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All results from a given calculation for CH3CHO (Acetaldehyde)

using model chemistry: B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

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States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
Energy calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-153.771970
Energy at 298.15K-153.775899
HF Energy-153.582725
Nuclear repulsion energy69.768313
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 B2PLYP/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' 3165 3042 7.80 41.40 0.70 0.82
2 A' 3047 2928 2.48 191.04 0.01 0.01
3 A' 2915 2801 112.32 164.98 0.28 0.44
4 A' 1780 1711 169.65 11.58 0.46 0.63
5 A' 1474 1417 23.28 9.24 0.54 0.70
6 A' 1427 1372 9.55 4.56 0.28 0.44
7 A' 1391 1337 21.34 1.99 0.74 0.85
8 A' 1139 1095 23.51 2.79 0.16 0.28
9 A' 896 861 8.40 6.03 0.31 0.48
10 A' 509 490 13.17 1.47 0.30 0.46
11 A" 3108 2987 6.02 58.18 0.75 0.86
12 A" 1485 1428 9.74 3.79 0.75 0.86
13 A" 1140 1096 0.03 1.04 0.75 0.86
14 A" 780 749 1.23 2.94 0.75 0.86
15 A" 159 153 1.38 0.99 0.75 0.86

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 12207.9 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.961) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 11731.8 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 B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ
ABC
1.91112 0.33926 0.30421

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.460 0.000
C2 -0.936 -0.711 0.000
O3 1.206 0.376 0.000
H4 -0.486 1.455 0.000
H5 -0.384 -1.646 0.000
H6 -1.584 -0.656 0.876
H7 -1.584 -0.656 -0.876

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 C2 O3 H4 H5 H6 H7
C11.49921.20931.10662.14132.12702.1270
C21.49922.40192.21211.08591.09141.0914
O31.20932.40192.00662.57243.10163.1016
H41.10662.21212.00663.10272.53602.5360
H52.14131.08592.57243.10271.78571.7857
H62.12701.09143.10162.53601.78571.7523
H72.12701.09143.10162.53601.78571.7523

picture of Acetaldehyde state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 C2 H5 110.842 C1 C2 H6 109.367
C1 C2 H7 109.367 C2 C1 O3 124.604
C2 C1 H4 115.361 O3 C1 H4 120.035
H5 C2 H6 110.195 H5 C2 H7 110.195
H6 C2 H7 106.784
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability
Charges from optimized geometry at B2PLYP/aug-cc-pVTZ Charges (e)
Number Element Mulliken CHELPG AIM ESP
1 C -0.061      
2 C -0.605      
3 O -0.537      
4 H 0.419      
5 H 0.275      
6 H 0.254      
7 H 0.254      


Electric dipole moments
Electric dipole components in Debye
(What's a Debye? See section VII.A.3)
  x y z Total
  -2.845 -0.289 0.000 2.860
CHELPG        
AIM        
ESP        


Electric Quadrupole moment
Quadrupole components in D Å
Primitive
 xyz
x -21.433 -0.787 0.010
y -0.787 -18.091 0.004
z 0.010 0.004 -18.085
Traceless
 xyz
x -3.346 -0.787 0.010
y -0.787 1.668 0.004
z 0.010 0.004 1.677
Polar
3z2-r23.355
x2-y2-3.342
xy-0.787
xz0.010
yz0.004


Polarizabilities
Components of the polarizability tensor.
Units are Å3 (Angstrom cubed)
Change units.
  x y z
x 5.390 0.204 -0.001
y 0.204 4.611 -0.000
z -0.001 -0.000 3.555


<r2> (average value of r2) Å2
<r2> 46.949
(<r2>)1/2 6.852