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

using model chemistry: MP2/6-31G*

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 MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.473509
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.080933
Nuclear repulsion energy52.451191
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 MP2/6-31G*
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 3554 3351 211.02 45.22 0.24 0.39
2 Σ 2499 2356 1420.85 0.71 0.10 0.18
3 Σ 1431 1350 31.64 1.76 0.06 0.11
4 Π 612 577 1.77 2.59 0.75 0.86
4 Π 590 557 17.76 5.64 0.75 0.86
5 Π 379 358 35.44 0.10 0.75 0.86
5 Π 529i 499i 181.25 6.20 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4268.4 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4025.1 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 MP2/6-31G*
B
0.35799

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.026
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.247
O3 0.000 0.000 1.204
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.310

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.27301.17752.3364
C21.27302.45051.0634
O31.17752.45053.5139
H42.33641.06343.5139

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

Conformer 2 (CS)

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Energy calculated at MP2/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.479346
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.078539
Nuclear repulsion energy52.047538
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 MP2/6-31G*
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' 3369 3177 42.53 84.27 0.27 0.43
2 A' 2471 2330 1051.70 1277.71 0.08 0.16
3 A' 1312 1237 28.07 1366.66 0.35 0.52
4 A' 686 647 160.69 149.75 0.09 0.16
5 A' 618 583 30.16 258.97 0.40 0.57
6 A" 536 505 4.75 168.58 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4495.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.943) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4239.5 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 MP2/6-31G*
ABC
26.85427 0.36067 0.35589

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.051 0.000
C2 1.028 -0.777 0.000
O3 -1.030 0.609 0.000
H4 2.073 -0.512 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.32061.17162.1482
C21.32062.48181.0780
O31.17162.48183.2996
H42.14821.07803.2996

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 126.883 C2 C1 O3 169.558
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability