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All results from a given calculation for CH2CO (Ketene)

using model chemistry: G4

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes C2V 1A1
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.534497
Energy at 298.15K-152.530023
HF Energy-152.614325
Nuclear repulsion energy58.587971
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/6-31G(2df,p)
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A1 3194 3082 26.11 94.22 0.11 0.20
2 A1 2247 2168 528.26 2.20 0.45 0.62
3 A1 1415 1365 15.81 3.18 0.53 0.69
4 A1 1177 1136 6.24 29.16 0.28 0.44
5 B1 595 574 18.61 1.00 0.75 0.86
6 B1 553 534 100.02 2.49 0.75 0.86
7 B2 3288 3173 7.91 54.01 0.75 0.86
8 B2 993 958 5.52 0.06 0.75 0.86
9 B2 450 435 2.75 0.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6956.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 6712.6 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 B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)
ABC
9.49784 0.34384 0.33183

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p)

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.207
C2 0.000 0.000 0.101
O3 0.000 0.000 1.265
H4 0.000 0.938 -1.742
H5 0.000 -0.938 -1.742

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5
C11.30842.47171.08041.0804
C21.30841.16342.06892.0689
O32.47171.16343.15033.1503
H41.08042.06893.15031.8768
H51.08042.06893.15031.8768

picture of Ketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 180.000 C2 C1 H4 119.713
C2 C1 H5 119.713 H4 C1 H5 120.574
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G(2df,p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.587      
2 C 0.477      
3 O -0.213      
4 H 0.162      
5 H 0.162      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -1.406 1.406
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 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 40.018
(<r2>)1/2 6.326