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All results from a given calculation for C3H4O (Methylketene)

using model chemistry: B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-191.854944
Energy at 298.15K-191.858322
Nuclear repulsion energy 
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 B1B95/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' 3225 3090 8.18      
2 A' 3161 3028 14.49      
3 A' 3058 2929 38.88      
4 A' 2236 2142 719.08      
5 A' 1489 1426 3.97      
6 A' 1420 1360 3.04      
7 A' 1388 1329 13.07      
8 A' 1153 1104 0.46      
9 A' 1077 1031 7.77      
10 A' 909 871 3.50      
11 A' 645 618 5.34      
12 A' 205 197 2.04      
13 A" 3124 2993 16.65      
14 A" 1453 1392 6.09      
15 A" 1037 994 0.40      
16 A" 541 518 38.96      
17 A" 507 486 19.52      
18 A" 138 132 0.02      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13382.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9579) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12819.3 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 B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.32481 0.14913 0.13750

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 -0.667 -0.395 0.000
C2 0.000 0.737 0.000
C3 1.501 0.827 0.000
O4 -1.259 -1.400 0.000
H5 -0.614 1.635 0.000
H6 1.957 -0.167 0.000
H7 1.863 1.361 0.887
H8 1.863 1.361 -0.887

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 C3 O4 H5 H6 H7 H8
C11.31422.48791.16662.03132.63373.20423.2042
C21.31421.50322.48081.08792.15602.15512.1551
C32.48791.50323.54602.26391.09361.09651.0965
O41.16662.48083.54603.10343.44454.26074.2607
H52.03131.08792.26393.10343.14002.64492.6449
H62.63372.15601.09363.44453.14001.76891.7689
H73.20422.15511.09654.26072.64491.76891.7731
H83.20422.15511.09654.26072.64491.76891.7731

picture of Methylketene state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 C3 123.888 C1 C2 H5 115.161
C2 C1 O4 179.963 C2 C3 H6 111.269
C2 C3 H7 111.020 C2 C3 H8 111.020
C3 C2 H5 120.951 H6 C3 H7 107.734
H6 C3 H8 107.734 H7 C3 H8 107.907
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B1B95/aug-cc-pVDZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.103      
2 C 0.912      
3 C 0.470      
4 O -0.320      
5 H -0.492      
6 H -0.253      
7 H -0.107      
8 H -0.107      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  1.178 1.548 0.000 1.945
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -23.670 -2.213 0.000
y -2.213 -24.675 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -25.013
Traceless
 xyz
x 1.174 -2.213 0.000
y -2.213 -0.334 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -0.840
Polar
3z2-r2-1.680
x2-y21.005
xy-2.213
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 6.530 1.748 0.000
y 1.748 7.009 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 4.608


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 87.239
(<r2>)1/2 9.340