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All results from a given calculation for CH3COOH (Acetic acid)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/CEP-31G*

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-45.679375
Energy at 298.15K-45.684126
Nuclear repulsion energy66.990636
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 B3LYP/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' 3735 3607 45.85      
2 A' 3186 3077 13.96      
3 A' 3073 2968 4.34      
4 A' 1827 1764 346.76      
5 A' 1472 1422 15.25      
6 A' 1413 1364 63.26      
7 A' 1333 1287 21.74      
8 A' 1217 1176 234.79      
9 A' 994 960 53.47      
10 A' 855 826 2.36      
11 A' 571 551 38.89      
12 A' 407 393 4.45      
13 A" 3139 3032 13.92      
14 A" 1476 1425 11.70      
15 A" 1060 1024 8.92      
16 A" 662 639 114.87      
17 A" 538 520 26.51      
18 A" 73 71 0.48      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13515.0 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9657) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13051.5 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 B3LYP/CEP-31G*
ABC
0.36917 0.30643 0.17294

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/CEP-31G*

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.085 -0.900 0.000
C2 0.000 0.175 0.000
O3 0.175 1.386 0.000
H4 2.072 -0.417 0.000
H5 0.972 -1.540 0.891
H6 0.972 -1.540 -0.891
O7 -1.254 -0.382 0.000
H8 -1.882 0.371 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.52772.46041.09831.10281.10282.39643.2275
C21.52771.22342.15552.16332.16331.37291.8917
O32.46041.22342.61783.16063.16062.27412.2937
H41.09832.15552.61781.80671.80673.32704.0317
H51.10282.16333.16061.80671.78142.66253.5475
H61.10282.16333.16061.80671.78142.66253.5475
O72.39641.37292.27413.32702.66252.66250.9800
H83.22751.89172.29374.03173.54753.54750.9800

picture of Acetic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 O3 126.493 C1 C2 O7 111.308
C2 C1 H4 109.243 C2 C1 H5 109.588
C2 C1 H6 109.588 C2 O7 H8 105.816
O3 C2 O7 122.200 H4 C1 H5 110.333
H4 C1 H6 110.333 H5 C1 H6 107.735
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/CEP-31G* Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.348      
2 C -0.127      
3 O -0.118      
4 H 0.183      
5 H 0.166      
6 H 0.166      
7 O -0.332      
8 H 0.411      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.291 -1.695 0.000 1.720
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.683 -3.813 0.000
y -3.813 -27.256 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -22.918
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.404 -3.813 0.000
y -3.813 -5.955 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.551
Polar
3z2-r21.102
x2-y27.573
xy-3.813
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.545 -0.170 0.000
y -0.170 4.804 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.936


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 61.013
(<r2>)1/2 7.811