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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.426682
Energy at 298.15K-153.430600
HF Energy-152.936791
Nuclear repulsion energy69.149173
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=FULL/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' 3205 3106 6.66 39.75 0.73 0.84
2 A' 3068 2974 2.68 186.08 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2968 2877 107.47 157.75 0.28 0.43
4 A' 1745 1691 131.34 10.68 0.47 0.64
5 A' 1452 1407 21.58 10.13 0.54 0.70
6 A' 1415 1372 9.09 5.72 0.23 0.37
7 A' 1367 1325 18.51 1.47 0.69 0.81
8 A' 1134 1099 20.16 3.47 0.15 0.26
9 A' 903 875 5.39 5.77 0.29 0.45
10 A' 502 487 12.97 1.51 0.31 0.48
11 A" 3154 3057 5.61 55.48 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1463 1418 9.37 3.90 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1120 1086 0.02 0.99 0.75 0.86
14 A" 768 744 1.35 2.90 0.75 0.86
15 A" 161 156 1.40 0.94 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12212.6 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9692) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11836.4 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=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ
ABC
1.87034 0.33436 0.29960

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at MP2=FULL/aug-cc-pVDZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.464 0.000
C2 -0.949 -0.706 0.000
O3 1.221 0.365 0.000
H4 -0.476 1.473 0.000
H5 -0.396 -1.653 0.000
H6 -1.602 -0.643 0.886
H7 -1.602 -0.643 -0.886

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.50621.22521.11572.15352.13902.1390
C21.50622.42022.22951.09701.10181.1018
O31.22522.42022.02662.58613.12563.1256
H41.11572.22952.02663.12692.55542.5554
H52.15351.09702.58613.12691.80491.8049
H62.13901.10183.12562.55541.80491.7715
H72.13901.10183.12562.55541.80491.7715

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.649 C1 C2 H6 109.215
C1 C2 H7 109.215 C2 C1 O3 124.444
C2 C1 H4 115.691 O3 C1 H4 119.865
H5 C2 H6 110.339 H5 C2 H7 110.339
H6 C2 H7 107.002
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability