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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBE1PBE/6-311G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.685965
Energy at 298.15K-153.689884
HF Energy-153.685965
Nuclear repulsion energy69.893834
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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
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' 3173 3042 11.76 52.33 0.72 0.84
2 A' 3051 2925 2.43 139.12 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2902 2781 147.81 155.49 0.34 0.51
4 A' 1864 1786 186.16 8.87 0.69 0.82
5 A' 1474 1413 25.56 17.38 0.65 0.79
6 A' 1440 1380 14.24 6.48 0.59 0.74
7 A' 1385 1327 31.00 4.31 0.69 0.82
8 A' 1140 1093 25.05 2.00 0.35 0.52
9 A' 900 863 6.60 5.13 0.43 0.60
10 A' 510 489 13.46 1.39 0.50 0.66
11 A" 3116 2987 8.99 69.21 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1481 1420 13.78 10.02 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1141 1094 0.96 1.30 0.75 0.86
14 A" 774 742 1.20 5.98 0.75 0.86
15 A" 158 152 0.37 1.09 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12254.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9585) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11746.2 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 PBE1PBE/6-311G*
ABC
1.91720 0.34041 0.30535

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at PBE1PBE/6-311G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.927 -0.718 0.000
O3 1.198 0.388 0.000
H4 -0.500 1.454 0.000
H5 -0.362 -1.650 0.000
H6 -1.581 -0.678 0.878
H7 -1.581 -0.678 -0.878

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49831.20051.11372.13982.13642.1364
C21.49832.39562.21351.09011.09551.0955
O31.20052.39562.00592.56583.10343.1034
H41.11372.21352.00593.10702.54662.5466
H52.13981.09012.56583.10701.78951.7895
H62.13641.09553.10342.54661.78951.7559
H72.13641.09553.10342.54661.78951.7559

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.525 C1 C2 H6 109.929
C1 C2 H7 109.929 C2 C1 O3 124.792
C2 C1 H4 115.076 O3 C1 H4 120.132
H5 C2 H6 109.925 H5 C2 H7 109.925
H6 C2 H7 106.528
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBE1PBE/6-311G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.124      
2 C -0.739      
3 O -0.282      
4 H 0.156      
5 H 0.251      
6 H 0.245      
7 H 0.245      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.669 -0.290 0.000 2.684
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.766 -0.865 0.000
y -0.865 -17.934 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.807
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.896 -0.865 0.000
y -0.865 1.352 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.543
Polar
3z2-r23.087
x2-y2-2.832
xy-0.865
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.576 0.118 0.000
y 0.118 3.881 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.762


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.646
(<r2>)1/2 6.830