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All results from a given calculation for CH3COOH (Acetic acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.185823
Energy at 298.15K-229.190630
Nuclear repulsion energy121.163958
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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3740 3618 61.04      
2 A' 3160 3058 4.40      
3 A' 3053 2954 1.58      
4 A' 1812 1753 343.53      
5 A' 1472 1424 16.49      
6 A' 1407 1362 45.52      
7 A' 1335 1292 33.92      
8 A' 1201 1162 212.44      
9 A' 999 966 78.36      
10 A' 858 830 3.99      
11 A' 584 565 36.73      
12 A' 424 410 4.57      
13 A" 3109 3008 3.50      
14 A" 1478 1430 8.50      
15 A" 1070 1035 7.08      
16 A" 663 642 88.41      
17 A" 546 528 26.61      
18 A" 68 65 0.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13488.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9675) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13050.3 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 B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.37878 0.31593 0.17790

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.069 -0.900 0.000
C2 0.000 0.155 0.000
O3 0.179 1.345 0.000
H4 2.046 -0.429 0.000
H5 0.960 -1.537 0.878
H6 0.960 -1.537 -0.878
O7 -1.242 -0.392 0.000
H8 -1.875 0.342 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.50182.41511.08491.09001.09002.36603.1945
C21.50181.20372.12762.13422.13421.35721.8839
O32.41511.20372.57543.11243.11242.24452.2859
H41.08492.12762.57541.78261.78263.28833.9955
H51.09002.13423.11241.78261.75572.63273.5120
H61.09002.13423.11241.78261.75572.63273.5120
O72.36601.35722.24453.28832.63272.63270.9685
H83.19451.88392.28593.99553.51203.51200.9685

picture of Acetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 126.071 C1 C2 O7 111.605
C2 C1 H4 109.628 C2 C1 H5 109.846
C2 C1 H6 109.846 C2 O7 H8 107.007
O3 C2 O7 122.324 H4 C1 H5 110.097
H4 C1 H6 110.097 H5 C1 H6 107.297
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.414      
2 C 0.438      
3 O -0.564      
4 H 0.239      
5 H 0.221      
6 H 0.221      
7 O -0.312      
8 H 0.171      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.255 -1.767 0.000 1.786
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.387 -3.698 0.000
y -3.698 -27.711 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.355
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.146 -3.698 0.000
y -3.698 -5.840 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.693
Polar
3z2-r21.386
x2-y27.324
xy-3.698
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.657 -0.161 0.000
y -0.161 5.761 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.966


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.149
(<r2>)1/2 8.435