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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: CID/3-21G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.251305
Energy at 298.15K-191.257772
HF Energy-190.876659
Nuclear repulsion energy118.003259
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 CID/3-21G*
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' 3198 2976 18.61      
2 A' 3133 2915 11.31      
3 A' 3110 2894 19.35      
4 A' 3028 2817 108.88      
5 A' 1795 1670 59.40      
6 A' 1612 1500 7.52      
7 A' 1574 1465 15.58      
8 A' 1525 1419 9.48      
9 A' 1497 1393 4.59      
10 A' 1423 1324 12.03      
11 A' 1155 1075 20.89      
12 A' 1043 971 2.25      
13 A' 864 804 16.50      
14 A' 704 655 5.07      
15 A' 282 262 10.39      
16 A" 3203 2980 20.39      
17 A" 3138 2920 6.84      
18 A" 1615 1502 6.87      
19 A" 1366 1271 0.38      
20 A" 1222 1137 0.71      
21 A" 967 900 1.65      
22 A" 739 687 5.44      
23 A" 241 224 0.76      
24 A" 137 128 2.06      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19284.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17944.3 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 CID/3-21G*
ABC
0.53605 0.19995 0.15394

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CID/3-21G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.447 0.415 0.000
C2 0.000 0.943 0.000
C3 -1.007 -0.195 0.000
O4 -0.700 -1.384 0.000
H5 2.160 1.241 0.000
H6 1.623 -0.203 0.881
H7 1.623 -0.203 -0.881
H8 -0.191 1.569 0.879
H9 -0.191 1.569 -0.879
H10 -2.060 0.122 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.54032.52882.80101.09141.09101.09102.18822.18823.5193
C21.54031.51952.43002.18042.17362.17361.09601.09602.2177
C32.52881.51951.22843.47752.77392.77392.13262.13261.0995
O42.80102.43001.22843.88222.75072.75073.12253.12252.0295
H51.09142.18043.47753.88221.77561.77562.53152.53154.3659
H61.09102.17362.77392.75071.77561.76292.53593.08733.8010
H71.09102.17362.77392.75071.77561.76293.08732.53593.8010
H82.18821.09602.13263.12252.53152.53593.08731.75872.5215
H92.18821.09602.13263.12252.53153.08732.53591.75872.5215
H103.51932.21771.09952.02954.36593.80103.80102.52152.5215

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 111.476 C1 C2 H8 111.079
C1 C2 H9 111.079 C2 C1 H5 110.737
C2 C1 H6 110.225 C2 C1 H7 110.225
C2 C3 O4 123.990 C2 C3 H10 114.772
C3 C2 H8 108.157 C3 C2 H9 108.157
O4 C3 H10 121.238 H5 C1 H6 108.897
H5 C1 H7 108.897 H6 C1 H7 107.792
H8 C2 H9 106.704
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability