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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

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 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-192.465160
Energy at 298.15K-192.471626
HF Energy-191.951617
Nuclear repulsion energy118.917333
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
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3249 3001 21.31      
2 A' 3171 2929 15.27      
3 A' 3139 2899 27.51      
4 A' 3065 2831 109.91      
5 A' 1933 1785 135.48      
6 A' 1589 1468 8.84      
7 A' 1556 1438 9.48      
8 A' 1518 1402 10.53      
9 A' 1495 1381 5.58      
10 A' 1461 1350 8.20      
11 A' 1177 1087 16.03      
12 A' 1059 979 1.06      
13 A' 912 842 16.51      
14 A' 703 650 9.19      
15 A' 275 254 9.83      
16 A" 3256 3008 20.57      
17 A" 3171 2929 11.57      
18 A" 1586 1465 6.23      
19 A" 1353 1250 0.29      
20 A" 1222 1129 0.07      
21 A" 952 880 2.39      
22 A" 718 663 2.75      
23 A" 246 227 0.42      
24 A" 141 131 3.29      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 19473.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17987.2 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
0.55845 0.19893 0.15498

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 1.444 0.443 0.000
C2 0.000 0.916 0.000
C3 -0.997 -0.211 0.000
O4 -0.703 -1.379 0.000
H5 2.126 1.293 0.000
H6 1.652 -0.166 0.877
H7 1.652 -0.166 -0.877
H8 -0.216 1.544 0.870
H9 -0.216 1.544 -0.870
H10 -2.057 0.095 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.51962.52712.81671.08891.08811.08812.17382.17383.5182
C21.51961.50432.40052.15892.16042.16041.09431.09432.2145
C32.52711.50431.20473.46552.79022.79022.10822.10821.1033
O42.81672.40051.20473.89132.79072.79073.08843.08842.0013
H51.08892.15893.46553.89131.76681.76682.51102.51104.3506
H61.08812.16042.79022.79071.76681.75492.53233.07653.8196
H71.08812.16042.79022.79071.76681.75493.07652.53233.8196
H82.17381.09432.10823.08842.51102.53233.07651.73922.4985
H92.17381.09432.10823.08842.51103.07652.53231.73922.4985
H103.51822.21451.10332.00134.35063.81963.81962.49852.4985

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.378 C1 C2 H8 111.495
C1 C2 H9 111.495 C2 C1 H5 110.630
C2 C1 H6 110.805 C2 C1 H7 110.805
C2 C3 O4 124.410 C2 C3 H10 115.404
C3 C2 H8 107.389 C3 C2 H9 107.389
O4 C3 H10 120.187 H5 C1 H6 108.501
H5 C1 H7 108.501 H6 C1 H7 107.496
H8 C2 H9 105.246
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability