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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: G3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.775357
Energy at 298.15K-191.769968
HF Energy-190.762424
Nuclear repulsion energy103.951724
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 HF/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' 3425 3227 10.73 64.82 0.53 0.69
2 A' 3382 3186 1.64 93.07 0.36 0.53
3 A' 3337 3144 9.88 62.68 0.12 0.21
4 A' 3159 2976 88.43 72.90 0.30 0.46
5 A' 2014 1898 329.83 84.29 0.36 0.53
6 A' 1852 1745 1.27 44.00 0.21 0.35
7 A' 1596 1503 9.98 10.83 0.46 0.63
8 A' 1524 1436 8.92 24.10 0.44 0.61
9 A' 1416 1334 1.32 12.59 0.30 0.47
10 A' 1272 1199 46.35 15.52 0.63 0.77
11 A' 997 940 24.50 0.75 0.12 0.21
12 A' 613 578 8.54 4.56 0.31 0.48
13 A' 348 328 13.54 0.94 0.42 0.59
14 A" 1146 1080 0.14 10.93 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1134 1068 1.19 1.50 0.75 0.86
16 A" 1123 1058 69.04 0.60 0.75 0.86
17 A" 661 623 11.43 6.40 0.75 0.86
18 A" 175 164 7.80 1.83 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14586.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13743.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.58983 0.15445 0.14078

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.744 0.000
C2 0.000 0.720 0.000
C3 1.216 1.285 0.000
O4 -1.224 -1.325 0.000
H5 0.810 -1.310 0.000
H6 -0.915 1.307 0.000
H7 1.355 2.360 0.000
H8 2.116 0.675 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47102.44251.22601.11042.19003.44712.6696
C21.47101.34062.38372.18611.08642.12732.1168
C32.44251.34063.57282.62632.13071.08431.0871
O41.22602.38373.57282.03432.65004.49813.8937
H51.11042.18612.62632.03433.13413.71032.3766
H62.19001.08642.13072.65003.13412.50233.0959
H73.44712.12731.08434.49813.71032.50231.8485
H82.66962.11681.08713.89372.37663.09591.8485

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.252 C1 C2 H6 116.386
C2 C1 O4 123.846 C2 C1 H5 115.262
C2 C3 H7 122.087 C2 C3 H8 121.514
C3 C2 H6 122.361 O4 C1 H5 120.892
H7 C3 H8 116.399
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at G3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.771963
Energy at 298.15K-191.766565
HF Energy-190.759773
Nuclear repulsion energy105.523435
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 HF/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' 3441 3242 4.31      
2 A' 3367 3172 12.96      
3 A' 3347 3154 11.24      
4 A' 3173 2990 140.05      
5 A' 2007 1891 181.07      
6 A' 1846 1739 68.59      
7 A' 1574 1483 51.37      
8 A' 1565 1474 1.53      
9 A' 1433 1350 3.84      
10 A' 1166 1099 7.19      
11 A' 1002 945 72.60      
12 A' 739 697 21.76      
13 A' 313 294 8.18      
14 A" 1157 1090 0.71      
15 A" 1147 1081 52.53      
16 A" 1120 1055 9.93      
17 A" 618 582 9.54      
18 A" 173 163 11.85      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14592.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9422) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13749.3 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 MP2=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.74910 0.20992 0.16397

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.277 0.000
C2 0.000 0.904 0.000
C3 1.332 0.757 0.000
O4 -0.495 -1.437 0.000
H5 -1.980 -0.061 0.000
H6 -0.465 1.887 0.000
H7 2.006 1.606 0.000
H8 1.766 -0.238 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48102.45361.22691.10712.20583.45702.6597
C21.48101.34002.39292.20251.08712.12502.1032
C32.45361.34002.85433.41082.12271.08421.0854
O41.22692.39292.85432.02433.32403.93832.5586
H51.10712.20253.41082.02432.46774.32003.7496
H62.20581.08712.12273.32402.46772.48683.0811
H73.45702.12501.08423.93834.32002.48681.8595
H82.65972.10321.08542.55863.74963.08111.8595

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.470 C1 C2 H6 117.018
C2 C1 O4 124.370 C2 C1 H5 115.340
C2 C3 H7 121.815 C2 C3 H8 120.673
C3 C2 H6 121.512 O4 C1 H5 120.290
H7 C3 H8 117.511
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability