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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.707759
Energy at 298.15K-191.711139
HF Energy-191.521010
Nuclear repulsion energy101.798134
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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
(Å4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3239 3075 5.85      
2 A' 3166 3006 18.27      
3 A' 3078 2922 37.62      
4 A' 2214 2102 517.65      
5 A' 1559 1480 4.76      
6 A' 1464 1390 13.57      
7 A' 1435 1362 2.78      
8 A' 1174 1115 0.37      
9 A' 1108 1052 11.47      
10 A' 918 872 2.89      
11 A' 646 614 5.76      
12 A' 211 200 2.08      
13 A" 3139 2979 25.24      
14 A" 1534 1456 5.01      
15 A" 1081 1026 0.20      
16 A" 533 506 68.99      
17 A" 513 487 0.03      
18 A" 141 134 0.05      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13577.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9492) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12887.6 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 B2PLYP/6-31G*
ABC
1.29828 0.14836 0.13655

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.674 -0.389 0.000
C2 0.000 0.746 0.000
C3 1.511 0.816 0.000
O4 -1.268 -1.400 0.000
H5 -0.591 1.656 0.000
H6 1.952 -0.183 0.000
H7 1.880 1.344 0.885
H8 1.880 1.344 -0.885

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31962.49511.17362.04572.63413.21033.2103
C21.31961.51272.49331.08442.16212.16222.1622
C32.49511.51273.55512.26321.09231.09441.0944
O41.17362.49333.55513.13023.44304.26924.2692
H52.04571.08442.26323.13023.13792.64302.6430
H62.63412.16211.09233.44303.13791.76611.7661
H73.21032.16221.09444.26922.64301.76611.7700
H83.21032.16221.09444.26922.64301.76611.7700

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.362 C1 C2 H5 116.289
C2 C1 O4 179.726 C2 C3 H6 111.165
C2 C3 H7 111.050 C2 C3 H8 111.050
C3 C2 H5 120.350 H6 C3 H7 107.740
H6 C3 H8 107.740 H7 C3 H8 107.940
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.464      
2 C -0.291      
3 C -0.470      
4 O -0.425      
5 H 0.205      
6 H 0.172      
7 H 0.173      
8 H 0.173      


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 5.228 1.758 0.000
y 1.758 6.033 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.972


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.567
(<r2>)1/2 9.358