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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/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 CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.334124
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.760243
Nuclear repulsion energy102.732228
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 CCD/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' 3276 3101 8.11      
2 A' 3227 3054 1.34      
3 A' 3186 3015 4.48      
4 A' 2979 2819 81.17      
5 A' 1857 1758 135.41      
6 A' 1730 1638 3.67      
7 A' 1497 1417 8.05      
8 A' 1433 1356 3.50      
9 A' 1327 1256 2.53      
10 A' 1208 1144 29.07      
11 A' 947 896 18.23      
12 A' 581 550 5.60      
13 A' 325 308 10.70      
14 A" 1034 979 3.98      
15 A" 1022 967 21.95      
16 A" 980 928 34.70      
17 A" 603 571 9.86      
18 A" 157 149 5.56      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13684.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12952.2 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
1.58773 0.15432 0.14065

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.753 0.000
C2 0.000 0.721 0.000
C3 1.210 1.293 0.000
O4 -1.217 -1.326 0.000
H5 0.808 -1.325 0.000
H6 -0.922 1.300 0.000
H7 1.340 2.372 0.000
H8 2.120 0.695 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48042.45381.21601.11072.19463.45992.6881
C21.48041.33852.38112.19871.08852.12702.1203
C32.45381.33853.57082.64862.13151.08681.0895
O41.21602.38113.57082.02452.64234.49633.9015
H51.11072.19872.64862.02453.14273.73492.4086
H62.19461.08852.13152.64233.14272.50343.1014
H73.45992.12701.08684.49633.73492.50341.8497
H82.68812.12031.08953.90152.40863.10141.8497

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.945 C1 C2 H6 116.531
C2 C1 O4 123.740 C2 C1 H5 115.373
C2 C3 H7 122.234 C2 C3 H8 121.350
C3 C2 H6 122.524 O4 C1 H5 120.887
H7 C3 H8 116.416
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.331764
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.757661
Nuclear repulsion energy104.382986
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 CCD/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' 3290 3114 3.85      
2 A' 3214 3042 9.14      
3 A' 3196 3025 4.68      
4 A' 3001 2841 118.53      
5 A' 1850 1751 79.12      
6 A' 1736 1644 25.59      
7 A' 1478 1399 32.72      
8 A' 1468 1390 0.20      
9 A' 1343 1271 1.23      
10 A' 1098 1039 4.68      
11 A' 963 912 54.19      
12 A' 695 658 13.79      
13 A' 300 284 7.23      
14 A" 1030 975 0.08      
15 A" 1022 968 40.09      
16 A" 985 932 14.15      
17 A" 568 537 8.82      
18 A" 152 144 7.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13694.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9465) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12962.0 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 CCD/6-31G*
ABC
0.75598 0.20849 0.16342

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.289 0.000
C2 0.000 0.902 0.000
C3 1.331 0.769 0.000
O4 -0.493 -1.437 0.000
H5 -1.983 -0.079 0.000
H6 -0.477 1.881 0.000
H7 1.995 1.629 0.000
H8 1.785 -0.220 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48912.46421.21681.10842.20983.46822.6799
C21.48911.33812.39062.21201.08952.12372.1079
C32.46421.33812.86263.42082.12351.08681.0874
O41.21682.39062.86262.01633.31873.94892.5825
H51.10842.21203.42082.01632.47164.32923.7700
H62.20981.08952.12353.31872.47162.48543.0872
H73.46822.12371.08683.94894.32922.48541.8608
H82.67992.10791.08742.58253.77003.08721.8608

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.197 C1 C2 H6 117.110
C2 C1 O4 123.816 C2 C1 H5 115.998
C2 C3 H7 121.938 C2 C3 H8 120.347
C3 C2 H6 121.693 O4 C1 H5 120.186
H7 C3 H8 117.715
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability