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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS trans 1A'
1 2 no CS cis 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS trans)

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Energy calculated at CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.553279
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.832194
Nuclear repulsion energy103.330066
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 CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3267 3081 3.90      
2 A' 3219 3036 0.60      
3 A' 3170 2989 3.33      
4 A' 2971 2802 65.56      
5 A' 1845 1740 205.79      
6 A' 1708 1611 3.07      
7 A' 1479 1395 9.04      
8 A' 1413 1333 4.40      
9 A' 1314 1239 2.35      
10 A' 1192 1124 34.90      
11 A' 933 880 16.72      
12 A' 578 545 4.33      
13 A' 324 306 11.47      
14 A" 1046 986 2.86      
15 A" 1037 978 14.57      
16 A" 1002 945 38.44      
17 A" 616 581 10.39      
18 A" 160 151 5.59      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13636.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9431) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12861.0 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 CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.59769 0.15611 0.14222

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.152 -0.748 0.000
C2 0.000 0.722 0.000
C3 1.211 1.278 0.000
O4 -1.212 -1.315 0.000
H5 0.796 -1.317 0.000
H6 -0.910 1.308 0.000
H7 1.352 2.350 0.000
H8 2.103 0.663 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.47782.44161.20301.10542.19143.44312.6597
C21.47781.33282.37102.18891.08262.11572.1043
C32.44161.33283.54962.62772.12211.08101.0837
O41.20302.37103.54962.00852.64074.47303.8608
H51.10542.18892.62772.00853.13083.70832.3719
H62.19141.08262.12212.64073.13082.49053.0822
H73.44312.11571.08104.47303.70832.49051.8472
H82.65972.10431.08373.86082.37193.08221.8472

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.529 C1 C2 H6 116.872
C2 C1 O4 124.036 C2 C1 H5 115.086
C2 C3 H7 122.097 C2 C3 H8 120.753
C3 C2 H6 122.599 O4 C1 H5 120.878
H7 C3 H8 117.150
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.549802
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.828194
Nuclear repulsion energy104.853755
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 CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
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' 3278 3091 1.39      
2 A' 3206 3024 8.17      
3 A' 3178 2997 3.41      
4 A' 2989 2819 103.26      
5 A' 1843 1738 116.78      
6 A' 1713 1616 28.31      
7 A' 1461 1377 37.46      
8 A' 1452 1369 0.93      
9 A' 1329 1253 1.50      
10 A' 1084 1022 3.78      
11 A' 946 892 55.88      
12 A' 689 650 15.18      
13 A' 289 273 6.74      
14 A" 1046 987 3.29      
15 A" 1032 974 28.69      
16 A" 1013 956 18.13      
17 A" 567 534 10.14      
18 A" 125 118 6.55      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13619.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9431) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12844.3 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 CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
0.77159 0.20844 0.16411

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at CCD/6-311+G(3df,2p)

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.889 -0.299 0.000
C2 0.000 0.895 0.000
C3 1.327 0.779 0.000
O4 -0.492 -1.434 0.000
H5 -1.972 -0.090 0.000
H6 -0.482 1.866 0.000
H7 1.971 1.647 0.000
H8 1.788 -0.200 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48872.46371.20321.10332.20223.45892.6784
C21.48871.33202.38122.20451.08352.10942.0970
C32.46371.33202.86443.41132.11071.08101.0822
O41.20322.38122.86442.00013.30013.94442.5920
H51.10332.20453.41132.00012.45814.30863.7616
H62.20221.08352.11073.30012.45812.46323.0696
H73.45892.10941.08103.94444.30862.46321.8563
H82.67842.09701.08222.59203.76163.06961.8563

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.629 C1 C2 H6 116.901
C2 C1 O4 124.064 C2 C1 H5 115.734
C2 C3 H7 121.547 C2 C3 H8 120.242
C3 C2 H6 121.470 O4 C1 H5 120.203
H7 C3 H8 118.212
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability