K-266.998299
HF Energy-266.992956
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B97D3/6-31G*
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' 3049 2989 5.12      
2 A' 3040 2980 42.78      
3 A' 1896 1859 393.37      
4 A' 1518 1489 2.94      
5 A' 1456 1427 8.25      
6 A' 1322 1296 19.60      
7 A' 1205 1182 12.09      
8 A' 1075 1054 142.12      
9 A' 997 978 1.02      
10 A' 904 886 85.31      
11 A' 871 854 3.79      
12 A' 736 722 1.37      
13 A' 475 466 3.16      
14 A" 3111 3050 24.81      
15 A" 3095 3035 7.63      
16 A" 1187 1164 0.08      
17 A" 1135 1113 0.29      
18 A" 1045 1025 3.21      
19 A" 796 780 2.19      
20 A" 502 492 2.42      
21 A" 180 177 0.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14797.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9804) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14507.8 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 B97D3/6-31G*
ABC
0.40924 0.17207 0.12710

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B97D3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
O1 -1.045 -0.284 0.000
C2 0.000 0.632 0.000
O3 -0.073 1.830 0.000
C4 1.093 -0.448 0.000
H5 1.725 -0.448 0.897
H6 1.725 -0.448 -0.897
C7 -0.099 -1.421 0.000
H8 -0.235 -2.028 -0.903
H9 -0.235 -2.028 0.903

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  O1 C2 O3 C4 H5 H6 C7 H8 H9
O11.38922.32652.14442.91602.91601.47892.12482.1248
C21.38921.20061.53642.22392.22392.05492.81872.8187
O32.32651.20062.55903.03753.03753.25103.96573.9657
C42.14441.53642.55901.09711.09711.53902.25302.2530
H52.91602.22393.03751.09711.79412.25353.09462.5172
H62.91602.22393.03751.09711.79412.25352.51723.0946
C71.47892.05493.25101.53902.25352.25351.09671.0967
H82.12482.81873.96572.25303.09462.51721.09671.8062
H92.12482.81873.96572.25302.51723.09461.09671.8062

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 127.902 O1 C2 C4 94.021
O1 C7 C4 90.372 O1 C7 H8 110.409
O1 C7 H9 110.409 C2 O1 C7 91.655
C2 C4 H5 114.128 C2 C4 H6 114.128
C2 C4 C7 83.952 O3 C2 C4 138.077
C4 C7 H8 116.483 C4 C7 H9 116.483
H5 C4 H6 109.708 H5 C4 C7 116.497
H6 C4 C7 116.497 H8 C7 H9 110.794
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B97D3/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 O -0.425      
2 C 0.601      
3 O -0.415      
4 C -0.446      
5 H 0.196      
6 H 0.196      
7 C -0.052      
8 H 0.172      
9 H 0.172      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.985 -3.471 0.000 3.999
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -28.994 -0.054 0.000
y -0.054 -31.060 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -26.599
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.165 -0.054 0.000
y -0.054 -3.263 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.428
Polar
3z2-r26.856
x2-y22.066
xy-0.054
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.734 0.113 0.000
y 0.113 6.690 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.968


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 95.122
(<r2>)1/2 9.753