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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.363017
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.758478
Nuclear repulsion energy102.305856
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 QCISD(T)/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' 3249 3117        
2 A' 3197 3067        
3 A' 3157 3028        
4 A' 2928 2809        
5 A' 1773 1701        
6 A' 1679 1611        
7 A' 1477 1417        
8 A' 1411 1354        
9 A' 1311 1257        
10 A' 1192 1144        
11 A' 935 897        
12 A' 571 548        
13 A' 320 307        
14 A" 1013 972        
15 A" 997 957        
16 A" 952 914        
17 A" 593 569        
18 A" 159 153        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13457.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12909.4 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
1.57767 0.15314 0.13959

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.146 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.220 1.294 0.000
O4 -1.227 -1.329 0.000
H5 0.810 -1.323 0.000
H6 -0.921 1.306 0.000
H7 1.356 2.374 0.000
H8 2.128 0.688 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48002.45901.22591.11422.19843.46682.6910
C21.48001.34732.39002.19931.09072.13692.1282
C32.45901.34733.58702.64832.14081.08861.0916
O41.22592.39003.58702.03732.65314.51463.9146
H51.11422.19932.64832.03733.14783.73652.4039
H62.19841.09072.14082.65313.14782.51433.1109
H73.46682.13691.08864.51463.73652.51431.8544
H82.69102.12821.09163.91462.40393.11091.8544

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.778 C1 C2 H6 116.741
C2 C1 O4 123.799 C2 C1 H5 115.212
C2 C3 H7 122.273 C2 C3 H8 121.174
C3 C2 H6 122.481 O4 C1 H5 120.989
H7 C3 H8 116.553
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.360914
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.755899
Nuclear repulsion energy103.952686
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 QCISD(T)/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' 3260 3128        
2 A' 3182 3052        
3 A' 3165 3036        
4 A' 2953 2833        
5 A' 1769 1697        
6 A' 1676 1608        
7 A' 1458 1398        
8 A' 1446 1388        
9 A' 1323 1269        
10 A' 1082 1038        
11 A' 949 910        
12 A' 682 654        
13 A' 295 283        
14 A" 1008 967        
15 A" 1000 959        
16 A" 956 917        
17 A" 553 531        
18 A" 166 159        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13461.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9593) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12913.2 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 QCISD(T)/6-31G*
ABC
0.74498 0.20771 0.16243

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.898 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.907 0.000
C3 1.339 0.763 0.000
O4 -0.498 -1.442 0.000
H5 -1.988 -0.065 0.000
H6 -0.473 1.891 0.000
H7 2.013 1.618 0.000
H8 1.781 -0.234 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48992.46911.22691.11172.21423.47602.6791
C21.48991.34712.40072.21321.09182.13472.1147
C32.46911.34712.86933.42902.13461.08891.0897
O41.22692.40072.86932.02913.33283.95782.5787
H51.11172.21323.42902.02912.47464.34073.7728
H62.21421.09182.13463.33282.47462.50033.0971
H73.47602.13471.08893.95784.34072.50031.8664
H82.67912.11471.08972.57873.77283.09711.8664

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.915 C1 C2 H6 117.282
C2 C1 O4 123.888 C2 C1 H5 115.817
C2 C3 H7 122.054 C2 C3 H8 120.044
C3 C2 H6 121.802 O4 C1 H5 120.296
H7 C3 H8 117.902
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability