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All results from a given calculation for CH2CHCHO (Acrolein)

using model chemistry: QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.446856
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.786310
Nuclear repulsion energy101.774150
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3237 3166        
2 A' 3187 3116        
3 A' 3134 3064        
4 A' 2918 2853        
5 A' 1722 1683        
6 A' 1642 1606        
7 A' 1438 1407        
8 A' 1365 1335        
9 A' 1278 1250        
10 A' 1164 1138        
11 A' 911 890        
12 A' 560 548        
13 A' 314 307        
14 A" 999 976        
15 A" 986 964        
16 A" 961 939        
17 A" 596 583        
18 A" 159 155        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13285.2 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12990.3 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.55389 0.15165 0.13817

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.155 -0.751 0.000
C2 0.000 0.730 0.000
C3 1.238 1.290 0.000
O4 -1.238 -1.331 0.000
H5 0.805 -1.328 0.000
H6 -0.919 1.329 0.000
H7 1.384 2.376 0.000
H8 2.137 0.659 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.48922.47121.22821.12052.21663.48522.6918
C21.48921.35872.40392.21001.09752.15032.1386
C32.47121.35873.60522.65362.15741.09571.0986
O41.22822.40393.60522.04352.67934.54003.9184
H51.12052.21002.65362.04353.16823.74892.3926
H62.21661.09752.15742.67933.16822.52933.1292
H73.48522.15031.09574.54003.74892.52931.8748
H82.69182.13861.09863.91842.39263.12921.8748

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 120.325 C1 C2 H6 117.142
C2 C1 O4 124.132 C2 C1 H5 115.009
C2 C3 H7 121.989 C2 C3 H8 120.624
C3 C2 H6 122.533 O4 C1 H5 120.859
H7 C3 H8 117.387
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS cis)

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Energy calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.443686
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-190.782403
Nuclear repulsion energy103.297857
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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
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' 3249 3177        
2 A' 3174 3103        
3 A' 3144 3074        
4 A' 2945 2880        
5 A' 1718 1680        
6 A' 1642 1606        
7 A' 1423 1392        
8 A' 1402 1371        
9 A' 1291 1262        
10 A' 1051 1028        
11 A' 929 908        
12 A' 666 651        
13 A' 279 272        
14 A" 994 972        
15 A" 987 965        
16 A" 964 942        
17 A" 544 532        
18 A" 142 138        

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13271.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9778) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12976.7 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 QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
0.74230 0.20365 0.15981

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.903 -0.290 0.000
C2 0.000 0.908 0.000
C3 1.352 0.776 0.000
O4 -0.505 -1.452 0.000
H5 -1.999 -0.071 0.000
H6 -0.480 1.896 0.000
H7 2.012 1.651 0.000
H8 1.806 -0.222 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.49972.49391.22881.11772.22603.50172.7098
C21.49971.35832.41362.22541.09812.14512.1307
C32.49391.35832.90083.45602.14671.09561.0969
O41.22882.41362.90082.03483.34823.99552.6182
H51.11772.22543.45602.03482.48474.36483.8080
H62.22601.09812.14673.34822.48472.50433.1163
H73.50172.14511.09563.99554.36482.50431.8838
H82.70982.13071.09692.61823.80803.11631.8838

picture of Acrolein state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 121.443 C1 C2 H6 117.091
C2 C1 O4 124.108 C2 C1 H5 115.705
C2 C3 H7 121.516 C2 C3 H8 120.033
C3 C2 H6 121.466 O4 C1 H5 120.187
H7 C3 H8 118.451
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability