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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: wB97X-D/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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.845686
Energy at 298.15K-191.848978
HF Energy-191.845686
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 wB97X-D/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 3241 3074 6.71      
2 A 3158 2995 17.90      
3 A 3136 2975 24.14      
4 A 3069 2911 37.14      
5 A 2265 2148 643.65      
6 A 1540 1461 5.23      
7 A 1515 1437 6.72      
8 A 1452 1377 1.92      
9 A 1445 1371 11.93      
10 A 1179 1118 0.75      
11 A 1103 1046 10.69      
12 A 1064 1010 0.21      
13 A 918 871 3.58      
14 A 654 620 6.76      
15 A 550 522 67.10      
16 A 512 486 9.15      
17 A 211 200 2.35      
18 A 83 79 0.01      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13547.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9485) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12850.2 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 wB97X-D/6-31G*
ABC
1.30779 0.14907 0.13727

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at wB97X-D/6-31G*

Point Group is C1

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.766 0.126 -0.000
C2 0.472 0.572 -0.000
C3 1.682 -0.333 0.000
O4 -1.864 -0.268 0.000
H5 0.592 1.651 0.000
H6 1.392 -1.387 -0.001
H7 2.301 -0.156 -0.886
H8 2.301 -0.157 0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31532.49091.16712.04192.63573.20533.2049
C21.31531.51182.48241.08542.16502.15982.1598
C32.49091.51183.54722.26371.09351.09551.0955
O41.16712.48243.54723.11743.44324.26044.2599
H52.04191.08542.26373.11743.14172.64072.6407
H62.63572.16501.09353.44323.14171.76841.7684
H73.20532.15981.09554.26042.64071.76841.7731
H83.20492.15981.09554.25992.64071.76841.7731

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.394 C1 C2 H5 116.212
C2 C1 O4 179.933 C2 C3 H6 111.387
C2 C3 H7 110.852 C2 C3 H8 110.856
C3 C2 H5 120.394 H6 C3 H7 107.774
H6 C3 H8 107.775 H7 C3 H8 108.052
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at wB97X-D/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.446      
2 C -0.306      
3 C -0.512      
4 O -0.394      
5 H 0.214      
6 H 0.183      
7 H 0.185      
8 H 0.185      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.806 0.470 0.000 1.866
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -25.690 -0.932 0.000
y -0.932 -21.482 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -24.438
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.730 -0.932 0.000
y -0.932 3.583 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.852
Polar
3z2-r2-1.705
x2-y2-4.208
xy-0.932
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 7.221 0.705 0.000
y 0.705 3.999 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.003


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 86.992
(<r2>)1/2 9.327