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

using model chemistry: HF/LANL2DZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at HF/LANL2DZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-227.745333
Energy at 298.15K-227.750332
Nuclear repulsion energy120.785441
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 HF/LANL2DZ
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' 4031 3628 97.82      
2 A' 3370 3033 14.27      
3 A' 3239 2915 5.70      
4 A' 1894 1704 409.84      
5 A' 1623 1460 30.02      
6 A' 1576 1419 43.67      
7 A' 1460 1314 100.07      
8 A' 1290 1161 199.08      
9 A' 1117 1005 112.97      
10 A' 920 828 3.58      
11 A' 606 545 67.51      
12 A' 444 400 6.12      
13 A" 3325 2992 14.29      
14 A" 1628 1465 16.07      
15 A" 1204 1084 16.03      
16 A" 694 625 198.59      
17 A" 582 524 63.52      
18 A" 108 97 0.28      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 14555.1 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.8999) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13098.2 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 HF/LANL2DZ
ABC
0.37574 0.31389 0.17653

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at HF/LANL2DZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 1.117 -0.847 0.000
C2 0.000 0.152 0.000
O3 0.112 1.362 0.000
H4 2.065 -0.335 0.000
H5 1.036 -1.480 0.874
H6 1.036 -1.480 -0.874
O7 -1.222 -0.449 0.000
H8 -1.959 0.161 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.49852.42731.07741.08171.08172.37253.2367
C21.49851.21562.12122.12162.12161.36161.9589
O32.42731.21562.58703.11413.11412.24932.3942
H41.07742.12122.58701.76961.76963.28854.0539
H51.08172.12163.11411.76961.74712.63223.5255
H61.08172.12163.11411.76961.74712.63223.5255
O72.37251.36162.24933.28852.63222.63220.9563
H83.23671.95892.39424.05393.52553.52550.9563

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 126.527 C1 C2 O7 112.008
C2 C1 H4 109.785 C2 C1 H5 109.565
C2 C1 H6 109.565 C2 O7 H8 114.227
O3 C2 O7 121.464 H4 C1 H5 110.087
H4 C1 H6 110.087 H5 C1 H6 107.720
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at HF/LANL2DZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.597      
2 C 0.519      
3 O -0.410      
4 H 0.217      
5 H 0.219      
6 H 0.219      
7 O -0.604      
8 H 0.438      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.180 -2.029 0.000 2.037
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -19.265 -4.287 0.000
y -4.287 -29.920 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.268
Traceless
 xyz
x 7.329 -4.287 0.000
y -4.287 -8.654 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.325
Polar
3z2-r22.650
x2-y210.655
xy-4.287
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 3.782 0.038 0.000
y 0.038 4.373 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.564


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 71.812
(<r2>)1/2 8.474