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All results from a given calculation for CH3CH2CHO (Propanal)

using model chemistry: MP4/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP4/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-192.569962
Energy at 298.15K-192.576321
HF Energy-191.948587
Nuclear repulsion energy117.876985
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 MP4/6-31G*
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' 3156 3013        
2 A' 3074 2936        
3 A' 3036 2899        
4 A' 2917 2785        
5 A' 1760 1680        
6 A' 1544 1475        
7 A' 1508 1440        
8 A' 1464 1398        
9 A' 1430 1365        
10 A' 1400 1337        
11 A' 1138 1086        
12 A' 1023 977        
13 A' 879 840        
14 A' 674 643        
15 A' 265 253        
16 A" 3161 3018        
17 A" 3072 2933        
18 A" 1542 1472        
19 A" 1305 1246        
20 A" 1169 1116        
21 A" 912 871        
22 A" 693 661        
23 A" 238 227        
24 A" 136 130        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 18746.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9548) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 17899.2 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 MP4/6-31G*
ABC
0.54595 0.19676 0.15283

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP4/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.448 0.446 0.000
C2 0.000 0.927 0.000
C3 -1.002 -0.207 0.000
O4 -0.701 -1.397 0.000
H5 2.141 1.297 0.000
H6 1.652 -0.169 0.884
H7 1.652 -0.169 -0.884
H8 -0.218 1.559 0.877
H9 -0.218 1.559 -0.877
H10 -2.073 0.104 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H10
C11.52592.53632.83201.09681.09611.09612.18752.18753.5384
C21.52591.51342.42742.17242.17072.17071.10311.10312.2307
C32.53631.51341.22733.48442.79792.79792.12252.12251.1154
O42.83202.42741.22733.91622.79782.79783.12153.12152.0336
H51.09682.17243.48443.91621.78051.78052.53012.53014.3797
H61.09612.17072.79792.79781.78051.76712.54703.09613.8387
H71.09612.17072.79792.79781.78051.76713.09612.54703.8387
H82.18751.10312.12253.12152.53012.54703.09611.75372.5158
H92.18751.10312.12253.12152.53013.09612.54701.75372.5158
H103.53842.23071.11542.03364.37973.83873.83872.51582.5158

picture of Propanal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 113.125 C1 C2 H8 111.610
C1 C2 H9 111.610 C2 C1 H5 110.786
C2 C1 H6 110.692 C2 C1 H7 110.692
C2 C3 O4 124.340 C2 C3 H10 115.272
C3 C2 H8 107.385 C3 C2 H9 107.385
O4 C3 H10 120.388 H5 C1 H6 108.570
H5 C1 H7 108.570 H6 C1 H7 107.427
H8 C2 H9 105.294
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability