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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

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

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-152.974822
Energy at 298.15K-152.978859
HF Energy-152.974822
Nuclear repulsion energy70.539902
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 HF/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' 3270 2971 16.69 42.73 0.67 0.80
2 A' 3159 2870 6.96 172.30 0.01 0.01
3 A' 3075 2794 100.04 113.26 0.35 0.52
4 A' 2001 1818 256.65 13.34 0.45 0.63
5 A' 1579 1434 21.23 7.47 0.62 0.76
6 A' 1543 1402 16.81 3.17 0.21 0.34
7 A' 1510 1372 10.43 1.73 0.75 0.86
8 A' 1222 1110 27.34 2.80 0.19 0.32
9 A' 952 865 5.45 7.00 0.21 0.35
10 A' 547 497 19.77 1.15 0.31 0.48
11 A" 3211 2917 16.75 57.34 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1591 1446 8.84 3.75 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1256 1141 0.32 1.07 0.75 0.86
14 A" 849 771 0.42 2.15 0.75 0.86
15 A" 168 153 2.99 0.68 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12964.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9086) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11779.9 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 HF/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.94883 0.34532 0.30993

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.461 0.000
C2 -0.912 -0.731 0.000
O3 1.179 0.402 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.436 0.000
H5 -0.343 -1.648 0.000
H6 -1.555 -0.692 0.873
H7 -1.555 -0.692 -0.873

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50081.18041.09712.13692.12392.1239
C21.50082.37862.20531.07981.08531.0853
O31.18042.37861.97372.55393.07203.0720
H41.09712.20531.97373.08862.52982.5298
H52.13691.07982.55393.08861.77401.7740
H62.12391.08533.07202.52981.77401.7469
H72.12391.08533.07202.52981.77401.7469

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.746 C1 C2 H6 109.375
C1 C2 H7 109.375 C2 C1 O3 124.607
C2 C1 H4 115.304 O3 C1 H4 120.089
H5 C2 H6 110.044 H5 C2 H7 110.044
H6 C2 H7 107.183
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.588      
2 C -0.398      
3 O -0.732      
4 H 0.109      
5 H 0.146      
6 H 0.143      
7 H 0.143      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.095 -0.298 0.000 3.109
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.502 -1.023 0.000
y -1.023 -17.716 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.894
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.697 -1.023 0.000
y -1.023 1.981 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.715
Polar
3z2-r23.431
x2-y2-3.785
xy-1.023
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.782 0.161 0.000
y 0.161 4.036 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.247


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.249
(<r2>)1/2 6.801