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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CID/6-31G*

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 CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.258995
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.761702
Nuclear repulsion energy103.368391
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 CID/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3359 3102 6.96      
2 A' 3310 3058 1.00      
3 A' 3267 3018 4.60      
4 A' 3067 2833 81.45      
5 A' 1919 1772 212.03      
6 A' 1788 1652 2.15      
7 A' 1536 1419 9.96      
8 A' 1470 1357 5.50      
9 A' 1364 1260 2.37      
10 A' 1237 1143 35.17      
11 A' 970 896 20.42      
12 A' 595 550 6.83      
13 A' 335 309 11.60      
14 A" 1080 997 2.66      
15 A" 1069 988 20.53      
16 A" 1044 964 41.70      
17 A" 630 582 10.76      
18 A" 164 152 6.17      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14101.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13025.2 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
1.60638 0.15614 0.14231

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.749 0.000
C2 0.000 0.719 0.000
C3 1.202 1.286 0.000
O4 -1.208 -1.319 0.000
H5 0.802 -1.316 0.000
H6 -0.915 1.295 0.000
H7 1.333 2.358 0.000
H8 2.106 0.690 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47512.44021.20651.10322.18473.44072.6718
C21.47511.32872.36932.18691.08172.11262.1062
C32.44021.32873.54882.63222.11711.08031.0828
O41.20652.36933.54882.00982.63074.46973.8758
H51.10322.18692.63222.00983.12503.71212.3928
H62.18471.08172.11712.63073.12502.48663.0814
H73.44072.11261.08034.46973.71212.48661.8385
H82.67182.10621.08283.87582.39283.08141.8385

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.898 C1 C2 H6 116.558
C2 C1 O4 123.834 C2 C1 H5 115.270
C2 C3 H7 122.220 C2 C3 H8 121.368
C3 C2 H6 122.544 O4 C1 H5 120.896
H7 C3 H8 116.413
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.256557
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.759063
Nuclear repulsion energy105.015295
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 CID/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3373 3116 2.81      
2 A' 3297 3045 9.06      
3 A' 3277 3027 4.89      
4 A' 3090 2854 122.63      
5 A' 1910 1765 113.70      
6 A' 1788 1651 46.78      
7 A' 1515 1399 41.14      
8 A' 1505 1391 0.90      
9 A' 1380 1275 1.88      
10 A' 1125 1039 5.36      
11 A' 987 912 61.02      
12 A' 713 658 16.11      
13 A' 307 283 7.70      
14 A" 1080 997 2.77      
15 A" 1070 989 52.02      
16 A" 1051 971 2.92      
17 A" 590 545 9.50      
18 A" 162 149 9.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14109.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13033.2 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 CID/6-31G*
ABC
0.76699 0.21061 0.16523

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.888 -0.290 0.000
C2 0.000 0.898 0.000
C3 1.322 0.767 0.000
O4 -0.490 -1.430 0.000
H5 -1.969 -0.082 0.000
H6 -0.475 1.871 0.000
H7 1.982 1.622 0.000
H8 1.773 -0.216 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48332.44971.20771.10092.20033.44832.6621
C21.48331.32882.37942.19931.08262.10982.0940
C32.44971.32882.84773.39872.10941.08021.0807
O41.20772.37942.84772.00143.30143.92752.5684
H51.10092.19933.39872.00142.45894.30243.7445
H62.20031.08262.10943.30142.45892.46923.0673
H73.44832.10981.08023.92754.30242.46921.8495
H82.66212.09401.08072.56843.74453.06731.8495

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.080 C1 C2 H6 117.217
C2 C1 O4 123.990 C2 C1 H5 115.866
C2 C3 H7 121.937 C2 C3 H8 120.351
C3 C2 H6 121.703 O4 C1 H5 120.144
H7 C3 H8 117.712
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability