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All results from a given calculation for HCCO (ketenyl radical)

using model chemistry: BLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C*V 2Π
1 2 yes CS 2A"

Conformer 1 (C*V)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.890760
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.890760
Nuclear repulsion energy51.764871
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 BLYP/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 Σ 3421 3393 94.51 49.23 0.23 0.38
2 Σ 2059 2042 138.00 0.50 0.62 0.77
3 Σ 1262 1252 21.38 29.66 0.25 0.41
4 Π 531 526 0.00 1.86 0.75 0.86
4 Π 486 482 6.63 1.44 0.75 0.86
5 Π 413 409 23.36 0.00 0.75 0.86
5 Π 445i 441i 123.77 3.29 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3863.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3831.9 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 BLYP/6-31G*
B
0.34969

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

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.015
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.257
O3 0.000 0.000 1.223
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.328

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.27211.20772.3427
C21.27212.47971.0706
O31.20772.47973.5504
H42.34271.07063.5504

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 180.000 C2 C1 O3 180.000
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.281      
2 C -0.097      
3 O -0.369      
4 H 0.186      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  0.000 0.000 -2.057 2.057
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -17.357 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -15.757 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.377
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.291 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 0.110 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.181
Polar
3z2-r24.361
x2-y2-1.600
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.442 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.438 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.483


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.748
(<r2>)1/2 6.062

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at BLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.894760
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.894760
Nuclear repulsion energy51.583811
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 BLYP/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' 3253 3226 15.97 88.53 0.31 0.48
2 A' 2018 2001 193.02 2.11 0.30 0.47
3 A' 1208 1198 7.29 26.73 0.28 0.44
4 A' 584 579 182.78 10.90 0.29 0.44
5 A' 508 504 15.18 2.25 0.74 0.85
6 A" 468 465 0.99 0.41 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4019.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9919) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3986.7 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 BLYP/6-31G*
ABC
30.45097 0.35465 0.35057

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.062 0.000
C2 1.190 -0.489 0.000
O3 -1.166 0.329 0.000
H4 2.188 -0.065 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.31111.19602.1915
C21.31112.49361.0846
O31.19602.49363.3767
H42.19151.08463.3767

picture of ketenyl radical state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H4 132.118 C2 C1 O3 168.057
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.379      
2 C -0.236      
3 O -0.328      
4 H 0.185      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.442 0.750 0.000 1.626
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.438 1.681 0.000
y 1.681 -18.140 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.893
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.578 1.681 0.000
y 1.681 -2.475 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.896
Polar
3z2-r21.793
x2-y22.702
xy1.681
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.216 -1.194 0.000
y -1.194 2.246 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.809


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.780
(<r2>)1/2 6.065