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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.679420
Energy at 298.15K-191.682701
HF Energy-191.679420
Nuclear repulsion energy101.239380
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3133 3081 5.89      
2 A' 3075 3025 15.06      
3 A' 2975 2926 40.49      
4 A' 2181 2145 488.23      
5 A' 1490 1465 5.65      
6 A' 1392 1370 12.37      
7 A' 1384 1361 2.47      
8 A' 1135 1116 0.30      
9 A' 1059 1041 12.74      
10 A' 892 878 3.17      
11 A' 625 615 6.04      
12 A' 200 196 1.40      
13 A" 3030 2980 23.53      
14 A" 1465 1441 5.92      
15 A" 1025 1008 0.02      
16 A" 502 494 57.28      
17 A" 494 486 7.77      
18 A" 142 140 0.09      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13099.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9835) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12883.4 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G*
ABC
1.30078 0.14638 0.13496

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.676 -0.393 0.000
C2 0.000 0.747 0.000
C3 1.515 0.825 0.000
O4 -1.272 -1.410 0.000
H5 -0.598 1.664 0.000
H6 1.968 -0.178 0.000
H7 1.886 1.360 0.892
H8 1.886 1.360 -0.892

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.32572.50721.17892.05852.65253.23003.2300
C21.32571.51722.50451.09422.17462.17442.1744
C32.50721.51723.57312.27321.10101.10431.1043
O41.17892.50453.57313.14713.46634.29464.2946
H52.05851.09422.27323.14713.15832.65642.6564
H62.65252.17461.10103.46633.15831.78031.7803
H73.23002.17441.10434.29462.65641.78031.7845
H83.23002.17441.10434.29462.65641.78031.7845

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.606 C1 C2 H5 116.241
C2 C1 O4 179.728 C2 C3 H6 111.323
C2 C3 H7 111.108 C2 C3 H8 111.108
C3 C2 H5 120.154 H6 C3 H7 107.665
H6 C3 H8 107.665 H7 C3 H8 107.801
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.396      
2 C -0.261      
3 C -0.504      
4 O -0.357      
5 H 0.192      
6 H 0.176      
7 H 0.179      
8 H 0.179      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.038 1.427 0.000 1.764
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -22.940 -1.994 0.001
y -1.994 -23.904 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 -24.496
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.261 -1.994 0.001
y -1.994 -0.186 0.000
z 0.001 0.000 -1.074
Polar
3z2-r2-2.149
x2-y20.965
xy-1.994
xz0.001
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.476 1.801 0.000
y 1.801 6.152 -0.001
z 0.000 -0.001 3.054


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 88.160
(<r2>)1/2 9.389