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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: MP3=FULL/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-192.554612
Energy at 298.15K-192.561036
HF Energy-191.950864
Nuclear repulsion energy118.601281
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 MP3=FULL/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' 3200 3002 18.62      
2 A' 3120 2928 14.47      
3 A' 3085 2895 21.59      
4 A' 3003 2817 108.03      
5 A' 1891 1775 108.95      
6 A' 1560 1464 9.25      
7 A' 1528 1434 10.28      
8 A' 1487 1395 11.12      
9 A' 1467 1376 3.87      
10 A' 1429 1340 8.81      
11 A' 1155 1084 15.14      
12 A' 1041 977 0.88      
13 A' 899 844 16.87      
14 A' 693 650 7.94      
15 A' 272 256 9.38      
16 A" 3205 3007 18.14      
17 A" 3118 2926 10.16      
18 A" 1557 1460 6.60      
19 A" 1324 1243 0.34      
20 A" 1193 1120 0.29      
21 A" 931 874 1.95      
22 A" 705 662 3.29      
23 A" 242 227 0.34      
24 A" 142 133 2.77      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19123.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9383) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17943.2 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 MP3=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.55334 0.19879 0.15457

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.445 0.441 0.000
C2 0.000 0.919 0.000
C3 -0.999 -0.208 0.000
O4 -0.701 -1.382 0.000
H5 2.133 1.291 0.000
H6 1.649 -0.172 0.881
H7 1.649 -0.172 -0.881
H8 -0.216 1.551 0.873
H9 -0.216 1.551 -0.873
H10 -2.065 0.096 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.52212.52892.81591.09301.09231.09232.18022.18023.5270
C21.52211.50672.40592.16482.16472.16471.09891.09892.2232
C32.52891.50671.21123.47212.79102.79102.11412.11411.1085
O42.81592.40591.21123.89532.78612.78613.09823.09822.0114
H51.09302.16483.47213.89531.77451.77452.51942.51944.3645
H61.09232.16472.79102.78611.77451.76152.53913.08593.8265
H71.09232.16472.79102.78611.77451.76153.08592.53913.8265
H82.18021.09892.11413.09822.51942.53913.08591.74622.5094
H92.18021.09892.11413.09822.51943.08592.53911.74622.5094
H103.52702.22321.10852.01144.36453.82653.82652.50942.5094

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.225 C1 C2 H8 111.552
C1 C2 H9 111.552 C2 C1 H5 110.677
C2 C1 H6 110.714 C2 C1 H7 110.714
C2 C3 O4 124.204 C2 C3 H10 115.614
C3 C2 H8 107.427 C3 C2 H9 107.427
O4 C3 H10 120.182 H5 C1 H6 108.584
H5 C1 H7 108.584 H6 C1 H7 107.469
H8 C2 H9 105.220
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability