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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

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 H in 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-226.871776
Energy at 298.15K-226.876747
Nuclear repulsion energy118.210206
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' 3599 3349 24.91      
2 A' 3108 2892 56.77      
3 A' 3087 2873 25.59      
4 A' 1784 1660 47.77      
5 A' 1617 1504 6.52      
6 A' 1513 1408 104.87      
7 A' 1479 1377 7.18      
8 A' 1359 1265 58.70      
9 A' 1097 1021 36.96      
10 A' 863 803 41.73      
11 A' 777 723 13.04      
12 A' 318 296 22.52      
13 A" 3121 2904 28.30      
14 A" 1290 1201 6.59      
15 A" 1172 1090 0.15      
16 A" 820 763 0.00      
17 A" 424 394 121.54      
18 A" 180 168 12.51      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13803.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9305) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12844.3 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
0.58241 0.21939 0.16426

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 0.000 0.961 0.000
C2 0.947 -0.231 0.000
O3 -1.370 0.504 0.000
O4 0.521 -1.385 0.000
H5 -1.326 -0.482 0.000
H6 0.209 1.572 0.885
H7 0.209 1.572 -0.885
H8 2.017 -0.002 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.52291.44412.40321.96041.09541.09542.2352
C21.52292.43101.23032.28772.14012.14011.0939
O31.44412.43102.67230.98722.10162.10163.4244
O42.40321.23032.67232.05573.10233.10232.0377
H51.96042.28770.98722.05572.71322.71323.3778
H61.09542.14012.10163.10232.71321.76972.5553
H71.09542.14012.10163.10232.71321.76972.5553
H82.23521.09393.42442.03773.37782.55532.5553

picture of hydroxy acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.224 C1 C2 H8 116.380
C1 O3 H5 105.941 C2 C1 O3 110.014
C2 C1 H6 108.538 C2 C1 H7 108.538
O3 C1 H6 110.954 O3 C1 H7 110.954
O4 C2 H8 122.396 H6 C1 H7 107.758
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at CID/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.168      
2 C 0.288      
3 O -0.677      
4 O -0.526      
5 H 0.402      
6 H 0.232      
7 H 0.232      
8 H 0.216      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


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


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 0.000
(<r2>)1/2 0.000