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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD/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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.343094
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.759493
Nuclear repulsion energy102.530022
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 QCISD/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' 3266 3110 8.75      
2 A' 3218 3064 1.56      
3 A' 3176 3024 5.85      
4 A' 2957 2816 88.55      
5 A' 1810 1723 166.96      
6 A' 1710 1629 4.46      
7 A' 1489 1418 8.02      
8 A' 1424 1356 3.75      
9 A' 1322 1259 2.50      
10 A' 1202 1144 32.37      
11 A' 942 897 19.83      
12 A' 576 548 5.33      
13 A' 324 308 10.36      
14 A" 1029 980 4.71      
15 A" 1016 968 24.81      
16 A" 978 932 29.44      
17 A" 602 573 9.93      
18 A" 157 150 5.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13597.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12949.3 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
1.58376 0.15373 0.14013

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.752 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.214 1.294 0.000
O4 -1.221 -1.329 0.000
H5 0.810 -1.321 0.000
H6 -0.921 1.303 0.000
H7 1.347 2.373 0.000
H8 2.123 0.692 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48082.45541.22121.11202.19643.46232.6883
C21.48081.34152.38712.19821.08902.13052.1229
C32.45541.34153.57862.64602.13471.08731.0901
O41.22122.38713.57862.03112.64924.50533.9072
H51.11202.19822.64602.03113.14403.73292.4037
H62.19641.08902.13472.64923.14402.50763.1045
H73.46232.13051.08734.50533.73292.50761.8509
H82.68832.12291.09013.90722.40373.10451.8509

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.835 C1 C2 H6 116.626
C2 C1 O4 123.834 C2 C1 H5 115.206
C2 C3 H7 122.265 C2 C3 H8 121.290
C3 C2 H6 122.538 O4 C1 H5 120.959
H7 C3 H8 116.446
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.341016
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.756866
Nuclear repulsion energy104.196460
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 QCISD/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' 3280 3124 4.07      
2 A' 3203 3050 9.69      
3 A' 3186 3034 6.37      
4 A' 2983 2841 128.76      
5 A' 1800 1714 78.48      
6 A' 1709 1627 44.88      
7 A' 1470 1399 35.97      
8 A' 1458 1388 0.39      
9 A' 1336 1273 1.96      
10 A' 1092 1040 4.49      
11 A' 957 912 57.25      
12 A' 690 657 12.02      
13 A' 298 284 7.37      
14 A" 1025 977 0.04      
15 A" 1018 969 44.93      
16 A" 982 936 7.15      
17 A" 563 536 8.93      
18 A" 165 157 8.03      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13607.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12958.3 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
0.75005 0.20840 0.16309

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.896 -0.285 0.000
C2 0.000 0.905 0.000
C3 1.334 0.764 0.000
O4 -0.494 -1.439 0.000
H5 -1.985 -0.071 0.000
H6 -0.474 1.887 0.000
H7 2.004 1.621 0.000
H8 1.780 -0.228 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48922.46431.22271.10942.21203.46962.6765
C21.48921.34152.39602.21161.09002.12772.1101
C32.46431.34152.86353.42222.12791.08721.0879
O41.22272.39602.86352.02313.32633.95042.5769
H51.10942.21163.42222.02312.47314.33233.7679
H62.21201.09002.12793.32632.47312.49163.0906
H73.46962.12771.08723.95044.33232.49161.8623
H82.67652.11011.08792.57693.76793.09061.8623

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.962 C1 C2 H6 117.264
C2 C1 O4 123.847 C2 C1 H5 115.891
C2 C3 H7 121.997 C2 C3 H8 120.220
C3 C2 H6 121.774 O4 C1 H5 120.262
H7 C3 H8 117.783
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability