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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: HF/CEP-31G

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/CEP-31G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-28.914424
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-28.914424
Nuclear repulsion energy39.133222
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 HF/CEP-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' 3347 3017 42.37      
2 A' 3242 2922 94.23      
3 A' 3217 2899 31.54      
4 A' 1872 1688 185.61      
5 A' 1605 1446 26.87      
6 A' 1555 1402 19.75      
7 A' 1520 1370 10.97      
8 A' 1247 1124 27.23      
9 A' 988 891 1.97      
10 A' 533 480 23.91      
11 A" 3292 2967 45.73      
12 A" 1612 1453 18.45      
13 A" 1249 1126 0.11      
14 A" 864 779 1.83      
15 A" 150 136 3.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13146.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9014) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11850.0 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 HF/CEP-31G
ABC
1.87573 0.33247 0.29800

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/CEP-31G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.487 0.000
C2 -0.883 -0.748 0.000
O3 1.228 0.453 0.000
H4 -0.509 1.455 0.000
H5 -0.273 -1.646 0.000
H6 -1.528 -0.742 0.880
H7 -1.528 -0.742 -0.880

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51791.22851.09352.15042.14932.1493
C21.51792.42802.23401.08571.09101.0910
O31.22852.42802.00582.57963.12963.1296
H41.09352.23402.00583.10972.57652.5765
H52.15041.08572.57963.10971.77931.7793
H62.14931.09103.12962.57651.77931.7598
H72.14931.09103.12962.57651.77931.7598

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.260 C1 C2 H6 109.854
C1 C2 H7 109.854 C2 C1 O3 123.929
C2 C1 H4 116.683 O3 C1 H4 119.387
H5 C2 H6 109.657 H5 C2 H7 109.657
H6 C2 H7 107.514
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/CEP-31G Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.055      
2 C -0.238      
3 O -0.235      
4 H 0.138      
5 H 0.149      
6 H 0.120      
7 H 0.120      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.738 -0.304 0.000 3.751
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.615 -1.640 0.000
y -1.640 -17.635 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.912
Traceless
 xyz
x -4.842 -1.640 0.000
y -1.640 2.629 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.213
Polar
3z2-r24.427
x2-y2-4.980
xy-1.640
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.255 0.199 0.000
y 0.199 2.986 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.372


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 41.163
(<r2>)1/2 6.416