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

using model chemistry: SVWN/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 SVWN/3-21G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-226.602017
Energy at 298.15K-226.607250
Nuclear repulsion energy119.936698
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/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' 3059 3059 47.70      
2 A' 2941 2941 68.79      
3 A' 2868 2868 16.17      
4 A' 1682 1682 58.64      
5 A' 1485 1485 99.50      
6 A' 1456 1456 76.23      
7 A' 1348 1348 17.58      
8 A' 1261 1261 50.10      
9 A' 1095 1095 55.73      
10 A' 875 875 43.58      
11 A' 783 783 2.80      
12 A' 357 357 27.70      
13 A" 2874 2874 22.92      
14 A" 1184 1184 15.80      
15 A" 1081 1081 0.01      
16 A" 737 737 1.46      
17 A" 638 638 79.13      
18 A" 272 272 1.60      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12998.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12998.1 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/3-21G*
ABC
0.57535 0.23758 0.17367

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.954 0.000
C2 0.937 -0.213 0.000
O3 -1.324 0.472 0.000
O4 0.452 -1.354 0.000
H5 -1.174 -0.547 0.000
H6 0.252 1.583 0.889
H7 0.252 1.583 -0.889
H8 2.029 -0.014 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49641.40942.35191.90571.11771.11772.2480
C21.49642.36231.24012.13722.11752.11751.1099
O31.40942.36232.54701.02962.12352.12353.3880
O42.35191.24012.54701.81513.07493.07492.0694
H51.90572.13721.02961.81512.71292.71293.2469
H61.11772.11752.12353.07492.71291.77852.5491
H71.11772.11752.12353.07492.71291.77852.5491
H82.24801.10993.38802.06943.24692.54912.5491

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 118.216 C1 C2 H8 118.446
C1 O3 H5 101.636 C2 C1 O3 108.738
C2 C1 H6 107.307 C2 C1 H7 107.307
O3 C1 H6 113.844 O3 C1 H7 113.844
O4 C2 H8 123.338 H6 C1 H7 105.420
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at SVWN/3-21G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.260      
2 C 0.136      
3 O -0.528      
4 O -0.363      
5 H 0.336      
6 H 0.235      
7 H 0.235      
8 H 0.210      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  2.421 1.049 0.000 2.638
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -24.557 3.719 0.000
y 3.719 -25.248 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.020
Traceless
 xyz
x -0.423 3.719 0.000
y 3.719 -1.460 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.883
Polar
3z2-r23.766
x2-y20.691
xy3.719
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.398 0.178 0.000
y 0.178 4.833 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.427


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