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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3PW91/6-31G*

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.770183
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-153.770183
Nuclear repulsion energy69.585479
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 B3PW91/6-31G*
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' 3182 3044 8.61      
2 A' 3055 2922 2.03      
3 A' 2910 2784 139.35      
4 A' 1857 1777 160.68      
5 A' 1484 1420 18.62      
6 A' 1444 1382 12.96      
7 A' 1396 1336 23.65      
8 A' 1138 1089 25.30      
9 A' 899 860 7.71      
10 A' 507 485 12.81      
11 A" 3121 2985 6.99      
12 A" 1494 1429 11.03      
13 A" 1142 1092 1.61      
14 A" 776 743 1.25      
15 A" 151 144 0.25      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12277.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9567) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11745.7 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 B3PW91/6-31G*
ABC
1.90008 0.33750 0.30268

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/6-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.462 0.000
C2 -0.934 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.206 0.384 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.457 0.000
H5 -0.370 -1.652 0.000
H6 -1.588 -0.673 0.881
H7 -1.588 -0.673 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50421.20891.11402.14622.14142.1414
C21.50422.40692.21631.09221.09771.0977
O31.20892.40692.01712.57473.11473.1147
H41.11402.21632.01713.11162.54782.5478
H52.14621.09222.57473.11161.79391.7939
H62.14141.09773.11472.54781.79391.7612
H72.14141.09773.11472.54781.79391.7612

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.504 C1 C2 H6 109.790
C1 C2 H7 109.790 C2 C1 O3 124.678
C2 C1 H4 114.847 O3 C1 H4 120.475
H5 C2 H6 110.001 H5 C2 H7 110.001
H6 C2 H7 106.680
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/6-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.249      
2 C -0.595      
3 O -0.378      
4 H 0.123      
5 H 0.207      
6 H 0.197      
7 H 0.197      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.656 -0.310 0.000 2.674
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP -2.662 -0.306 0.000 2.679


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.414 -0.791 0.000
y -0.791 -17.633 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.540
Traceless
 xyz
x -2.828 -0.791 0.000
y -0.791 1.344 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.483
Polar
3z2-r22.967
x2-y2-2.781
xy-0.791
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.380 0.114 0.000
y 0.114 3.637 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.574


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.734
(<r2>)1/2 6.836