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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: G3B3

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G3B3
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.779440
Energy at 298.15K-191.773682
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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*
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' 3201 3074 5.33      
2 A' 3131 3007 18.50      
3 A' 3042 2921 40.53      
4 A' 2227 2138 584.44      
5 A' 1539 1478 4.67      
6 A' 1445 1387 14.13      
7 A' 1429 1372 2.68      
8 A' 1166 1120 0.59      
9 A' 1095 1051 11.57      
10 A' 909 873 2.97      
11 A' 646 620 6.27      
12 A' 210 202 2.15      
13 A" 3093 2970 27.59      
14 A" 1513 1453 5.13      
15 A" 1065 1023 0.11      
16 A" 540 519 65.62      
17 A" 513 493 0.81      
18 A" 147 141 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13454.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9603) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12920.2 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 B3LYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.30651 0.14813 0.13645

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.672 -0.389 0.000
C2 0.000 0.742 0.000
C3 1.512 0.818 0.000
O4 -1.271 -1.400 0.000
H5 -0.594 1.652 0.000
H6 1.963 -0.178 0.000
H7 1.880 1.350 0.886
H8 1.880 1.350 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31592.49541.17482.04272.64343.21293.2129
C21.31591.51372.49071.08642.16802.16532.1653
C32.49541.51373.55862.26441.09391.09701.0970
O41.17482.49073.55863.12623.45694.27504.2750
H52.04271.08642.26443.12623.14422.64452.6445
H62.64342.16801.09393.45693.14421.76881.7688
H73.21292.16531.09704.27502.64451.76881.7717
H83.21292.16531.09704.27502.64451.76881.7717

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.594 C1 C2 H5 116.172
C2 C1 O4 179.937 C2 C3 H6 111.476
C2 C3 H7 111.069 C2 C3 H8 111.069
C3 C2 H5 120.234 H6 C3 H7 107.668
H6 C3 H8 107.668 H7 C3 H8 107.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.416      
2 C -0.249      
3 C -0.457      
4 O -0.383      
5 H 0.182      
6 H 0.162      
7 H 0.165      
8 H 0.165      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.075 1.492 0.000 1.839
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> 87.463
(<r2>)1/2 9.352