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

using model chemistry: B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-229.093758
Energy at 298.15K-229.098568
HF Energy-229.093758
Nuclear repulsion energy121.431145
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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
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' 3767 3636 61.37      
2 A' 3177 3066 3.49      
3 A' 3060 2954 1.15      
4 A' 1830 1766 344.31      
5 A' 1463 1411 16.21      
6 A' 1404 1355 70.54      
7 A' 1337 1291 29.23      
8 A' 1207 1164 209.91      
9 A' 996 961 61.96      
10 A' 869 839 3.51      
11 A' 586 565 38.45      
12 A' 422 407 4.66      
13 A" 3126 3017 2.55      
14 A" 1468 1417 9.08      
15 A" 1062 1025 7.90      
16 A" 667 644 87.24      
17 A" 546 527 26.08      
18 A" 67 65 0.20      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13527.3 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9651) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 13055.2 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 B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
0.38064 0.31746 0.17880

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.995 -0.978 0.000
C2 0.000 0.141 0.000
O3 0.289 1.315 0.000
H4 1.984 -0.534 0.000
H5 0.865 -1.609 0.881
H6 0.865 -1.609 -0.881
O7 -1.274 -0.284 0.000
H8 -1.803 0.524 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 O7 H8
C11.49682.39921.08361.09161.09162.37273.1752
C21.49681.20992.09532.14102.14101.34321.8431
O32.39921.20992.50853.10773.10772.23682.2368
H41.08362.09532.50851.78411.78413.26743.9316
H51.09162.14103.10771.78411.76222.66543.5269
H61.09162.14103.10771.78411.76222.66543.5269
O72.37271.34322.23683.26742.66542.66540.9657
H83.17521.84312.23683.93163.52693.52690.9657

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 124.509 C1 C2 O7 113.219
C2 C1 H4 107.508 C2 C1 H5 110.640
C2 C1 H6 110.640 C2 O7 H8 104.747
O3 C2 O7 122.272 H4 C1 H5 110.213
H4 C1 H6 110.213 H5 C1 H6 107.644
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B3PW91/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.441      
2 C 0.468      
3 O -0.590      
4 H 0.241      
5 H 0.225      
6 H 0.225      
7 O -0.299      
8 H 0.172      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -0.301 -1.762 0.000 1.788
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -20.135 -3.713 0.000
y -3.713 -27.306 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 -23.112
Traceless
 xyz
x 5.074 -3.713 0.000
y -3.713 -5.683 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 0.609
Polar
3z2-r21.218
x2-y27.172
xy-3.713
xz0.000
yz0.000


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.570 -0.163 0.000
y -0.163 5.701 0.000
z 0.000 0.000 3.918


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 70.691
(<r2>)1/2 8.408