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All results from a given calculation for C3H2O (Propadienal)

using model chemistry: QCISD/6-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 no C2V 1A1
1 2 yes CS (bent) 1A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.102789
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.532732
Nuclear repulsion energy87.756299
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 QCISD/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 A1 3133 2984 25.33      
2 A1 2326 2215 761.69      
3 A1 1790 1705 33.69      
4 A1 1513 1440 6.12      
5 A1 930 885 4.11      
6 B1 1009 961 25.38      
7 B1 629 599 22.83      
8 B1 220 209 0.06      
9 B2 3206 3053 12.17      
10 B2 1086 1034 1.54      
11 B2 421 401 14.01      
12 B2 138i 131i 17.18      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8061.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7677.2 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
9.76712 0.13711 0.13521

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.886
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.562
C3 0.000 0.000 0.722
O4 0.000 0.000 1.911
H5 0.000 0.925 -2.466
H6 0.000 -0.925 -2.466

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.32442.60763.79721.09211.0921
C21.32441.28322.47272.11732.1173
C32.60761.28321.18953.31913.3191
O43.79722.47271.18954.47384.4738
H51.09212.11733.31914.47381.8507
H61.09212.11733.31914.47381.8507

picture of Propadienal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 180.000 C2 C1 H5 122.076
C2 C1 H6 122.076 C2 C3 O4 180.000
H5 C1 H6 115.848
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS (bent))

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.104232
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.531488
Nuclear repulsion energy87.995065
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 QCISD/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' 3222 3068 11.37      
2 A' 3142 2993 23.04      
3 A' 2199 2094 776.63      
4 A' 1764 1680 10.68      
5 A' 1514 1442 2.85      
6 A' 1089 1037 23.91      
7 A' 951 906 1.18      
8 A' 480 457 12.63      
9 A' 179 170 21.69      
10 A" 1004 956 27.33      
11 A" 697 664 13.60      
12 A" 259 247 3.27      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8250.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9523) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7856.5 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 QCISD/6-31G*
ABC
4.97524 0.14442 0.14034

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.040 -1.503 0.000
C2 0.000 -0.667 0.000
C3 -0.338 0.603 0.000
O4 -0.898 1.644 0.000
H5 2.078 -1.166 0.000
H6 0.891 -2.583 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.33412.51723.69561.09201.0902
C21.33411.31502.47932.13752.1127
C32.51721.31501.18132.99513.4152
O43.69562.47931.18134.09304.5897
H51.09202.13752.99514.09301.8490
H61.09022.11273.41524.58971.8490

picture of Propadienal state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 143.689 C2 C1 H5 123.222
C2 C1 H6 120.934 C2 C3 O4 166.619
H5 C1 H6 115.844
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability