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All results from a given calculation for C3H2O (Propadienal)

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 C2V 1A1
1 2 yes CS (bent) 1A'

Conformer 1 (C2V)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.087683
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.534284
Nuclear repulsion energy88.145060
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 A1 3171 2976 18.79      
2 A1 2392 2245 846.53      
3 A1 1842 1729 39.30      
4 A1 1527 1433 5.27      
5 A1 950 892 3.95      
6 B1 1016 953 29.03      
7 B1 635 596 22.53      
8 B1 221 207 0.02      
9 B2 3245 3045 9.88      
10 B2 1093 1026 1.44      
11 B2 430 404 15.99      
12 B2 140i 132i 17.50      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8189.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7686.7 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
9.81485 0.13823 0.13631

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

Point Group is C2v

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.000 -1.879
C2 0.000 0.000 -0.559
C3 0.000 0.000 0.722
O4 0.000 0.000 1.901
H5 0.000 0.923 -2.458
H6 0.000 -0.923 -2.458

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.32052.60143.78071.08931.0893
C21.32051.28092.46022.11142.1114
C32.60141.28091.17933.31113.3111
O43.78072.46021.17934.45584.4558
H51.08932.11143.31114.45581.8462
H61.08932.11143.31114.45581.8462

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 122.070
C2 C1 H6 122.070 C2 C3 O4 180.000
H5 C1 H6 115.860
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS (bent))

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at MP3/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-190.089257
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-189.533090
Nuclear repulsion energy88.411232
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' 3260 3060 9.47      
2 A' 3179 2984 18.36      
3 A' 2283 2143 900.05      
4 A' 1803 1693 9.57      
5 A' 1530 1436 2.41      
6 A' 1101 1034 23.96      
7 A' 975 915 1.27      
8 A' 495 465 13.82      
9 A' 185 174 20.51      
10 A" 1011 949 30.75      
11 A" 708 664 12.87      
12 A" 263 247 4.00      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 8396.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9386) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7881.0 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
4.92209 0.14592 0.14172

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 1.048 -1.486 0.000
C2 0.000 -0.667 0.000
C3 -0.344 0.599 0.000
O4 -0.903 1.628 0.000
H5 2.080 -1.136 0.000
H6 0.915 -2.566 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6
C11.33062.50783.67551.08931.0875
C21.33061.31242.46662.13172.1075
C32.50781.31241.17102.98043.4062
O43.67552.46661.17104.06624.5710
H51.08932.13172.98044.06621.8445
H61.08752.10753.40624.57101.8445

picture of Propadienal state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 143.189 C2 C1 H5 123.199
C2 C1 H6 120.951 C2 C3 O4 166.657
H5 C1 H6 115.850
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability