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III.G.7. (XIII.B.3.) (XIII.D.5.)

Compare vibrational frequencies for two calculations for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

A = HF/6-31G*

B = MP2FC/6-31G*

  symmetry   frequency (cm-1)   reduced mass (amu)   IR Intensity (km mol-1)
mode number A B   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio   A B diff. ratio
1 A' A'   3643 3466 177.0 1.051   1.066 1.065 0.001 1.001   88.62 66.36 22.26 1.335
2 A' A'   2878 2889 -10.8 0.996   1.079 1.065 0.014 1.013   105.13 62.87 42.26 1.672
3 A' A'   2856 2870 -13.8 0.995   1.069 1.081 -0.013 0.988   18.85 42.48 -23.63 0.444
4 A' A'   1817 1678 139.1 1.083   10.060 8.696 1.364 1.157   189.49 70.18 119.31 2.700
5 A' A'   1480 1466 14.0 1.010   1.092 1.083 0.009 1.008   4.17 8.26 -4.09 0.505
6 A' A'   1436 1407 29.3 1.021   1.427 1.341 0.085 1.064   74.20 88.56 -14.35 0.838
7 A' A'   1380 1351 29.7 1.022   1.204 1.216 -0.012 0.990   18.99 11.56 7.43 1.642
8 A' A'   1273 1263 9.9 1.008   1.393 1.488 -0.095 0.936   71.54 54.86 16.68 1.304
9 A' A'   1126 1092 34.9 1.032   2.901 2.909 -0.008 0.997   89.49 68.05 21.44 1.315
10 A' A'   847 852 -4.5 0.995   3.061 3.078 -0.018 0.994   46.59 47.15 -0.56 0.988
11 A' A'   737 728 8.2 1.011   4.919 5.225 -0.306 0.942   22.71 10.24 12.46 2.217
12 A' A'   289 296 -7.1 0.976   6.580 6.633 -0.053 0.992   23.38 22.01 1.37 1.062
13 A" A"   2887 2920 -32.8 0.989   1.105 1.104 0.000 1.000   44.76 25.23 19.53 1.774
14 A" A"   1237 1198 39.0 1.033   1.107 1.095 0.012 1.011   1.20 3.78 -2.58 0.318
15 A" A"   1112 1077 35.5 1.033   1.751 1.777 -0.025 0.986   0.05 0.37 -0.31 0.148
16 A" A"   734 714 20.8 1.029   1.212 1.195 0.017 1.014   2.33 0.10 2.23 24.516
17 A" A"   313 371 -57.8 0.844   1.181 1.142 0.039 1.035   117.89 99.26 18.63 1.188
18 A" A"   130 149 -19.2 0.871   1.763 1.883 -0.120 0.936   21.09 12.12 8.96 1.739
scaled by     0.8985 0.943

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.