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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: TPSSh/TZVP

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at TPSSh/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.892329
Energy at 298.15K-153.896232
HF Energy-153.892329
Nuclear repulsion energy69.622102
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 TPSSh/TZVP
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' 3143 3029 12.00 51.73 0.69 0.82
2 A' 3023 2913 2.80 169.78 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2873 2769 135.56 163.62 0.34 0.51
4 A' 1795 1729 180.72 9.92 0.56 0.72
5 A' 1475 1421 21.87 15.13 0.62 0.77
6 A' 1433 1381 9.97 6.18 0.54 0.70
7 A' 1385 1334 22.94 4.79 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1132 1090 25.84 2.91 0.32 0.49
9 A' 882 850 10.18 5.96 0.38 0.55
10 A' 502 484 12.26 1.58 0.50 0.66
11 A" 3080 2968 9.53 67.27 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1484 1430 11.06 8.87 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1136 1095 0.16 1.15 0.75 0.86
14 A" 771 743 0.78 6.57 0.75 0.86
15 A" 153 147 0.64 1.17 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12132.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9637) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11691.6 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 TPSSh/TZVP
ABC
1.90397 0.33768 0.30285

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at TPSSh/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.935 -0.716 0.000
O3 1.207 0.382 0.000
H4 -0.493 1.458 0.000
H5 -0.379 -1.653 0.000
H6 -1.587 -0.665 0.879
H7 -1.587 -0.665 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50351.20941.11162.14802.13492.1349
C21.50352.40692.21841.08941.09561.0956
O31.20942.40692.01142.57993.11013.1101
H41.11162.21842.01143.11282.54412.5441
H52.14801.08942.57993.11281.79151.7915
H62.13491.09563.11012.54411.79151.7578
H72.13491.09563.11012.54411.79151.7578

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.857 C1 C2 H6 109.450
C1 C2 H7 109.450 C2 C1 O3 124.694
C2 C1 H4 115.232 O3 C1 H4 120.074
H5 C2 H6 110.154 H5 C2 H7 110.154
H6 C2 H7 106.683
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at TPSSh/TZVP Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.120      
2 C -0.263      
3 O -0.272      
4 H 0.049      
5 H 0.127      
6 H 0.119      
7 H 0.119      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.807 -0.323 0.000 2.825
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


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 5.056 0.134 0.000
y 0.134 4.121 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.052


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.981
(<r2>)1/2 6.854