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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-31G*

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 MP2/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-34.970927
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-34.447269
Nuclear repulsion energy54.359362
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 MP2/CEP-31G*
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' 3296 3129 13.59 53.16 0.59 0.75
2 A' 3243 3079 1.08 82.75 0.35 0.52
3 A' 3191 3030 6.83 65.86 0.21 0.34
4 A' 2995 2844 95.18 69.96 0.30 0.46
5 A' 1750 1661 150.56 75.20 0.29 0.45
6 A' 1670 1586 14.67 4.04 0.26 0.42
7 A' 1469 1395 7.79 3.62 0.64 0.78
8 A' 1393 1322 2.16 20.01 0.39 0.56
9 A' 1302 1236 3.77 6.22 0.27 0.43
10 A' 1192 1132 33.25 12.16 0.70 0.82
11 A' 921 874 16.99 1.14 0.24 0.38
12 A' 561 532 5.02 5.70 0.39 0.56
13 A' 318 302 9.98 0.71 0.66 0.79
14 A" 1043 990 44.96 1.79 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1013 961 0.05 0.53 0.75 0.86
16 A" 936 888 50.16 3.90 0.75 0.86
17 A" 617 586 13.27 1.69 0.75 0.86
18 A" 176 167 4.99 1.00 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13542.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12856.9 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 MP2/CEP-31G*
ABC
1.53229 0.14993 0.13657

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.160 -0.750 0.000
C2 0.000 0.737 0.000
C3 1.260 1.283 0.000
O4 -1.257 -1.331 0.000
H5 0.795 -1.330 0.000
H6 -0.908 1.349 0.000
H7 1.418 2.367 0.000
H8 2.150 0.643 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49582.47991.24081.11772.22863.49402.6982
C21.49581.37302.42002.21451.09502.16042.1523
C32.47991.37303.62842.65352.16871.09581.0963
O41.24082.42003.62842.05222.70294.56393.9377
H51.11772.21452.65352.05223.17463.74892.3933
H62.22861.09502.16872.70293.17462.53853.1385
H73.49402.16041.09584.56393.74892.53851.8732
H82.69822.15231.09633.93772.39333.13851.8732

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 119.571 C1 C2 H6 117.846
C2 C1 O4 124.061 C2 C1 H5 115.082
C2 C3 H7 121.699 C2 C3 H8 120.889
C3 C2 H6 122.583 O4 C1 H5 120.857
H7 C3 H8 117.412
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-34.967589
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-34.444043
Nuclear repulsion energy55.150527
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 MP2/CEP-31G*
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' 3306 3139 7.35 42.53 0.65 0.79
2 A' 3228 3065 12.28 108.43 0.29 0.45
3 A' 3196 3034 7.65 46.38 0.21 0.35
4 A' 3016 2864 139.77 119.76 0.29 0.45
5 A' 1739 1651 87.51 16.58 0.31 0.47
6 A' 1686 1601 43.88 41.73 0.21 0.34
7 A' 1448 1375 31.48 6.38 0.51 0.67
8 A' 1418 1346 1.71 11.75 0.33 0.49
9 A' 1314 1247 0.78 8.92 0.40 0.57
10 A' 1060 1006 2.53 4.46 0.69 0.82
11 A' 951 903 53.02 4.38 0.23 0.38
12 A' 670 636 10.88 3.00 0.62 0.77
13 A' 282 268 6.64 3.87 0.55 0.71
14 A" 1030 978 49.40 2.52 0.75 0.86
15 A" 1008 957 3.96 3.15 0.75 0.86
16 A" 927 880 30.20 3.77 0.75 0.86
17 A" 570 541 17.42 1.23 0.75 0.86
18 A" 158 150 8.84 0.28 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13503.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9494) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12820.3 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 MP2/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.72761 0.20216 0.15820

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.909 -0.282 0.000
C2 0.000 0.919 0.000
C3 1.364 0.767 0.000
O4 -0.513 -1.459 0.000
H5 -2.003 -0.061 0.000
H6 -0.464 1.912 0.000
H7 2.035 1.633 0.000
H8 1.802 -0.237 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.50602.50331.24141.11652.23843.51202.7110
C21.50601.37302.43242.23031.09612.15682.1408
C32.50331.37302.91153.46802.15791.09581.0946
O41.24142.43242.91152.04273.37094.00652.6177
H51.11652.23033.46802.04272.50254.37953.8092
H62.23841.09612.15793.37092.50252.51503.1230
H73.51202.15681.09584.00654.37952.51501.8844
H82.71102.14081.09462.61773.80923.12301.8844

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.735 C1 C2 H6 117.825
C2 C1 O4 124.304 C2 C1 H5 115.719
C2 C3 H7 121.360 C2 C3 H8 119.936
C3 C2 H6 121.440 O4 C1 H5 119.977
H7 C3 H8 118.704
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability