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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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 B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.858164
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.858164
Nuclear repulsion energy52.304139
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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 3504 3353 108.88      
2 Σ 2139 2047 186.69      
3 Σ 1322 1265 22.62      
4 Π 562 538 0.25      
4 Π 516 494 10.55      
5 Π 418 400 26.44      
5 Π 369i 353i 143.33      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4046.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3871.3 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
B
0.35679

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.018
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.245
O3 0.000 0.000 1.209
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.311

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.26381.19062.3292
C21.26382.45441.0654
O31.19062.45443.5198
H42.32921.06543.5198

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 B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.300      
2 C -0.162      
3 O -0.389      
4 H 0.251      


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 -2.154 2.154
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -15.753 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -17.378 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -14.293
Traceless
 xyz
x 0.083 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 -2.355 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.272
Polar
3z2-r24.544
x2-y21.625
xy0.000
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 1.425 0.000 0.000
y 0.000 1.429 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 5.384


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.214
(<r2>)1/2 6.018

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.860477
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.860477
Nuclear repulsion energy52.177993
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3383 3237 36.04      
2 A' 2122 2030 264.75      
3 A' 1277 1221 7.20      
4 A' 545 522 9.22      
5 A' 506 484 226.18      
6 A" 495 473 3.63      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4163.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3983.1 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
37.59877 0.36113 0.35769

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.051 0.000
C2 1.108 -0.619 0.000
O3 -1.101 0.475 0.000
H4 2.159 -0.393 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.29511.18032.2046
C21.29512.46601.0750
O31.18032.46603.3744
H42.20461.07503.3744

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 136.722 C2 C1 O3 169.944
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.409      
2 C -0.281      
3 O -0.358      
4 H 0.230      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.713 0.487 0.000 1.781
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -14.753 1.138 0.000
y 1.138 -18.510 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -15.861
Traceless
 xyz
x 2.432 1.138 0.000
y 1.138 -3.202 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.770
Polar
3z2-r21.541
x2-y23.756
xy1.138
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.737 -1.548 0.000
y -1.548 2.529 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.883


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 36.243
(<r2>)1/2 6.020