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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O2 (Methyl glyoxal)

using model chemistry: MP2/CEP-121G

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2/CEP-121G
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-50.553567
Energy at 298.15K-50.557642
HF Energy-50.032107
Nuclear repulsion energy83.459208
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-121G
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' 3127 3052 9.98      
2 A' 3003 2931 60.18      
3 A' 2988 2917 4.50      
4 A' 1559 1522 10.51      
5 A' 1523 1487 35.43      
6 A' 1492 1456 29.63      
7 A' 1450 1416 26.30      
8 A' 1346 1314 1.75      
9 A' 1266 1236 20.24      
10 A' 1032 1007 1.90      
11 A' 780 761 10.88      
12 A' 567 553 9.99      
13 A' 469 458 23.54      
14 A' 241 235 16.65      
15 A" 3087 3013 10.74      
16 A" 1489 1453 12.82      
17 A" 1076 1050 1.93      
18 A" 900 878 1.06      
19 A" 453 442 0.04      
20 A" 130 127 19.80      
21 A" 107 104 6.54      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14042.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.976) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13705.5 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 MP2/CEP-121G
ABC
0.28898 0.13888 0.09548

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2/CEP-121G

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.861 -0.737 0.000
C2 0.000 0.549 0.000
C3 1.524 0.409 0.000
O4 -0.345 -1.904 0.000
O5 -0.618 1.673 0.000
H6 -1.956 -0.571 0.000
H7 1.977 1.409 0.000
H8 1.852 -0.158 0.886
H9 1.852 -0.158 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 O5 H6 H7 H8 H9
C11.54782.64631.27522.42261.10723.55882.91262.9126
C21.54781.53032.47671.28272.25332.15652.17172.1717
C32.64631.53032.97392.48673.61491.09811.10231.1023
O41.27522.47672.97393.58702.09044.04622.94312.9431
O52.42261.28272.48673.58702.61222.60823.19993.1999
H61.10722.25333.61492.09042.61224.40323.93143.9314
H73.55882.15651.09814.04622.60824.40321.80511.8051
H82.91262.17171.10232.94313.19993.93141.80511.7721
H92.91262.17171.10232.94313.19993.93141.80511.7721

picture of Methyl glyoxal state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 118.570 C1 C2 O5 117.414
C2 C1 O4 122.346 C2 C1 H6 115.137
C2 C3 H7 109.148 C2 C3 H8 110.102
C2 C3 H9 110.102 C3 C2 O5 124.017
O4 C1 H6 122.517 H7 C3 H8 110.237
H7 C3 H9 110.237 H8 C3 H9 106.998
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability