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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: BLYP/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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.839910
Energy at 298.15K-153.843772
HF Energy-153.839910
Nuclear repulsion energy69.261029
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 BLYP/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' 3053 3036 10.38 46.74 0.67 0.80
2 A' 2943 2926 2.67 184.71 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2762 2747 135.93 178.59 0.32 0.49
4 A' 1728 1718 182.38 12.45 0.54 0.70
5 A' 1426 1419 23.24 10.31 0.55 0.71
6 A' 1381 1373 8.09 3.94 0.45 0.62
7 A' 1339 1332 26.47 3.21 0.72 0.84
8 A' 1093 1087 26.25 2.47 0.19 0.31
9 A' 852 847 12.93 6.58 0.43 0.60
10 A' 496 494 11.32 1.53 0.31 0.48
11 A" 2988 2972 6.91 64.69 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1434 1426 9.72 4.16 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1095 1089 0.06 1.77 0.75 0.86
14 A" 749 745 1.17 3.64 0.75 0.86
15 A" 153 152 0.96 1.33 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11745.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9945) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11680.7 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 BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.89031 0.33377 0.29943

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.462 0.000
C2 -0.938 -0.722 0.000
O3 1.213 0.387 0.000
H4 -0.501 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.385 -1.665 0.000
H6 -1.595 -0.670 0.881
H7 -1.595 -0.670 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51111.21561.11902.16232.14532.1453
C21.51112.42082.22841.09381.10001.1000
O31.21562.42082.02372.60143.12763.1276
H41.11902.22842.02373.13052.55372.5537
H52.16231.09382.60143.13051.79811.7981
H62.14531.10003.12762.55371.79811.7610
H72.14531.10003.12762.55371.79811.7610

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.204 C1 C2 H6 109.486
C1 C2 H7 109.486 C2 C1 O3 124.850
C2 C1 H4 115.019 O3 C1 H4 120.131
H5 C2 H6 110.095 H5 C2 H7 110.095
H6 C2 H7 106.353
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at BLYP/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.301      
2 C -0.401      
3 O -0.524      
4 H 0.127      
5 H 0.163      
6 H 0.167      
7 H 0.167      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.790 -0.360 0.000 2.813
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.597 -0.705 0.000
y -0.705 -18.338 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.246
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.306 -0.705 0.000
y -0.705 1.584 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.722
Polar
3z2-r23.444
x2-y2-3.260
xy-0.705
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.689 0.278 0.000
y 0.278 4.866 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.614


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.635
(<r2>)1/2 6.902