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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at SVWN/6-31G**
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.014395
Energy at 298.15K-153.018252
HF Energy-153.014395
Nuclear repulsion energy69.700098
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 SVWN/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' 3119 3068 2.80 52.80 0.73 0.84
2 A' 2982 2933 0.31 132.09 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2786 2741 133.61 138.08 0.33 0.49
4 A' 1833 1804 149.88 7.76 0.51 0.67
5 A' 1398 1375 18.40 26.65 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1378 1355 14.41 7.38 0.73 0.84
7 A' 1311 1290 44.74 8.91 0.73 0.84
8 A' 1101 1083 21.58 2.71 0.37 0.54
9 A' 882 868 5.39 5.49 0.52 0.68
10 A' 489 481 11.79 0.97 0.50 0.66
11 A" 3058 3008 0.78 71.95 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1408 1385 13.81 15.04 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1090 1072 2.01 1.89 0.75 0.86
14 A" 735 723 2.29 8.04 0.75 0.86
15 A" 160 157 0.00 1.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11864.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9837) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11671.4 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 SVWN/6-31G**
ABC
1.88934 0.34143 0.30563

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.457 0.000
C2 -0.933 -0.700 0.000
O3 1.208 0.367 0.000
H4 -0.503 1.466 0.000
H5 -0.371 -1.645 0.000
H6 -1.595 -0.648 0.882
H7 -1.595 -0.648 -0.882

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.48641.21091.12782.13492.13222.1322
C21.48642.39152.20911.09941.10491.1049
O31.21092.39152.03332.55753.10913.1091
H41.12782.20912.03333.11472.53872.5387
H52.13491.09942.55753.11471.80901.8090
H62.13221.10493.10912.53871.80901.7648
H72.13221.10493.10912.53871.80901.7648

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.408 C1 C2 H6 109.865
C1 C2 H7 109.865 C2 C1 O3 124.600
C2 C1 H4 114.659 O3 C1 H4 120.741
H5 C2 H6 110.306 H5 C2 H7 110.306
H6 C2 H7 106.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/6-31G** Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.223      
2 C -0.495      
3 O -0.335      
4 H 0.084      
5 H 0.176      
6 H 0.173      
7 H 0.173      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.616 -0.389 0.000 2.645
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.229 -0.613 0.000
y -0.613 -17.772 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.642
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.523 -0.613 0.000
y -0.613 1.164 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.359
Polar
3z2-r22.718
x2-y2-2.458
xy-0.613
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.556 0.123 0.000
y 0.123 3.867 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.666


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.480
(<r2>)1/2 6.818