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

using model chemistry: MP3/6-31G*

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)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.481981
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.081445
Nuclear repulsion energy52.530734
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 MP3/6-31G*
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 3547 3329 149.40      
2 Σ 2310 2169 656.63      
3 Σ 1423 1335 43.23      
4 Π 591 555 0.83      
4 Π 553 519 11.03      
5 Π 392 368 36.03      
5 Π 463i 434i 163.64      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4176.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 3919.9 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 MP3/6-31G*
B
0.35959

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is C∞v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 0.022
C2 0.000 0.000 -1.242
O3 0.000 0.000 1.203
H4 0.000 0.000 -2.306

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.26361.18102.3275
C21.26362.44451.0639
O31.18102.44453.5084
H42.32751.06393.5084

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 MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-151.485131
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-151.080213
Nuclear repulsion energy52.346474
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 MP3/6-31G*
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' 3412 3202 47.39      
2 A' 2301 2159 669.99      
3 A' 1360 1277 14.05      
4 A' 608 571 17.62      
5 A' 526 493 260.46      
6 A" 524 492 4.57      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4365.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 4097.0 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 MP3/6-31G*
ABC
32.96742 0.36382 0.35985

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP3/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.051 0.000
C2 1.051 -0.716 0.000
O3 -1.052 0.563 0.000
H4 2.107 -0.514 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4
C11.30151.16992.1813
C21.30152.46171.0744
O31.16992.46173.3374
H42.18131.07443.3374

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 133.073 C2 C1 O3 169.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability