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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: PBEPBEultrafine/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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2p)
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.699607
Energy at 298.15K-153.703464
HF Energy-153.699607
Nuclear repulsion energy69.434934
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 PBEPBEultrafine/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' 3078 3078 7.66 45.43 0.69 0.82
2 A' 2957 2957 1.52 187.69 0.01 0.02
3 A' 2770 2770 134.06 177.77 0.31 0.48
4 A' 1757 1757 183.91 12.87 0.52 0.69
5 A' 1407 1407 23.29 10.59 0.53 0.70
6 A' 1371 1371 9.13 3.19 0.46 0.63
7 A' 1318 1318 32.94 3.12 0.73 0.84
8 A' 1092 1092 25.82 2.75 0.20 0.34
9 A' 863 863 9.79 5.69 0.45 0.62
10 A' 492 492 11.34 1.39 0.31 0.47
11 A" 3015 3015 3.93 62.56 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1414 1414 11.13 3.95 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1086 1086 0.11 1.96 0.75 0.86
14 A" 739 739 1.66 3.56 0.75 0.86
15 A" 155 155 0.70 1.31 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11756.8 cm-1
Scaled (by 1) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11756.8 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 PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2p)
ABC
1.89444 0.33635 0.30161

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

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.459 0.000
C2 -0.935 -0.717 0.000
O3 1.210 0.383 0.000
H4 -0.502 1.463 0.000
H5 -0.383 -1.663 0.000
H6 -1.594 -0.660 0.881
H7 -1.594 -0.660 -0.881

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50221.21281.12232.15662.13802.1380
C21.50222.41082.22181.09541.10161.1016
O31.21282.41082.02472.59383.11963.1196
H41.12232.22182.02473.12812.54462.5446
H52.15661.09542.59383.12811.80211.8021
H62.13801.10163.11962.54461.80211.7611
H72.13801.10163.11962.54461.80211.7611

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.282 C1 C2 H6 109.429
C1 C2 H7 109.429 C2 C1 O3 124.898
C2 C1 H4 114.915 O3 C1 H4 120.187
H5 C2 H6 110.217 H5 C2 H7 110.217
H6 C2 H7 106.132
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at PBEPBEultrafine/6-311+G(3df,2p) Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.391      
2 C -0.342      
3 O -0.565      
4 H 0.094      
5 H 0.137      
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
  -2.768 -0.379 0.000 2.794
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.297 -0.666 0.000
y -0.666 -18.171 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -18.117
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.153 -0.666 0.000
y -0.666 1.536 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.618
Polar
3z2-r23.235
x2-y2-3.126
xy-0.666
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.663 0.271 0.000
y 0.271 4.857 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.600


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.287
(<r2>)1/2 6.877