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All results from a given calculation for HCCO (ketenyl radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G**

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C*V 2Π
1 2 yes CS 2A"

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.892742
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.892742
Nuclear repulsion energy51.768025
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 BLYP/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 Σ 3419 3393 100.66 50.07 0.23 0.37
2 Σ 2059 2043 139.26 0.48 0.62 0.77
3 Σ 1262 1252 21.26 29.83 0.25 0.40
4 Π 530 526 0.00 1.91 0.75 0.86
4 Π 485 482 6.60 1.44 0.75 0.86
5 Π 417 413 22.53 0.01 0.75 0.86
5 Π 433i 430i 120.59 2.91 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3869.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3839.4 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 BLYP/6-31G**
B
0.34970

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.015
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.257
O3 0.000 0.000 1.223
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.327

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.27231.20752.3419
C21.27232.47981.0695
O31.20752.47983.5494
H42.34191.06953.5494

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 180.000 C2 C1 O3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.274      
2 C -0.051      
3 O -0.369      
4 H 0.146      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.037 2.037
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.747 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.340 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.428
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.138 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.253 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.115
Polar
3z2-r24.231
x2-y21.594
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.448 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.448 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.508


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.750
(<r2>)1/2 6.062

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.896523
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.896523
Nuclear repulsion energy51.591007
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 BLYP/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' 3252 3227 18.52 88.37 0.31 0.47
2 A' 2017 2002 192.95 2.04 0.32 0.48
3 A' 1208 1199 7.17 26.97 0.28 0.44
4 A' 571 566 174.58 11.02 0.30 0.46
5 A' 508 504 18.81 2.17 0.71 0.83
6 A" 468 465 1.01 0.43 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4012.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9923) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3981.2 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 BLYP/6-31G**
ABC
30.71521 0.35469 0.35064

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.061 0.000
C2 1.190 -0.488 0.000
O3 -1.166 0.328 0.000
H4 2.188 -0.066 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.31061.19612.1921
C21.31062.49321.0838
O31.19612.49323.3775
H42.19211.08383.3775

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 132.329 C2 C1 O3 168.099
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.367      
2 C -0.183      
3 O -0.329      
4 H 0.145      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.441 0.733 0.000 1.616
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.438 1.653 0.000
y 1.653 -18.115 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.882
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.561 1.653 0.000
y 1.653 -2.455 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.894
Polar
3z2-r21.788
x2-y22.677
xy1.653
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.231 -1.185 0.000
y -1.185 2.248 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.817


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.769
(<r2>)1/2 6.064