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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B3LYP/SDD

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3LYP/SDD
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.808581
Energy at 298.15K-153.812485
HF Energy-153.808581
Nuclear repulsion energy68.630075
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/SDD
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' 3178 3055 19.05 44.33 0.71 0.83
2 A' 3038 2920 4.90 165.07 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2964 2849 120.79 108.22 0.36 0.53
4 A' 1710 1644 137.22 5.66 0.30 0.46
5 A' 1484 1427 34.00 18.50 0.67 0.80
6 A' 1428 1372 10.20 10.17 0.62 0.76
7 A' 1415 1360 37.97 5.02 0.73 0.85
8 A' 1144 1100 28.44 6.50 0.48 0.65
9 A' 908 873 6.59 6.89 0.32 0.48
10 A' 496 477 12.87 2.12 0.51 0.68
11 A" 3113 2993 16.96 61.57 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1496 1438 21.22 11.44 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1138 1094 0.39 0.03 0.75 0.86
14 A" 795 765 5.98 5.52 0.75 0.86
15 A" 154 148 0.92 0.76 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12230.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9613) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11757.3 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 B3LYP/SDD
ABC
1.86726 0.32774 0.29411

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3LYP/SDD

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.465 0.000
C2 -0.964 -0.701 0.000
O3 1.240 0.361 0.000
H4 -0.476 1.469 0.000
H5 -0.428 -1.655 0.000
H6 -1.616 -0.643 0.883
H7 -1.616 -0.643 -0.883

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.51321.24411.11032.16312.14922.1492
C21.51322.44592.22401.09341.09961.0996
O31.24412.44592.04222.61643.15293.1529
H41.11032.22402.04223.12372.55682.5568
H52.16311.09342.61643.12371.79271.7927
H62.14921.09963.15292.55681.79271.7669
H72.14921.09963.15292.55681.79271.7669

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 111.148 C1 C2 H6 109.672
C1 C2 H7 109.672 C2 C1 O3 124.727
C2 C1 H4 115.059 O3 C1 H4 120.214
H5 C2 H6 109.666 H5 C2 H7 109.666
H6 C2 H7 106.923
Electronic energy levels

Electronic state

Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3LYP/SDD Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C 0.030      
2 C -0.642      
3 O -0.222      
4 H 0.158      
5 H 0.237      
6 H 0.220      
7 H 0.220      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -3.264 -0.224 0.000 3.272
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.492 -0.955 0.000
y -0.955 -17.458 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -17.796
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.865 -0.955 0.000
y -0.955 2.186 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 1.679
Polar
3z2-r23.358
x2-y2-4.033
xy-0.955
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 4.466 0.145 0.000
y 0.145 3.285 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 2.494


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 47.885
(<r2>)1/2 6.920