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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCSD=FULL/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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.357091
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.759992
Nuclear repulsion energy102.692240
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 CCSD=FULL/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' 3271 3107 8.20      
2 A' 3222 3060 1.47      
3 A' 3181 3021 5.64      
4 A' 2970 2820 84.00      
5 A' 1832 1740 155.11      
6 A' 1720 1633 3.52      
7 A' 1493 1418 8.51      
8 A' 1429 1357 3.74      
9 A' 1325 1259 2.53      
10 A' 1206 1145 30.94      
11 A' 945 898 19.17      
12 A' 579 550 5.66      
13 A' 325 309 10.44      
14 A" 1034 982 3.57      
15 A" 1021 970 23.93      
16 A" 983 933 31.81      
17 A" 605 574 9.86      
18 A" 160 152 5.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13649.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9498) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12964.4 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
1.58826 0.15422 0.14057

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.145 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.721 0.000
C3 1.211 1.292 0.000
O4 -1.219 -1.327 0.000
H5 0.809 -1.321 0.000
H6 -0.921 1.301 0.000
H7 1.343 2.371 0.000
H8 2.121 0.693 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47882.45251.21831.11082.19373.45852.6865
C21.47881.33932.38252.19611.08852.12782.1208
C32.45251.33933.57262.64462.13211.08671.0894
O41.21832.38253.57262.02712.64414.49833.9024
H51.11082.19612.64462.02713.14103.73092.4039
H62.19371.08852.13212.64413.14102.50423.1017
H73.45852.12781.08674.49833.73092.50421.8497
H82.68652.12081.08943.90242.40393.10171.8497

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.900 C1 C2 H6 116.581
C2 C1 O4 123.815 C2 C1 H5 115.266
C2 C3 H7 122.245 C2 C3 H8 121.328
C3 C2 H6 122.519 O4 C1 H5 120.920
H7 C3 H8 116.426
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.354924
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.757392
Nuclear repulsion energy104.353968
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 CCSD=FULL/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' 3285 3120 3.73      
2 A' 3208 3047 9.23      
3 A' 3191 3031 6.23      
4 A' 2993 2843 122.96      
5 A' 1824 1733 80.32      
6 A' 1720 1634 37.05      
7 A' 1474 1400 35.69      
8 A' 1464 1390 0.29      
9 A' 1340 1273 1.78      
10 A' 1096 1041 4.61      
11 A' 961 913 55.34      
12 A' 693 659 12.74      
13 A' 300 285 7.37      
14 A" 1031 980 0.45      
15 A" 1022 970 43.23      
16 A" 988 938 8.81      
17 A" 567 539 8.99      
18 A" 163 155 7.90      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13660.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9498) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12974.8 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 CCSD=FULL/6-31G*
ABC
0.75356 0.20880 0.16350

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.894 -0.286 0.000
C2 0.000 0.903 0.000
C3 1.332 0.765 0.000
O4 -0.494 -1.437 0.000
H5 -1.982 -0.073 0.000
H6 -0.475 1.883 0.000
H7 2.000 1.622 0.000
H8 1.780 -0.226 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48742.46181.21941.10842.20923.46622.6754
C21.48741.33922.39182.20951.08952.12512.1079
C32.46181.33922.86083.41862.12511.08661.0873
O41.21942.39182.86082.01893.32093.94712.5770
H51.10842.20953.41862.01892.47004.32783.7657
H62.20921.08952.12513.32092.47002.48823.0878
H73.46622.12511.08663.94714.32782.48821.8609
H82.67542.10791.08732.57703.76573.08781.8609

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.049 C1 C2 H6 117.199
C2 C1 O4 123.870 C2 C1 H5 115.916
C2 C3 H7 121.988 C2 C3 H8 120.264
C3 C2 H6 121.752 O4 C1 H5 120.214
H7 C3 H8 117.748
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability