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All results from a given calculation for CHOCH2OH (hydroxy acetaldehyde)

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 H in 1A'
Energy calculated at CID/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-228.307418
Energy at 298.15K-228.312320
HF Energy-227.762099
Nuclear repulsion energy119.964276
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' 3859 3564 70.82      
2 A' 3132 2893 79.11      
3 A' 3112 2875 21.98      
4 A' 1929 1782 128.73      
5 A' 1590 1469 6.22      
6 A' 1539 1422 77.53      
7 A' 1480 1367 17.35      
8 A' 1379 1273 61.58      
9 A' 1210 1117 77.60      
10 A' 930 859 44.94      
11 A' 796 735 16.30      
12 A' 320 295 22.55      
13 A" 3155 2914 29.88      
14 A" 1315 1215 2.42      
15 A" 1185 1094 0.18      
16 A" 785 726 0.56      
17 A" 374 345 110.20      
18 A" 154 142 14.81      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14121.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9237) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13043.5 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
0.61850 0.22061 0.16764

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 0.000 0.934 0.000
C2 0.924 -0.253 0.000
O3 -1.340 0.545 0.000
O4 0.507 -1.384 0.000
H5 -1.349 -0.421 0.000
H6 0.230 1.546 0.879
H7 0.230 1.546 -0.879
H8 2.003 -0.042 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50511.39532.37321.91261.09521.09522.2287
C21.50512.40071.20522.27972.11942.11941.0992
O31.39532.40072.67020.96602.05912.05913.3941
O42.37321.20522.67022.09093.07143.07142.0096
H51.91262.27970.96602.09092.67152.67153.3736
H61.09522.11942.05913.07142.67151.75782.5374
H71.09522.11942.05913.07142.67151.75782.5374
H82.22871.09923.39412.00963.37362.53742.5374

picture of hydroxy acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O4 121.840 C1 C2 H8 116.830
C1 O3 H5 106.772 C2 C1 O3 111.674
C2 C1 H6 108.149 C2 C1 H7 108.149
O3 C1 H6 110.969 O3 C1 H7 110.969
O4 C2 H8 121.331 H6 C1 H7 106.740
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at CID/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.048      
2 C 0.292      
3 O -0.748      
4 O -0.498      
5 H 0.474      
6 H 0.180      
7 H 0.180      
8 H 0.169      


Electric dipole moments


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 0.000 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.000 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.000


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 72.626
(<r2>)1/2 8.522