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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: G4

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at G4
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.743781
Energy at 298.15K-153.738931
HF Energy-153.842966
Nuclear repulsion energy69.646272
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 A' 3149 3039 9.41 48.14 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3029 2923 1.96 120.33 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2864 2764 127.59 121.13 0.34 0.51
4 A' 1840 1775 157.79 7.39 0.47 0.64
5 A' 1460 1409 15.73 19.94 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1431 1381 10.62 6.46 0.64 0.78
7 A' 1374 1326 19.13 5.58 0.73 0.84
8 A' 1126 1086 24.83 3.07 0.40 0.57
9 A' 885 854 8.83 5.74 0.34 0.51
10 A' 502 485 12.51 1.02 0.42 0.59
11 A" 3088 2980 7.19 65.35 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1472 1420 7.27 11.94 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1138 1099 1.02 1.27 0.75 0.86
14 A" 773 746 0.60 5.55 0.75 0.86
15 A" 170 164 0.43 0.93 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12149.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.965) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11724.5 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
1.90635 0.33756 0.30283

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.462 0.000
C2 -0.929 -0.725 0.000
O3 1.202 0.394 0.000
H4 -0.515 1.451 0.000
H5 -0.361 -1.657 0.000
H6 -1.583 -0.682 0.879
H7 -1.583 -0.682 -0.879

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50731.20391.11482.14972.14202.1420
C21.50732.40662.21491.09131.09681.0968
O31.20392.40662.01622.57863.11243.1124
H41.11482.21492.01623.11172.54222.5422
H52.14971.09132.57863.11171.79361.7936
H62.14201.09683.11242.54221.79361.7584
H72.14201.09683.11242.54221.79361.7584

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.346 C1 C2 H6 109.803
C1 C2 H7 109.803 C2 C1 O3 124.774
C2 C1 H4 114.288 O3 C1 H4 120.939
H5 C2 H6 110.037 H5 C2 H7 110.037
H6 C2 H7 106.748
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 0.172      
2 C -0.450      
3 O -0.226      
4 H 0.072      
5 H 0.146      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.547 -0.334 0.000 2.568
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> 46.740
(<r2>)1/2 6.837